वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-2, chapter-10, verse-37
कौसल्यां वा सुमित्रां वा त्यजेयमपि वा श्रियम् ।
जीवितं वात्मनो रामं न त्वेव पितृवत्सलम् ॥३७॥
जीवितं वात्मनो रामं न त्वेव पितृवत्सलम् ॥३७॥
37. kausalyāṃ vā sumitrāṃ vā tyajeyamapi vā śriyam ,
jīvitaṃ vātmano rāmaṃ na tveva pitṛvatsalam.
jīvitaṃ vātmano rāmaṃ na tveva pitṛvatsalam.
37.
kausalyām vā sumitrām vā tyajeyam api vā śriyam
jīvitam vā ātmanaḥ rāmam na tu eva pitṛ-vatsalam
jīvitam vā ātmanaḥ rāmam na tu eva pitṛ-vatsalam
37.
[aham] kausalyām vā sumitrām vā api śriyam vā ātmanaḥ
jīvitam vā tyajeyam tu pitṛ-vatsalam rāmam na eva [tyajeyam]
jīvitam vā tyajeyam tu pitṛ-vatsalam rāmam na eva [tyajeyam]
37.
I could abandon Kausalya or Sumitra, or even my prosperity, or my very own life; but certainly not Rama, who is so devoted to his father.
Words meanings summery:
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- कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - Kausalya
- वा (vā) - or
- सुमित्राम् (sumitrām) - Sumitra
- वा (vā) - or
- त्यजेयम् (tyajeyam) - I might abandon, I would abandon
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- वा (vā) - or
- श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, fortune, wealth
- जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living
- वा (vā) - or
- आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of my self (ātman), my own
- रामम् (rāmam) - Rama
- न (na) - not
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
- एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
- पितृ-वत्सलम् (pitṛ-vatsalam) - devoted to his father
Words meanings and morphology
कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - Kausalya
(proper noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kausalyā
kausalyā - Kausalya (name of Daśaratha's chief queen, Rama's mother)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
सुमित्राम् (sumitrām) - Sumitra
(proper noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sumitrā
sumitrā - Sumitra (name of one of Daśaratha's queens)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
त्यजेयम् (tyajeyam) - I might abandon, I would abandon
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of tyaj
Optative mood
Root: tyaj (class 1)
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, fortune, wealth
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī
śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, the goddess Lakṣmī
जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita
jīvita - life, living, means of life
Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
From root jīv
Root: jīv (class 1)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of my self (ātman), my own
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual (ātman)
रामम् (rāmam) - Rama
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma
rāma - Rama (a proper name, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed
(indeclinable)
पितृ-वत्सलम् (pitṛ-vatsalam) - devoted to his father
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ-vatsala
pitṛ-vatsala - affectionate towards one's father, devoted to father
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+vatsala)
- pitṛ – father
noun (masculine) - vatsala – affectionate, loving, fond
adjective (masculine)
Note: Modifies 'rāmam'.