वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-37, verse-8

एका जनयिता तात पुत्रं वंशकरं तव ।
षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि अपरा जनयिष्यति ॥८॥

8. ekā janayitā tāta putraṃ vaṃśakaraṃ tava ,
ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi aparā janayiṣyati.

8. ekā janayitā tāta putram vaṃśakaram tava
ṣaṣṭim putrasahasrāṇi aparā janayiṣyati

8. Dear father, one woman will give birth to your son who will continue the lineage. The other will give birth to sixty thousand sons.

Words meanings summery:

• एका (ekā) - one, a single one

• जनयिता (janayitā) - one who gives birth, mother, progenitor

• तात (tāta) - O father, O dear one

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son, child

• वंशकरम् (vaṁśakaram) - continuing the lineage, perpetuating the family

• तव (tava) - your

• षष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty

• पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - thousands of sons

• अपरा (aparā) - the other, another (female)

• जनयिष्यति (janayiṣyati) - will give birth, will produce

Words meanings and morphology

एका (ekā) - one, a single one

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

जनयिता (janayitā) - one who gives birth, mother, progenitor

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janayitṛ

janayitṛ - producer, creator, begetter, father, mother

Agent noun from causative root

Derived from the causative form of root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Grammatically feminine due to agreement with 'ekā'.

तात (tāta) - O father, O dear one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, sir (term of affectionate address)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son, child

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

वंशकरम् (vaṁśakaram) - continuing the lineage, perpetuating the family

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaṃśakara

vaṁśakara - one who continues the race or family, perpetuating the lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaṃśa+kara)

• vaṃśa – bamboo, lineage, family, race, dynasty
  noun (masculine)
• kara – making, doing, causing (suffix); hand; tax
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'putram'.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

षष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ṣaṣṭi

ṣaṣṭi - sixty (numeral)

Note: Used as a numeral in the accusative case.

पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - thousands of sons

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of putrasahasra

putrasahasra - thousand sons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+sahasra)

• putra – son, child, offspring
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

अपरा (aparā) - the other, another (female)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

जनयिष्यति (janayiṣyati) - will give birth, will produce

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of jan

Future tense, causative form

Causative stem janay- (to cause to be born, to produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

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