वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-67, verse-17

यदि वो रोचते वृत्तं जनकस्य महात्मनः ।
पुरीं गच्छामहे शीघ्रं मा भूत् कालस्य पर्ययः ॥१७॥

17. yadi vo rocate vṛttaṃ janakasya mahātmanaḥ ,
purīṃ gacchāmahe śīghraṃ mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ.

17. yadi vaḥ rocate vṛttam janakasya mahātmanaḥ
purīm gacchāmahe śīghram mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ

17. yadi vaḥ mahātmanaḥ janakasya vṛttam rocate,
śīghram purīm gacchāmahe,
kālasya paryayaḥ mā bhūt

17. If the proposal of the great-souled (ātman) Janaka is agreeable to you, let us quickly go to the city, lest there be a delay of time.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), of you (plural)

• रोचते (rocate) - is agreeable (to you) (is pleasing, is agreeable, shines)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - the proposal or matter (of Janaka) (conduct, state, matter, news)

• जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of King Janaka, who is great-souled (ātman) (of the great-souled one)

• पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city (of Videha/Mithilā) (to the city)

• गच्छामहे (gacchāmahe) - let us go, we should go

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• मा (mā) - not, do not, lest

• भूत् (bhūt) - let there be (no delay) (may it be, let there be)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• पर्ययः (paryayaḥ) - delay, waste (of time) (change, alternation, turn, delay, loss, waste)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), of you (plural)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Here, dative for 'to you' (agreeable to whom).

रोचते (rocate) - is agreeable (to you) (is pleasing, is agreeable, shines)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ruc

Present Middle Indicative

Root √ruc, 1st conjugation, ātmanepada. Used idiomatically with dative for 'to be agreeable to'.

Root: ruc (class 1)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - the proposal or matter (of Janaka) (conduct, state, matter, news)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, past; conduct, event, news, matter

Past Passive Participle

Nominalized Past Passive Participle of √vṛt (to be, to happen).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - Janaka (king of Videha, father of Sītā)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of King Janaka, who is great-souled (ātman) (of the great-souled one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble-minded

Compound of mahā (great) and ātman (soul/self).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city (of Videha/Mithilā) (to the city)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

Note: Indicates direction of motion.

गच्छामहे (gacchāmahe) - let us go, we should go

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Present Middle Imperative (or Subjunctive)

Root √gam, 1st conjugation, ātmanepada. Imperative 1st person plural.

Root: gam (class 1)

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - not, do not, lest

(indeclinable)

भूत् (bhūt) - let there be (no delay) (may it be, let there be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist injunctive (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist Injunctive

Root √bhū, 1st conjugation, parasmaipada. Aorist Injunctive 3rd person singular, used with mā for prohibition.

Root: bhū (class 1)

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

पर्ययः (paryayaḥ) - delay, waste (of time) (change, alternation, turn, delay, loss, waste)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paryaya

paryaya - change, revolution, turn, reverse, delay, waste, loss

Derived from pari-i (to go around, to change).

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)