वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-74, verse-9

मम सर्वविनाशाय संप्राप्तस्त्वं महामुने ।
न चैकस्मिन् हते रामे सर्वे जीवामहे वयम् ॥९॥

9. mama sarvavināśāya saṃprāptastvaṃ mahāmune ,
na caikasmin hate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam.

9. mama sarvavināśāya samprāptaḥ tvam mahāmune
na ca ekasmin hate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam

9. mahāmune tvam mama sarvavināśāya samprāptaḥ
ca ekasmin rāme hate vayam sarve na jīvāmahe

9. O great sage, you have arrived for my complete ruin. If only Rama is slain, we all cannot survive.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सर्वविनाशाय (sarvavināśāya) - for the destruction of everything, for complete ruin

• सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived, attained, obtained

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• महामुने (mahāmune) - Addressing Parashurama. (O great sage)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - Used to connect the two clauses. (and, also)

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - Referring to Rama as 'one' individual. (in one, in a single)

• हते (hate) - having been killed, slain

• रामे (rāme) - Referring to Lord Rama. (in Rama, for Rama)

• सर्वे (sarve) - All of us (the family, the people). (all, everyone)

• जीवामहे (jīvāmahe) - we live, we survive

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सर्वविनाशाय (sarvavināśāya) - for the destruction of everything, for complete ruin

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sarvavināśa

sarvavināśa - complete destruction, total ruin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+vināśa)

• sarva – all, every, complete
  pronoun
• vināśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-√naś
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived, attained, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-pra-√āp (to obtain, reach)

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective here, implying 'you are arrived'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

महामुने (mahāmune) - Addressing Parashurama. (O great sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage, great ascetic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - Used to connect the two clauses. (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - Referring to Rama as 'one' individual. (in one, in a single)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with rāme.

हते (hate) - having been killed, slain

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with rāme.

रामे (rāme) - Referring to Lord Rama. (in Rama, for Rama)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, incarnation of Vishnu)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with ekasmin hate.

सर्वे (sarve) - All of us (the family, the people). (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with vayam.

जीवामहे (jīvāmahe) - we live, we survive

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present Indicative

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me

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