वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-100, verse-5

यथा ग्रामान्तरं गच्छन्नरः कश्चित् क्व चिद्वसेत् ।
उत्सृज्य च तमावासं प्रतिष्ठेतापरे ऽहनि ॥५॥

5. yathā grāmāntaraṃ gacchannaraḥ kaścit kva cidvaset ,
utsṛjya ca tamāvāsaṃ pratiṣṭhetāpare'hani.

5. yathā grāmāntaram gacchan naraḥ kaścit kva cit
vaset utsṛjya ca tam āvāsam pratiṣṭheta apare ahani

5. yathā kaścit naraḥ grāmāntaram gacchan kva cit
vaset ca tam āvāsam utsṛjya apare ahani pratiṣṭheta

5. Just as a person traveling to another village might dwell somewhere for a while, and then, abandoning that temporary abode, proceed on the next day.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• ग्रामान्तरम् (grāmāntaram) - another village

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, traveling (going, moving)

• नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - a certain (person) (someone, some, any)

• क्व (kva) - somewhere (with 'cit') (where?)

• चित् (cit) - makes 'kva' indefinite (somewhere) (particle indicating indefiniteness)

• वसेत् (vaset) - might dwell (should dwell, may dwell, would dwell)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning (having abandoned, having left, having given up)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तम् (tam) - that (abode) (that, him)

• आवासम् (āvāsam) - temporary abode (dwelling, abode, residence)

• प्रतिष्ठेत (pratiṣṭheta) - should proceed (one should proceed, should depart, should establish oneself)

• अपरे (apare) - on the next (day) (on another, in another)

• अहनि (ahani) - on the day (on the day, in the day)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

ग्रामान्तरम् (grāmāntaram) - another village

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grāmāntara

grāmāntara - another village, inter-village

Compound type : tatpurusha (grāma+antara)

• grāma – village
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interval
  noun (neuter)

गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, traveling (going, moving)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, proceeding

Present Active Participle

root gam + śatṛ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'naraḥ'.

नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, male, human being

कश्चित् (kaścit) - a certain (person) (someone, some, any)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, some, any, a certain person

kim + cit

Note: Sandhi: kaḥ + cit = kaścit.

क्व (kva) - somewhere (with 'cit') (where?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'cit' to form 'kvacit'.

चित् (cit) - makes 'kva' indefinite (somewhere) (particle indicating indefiniteness)

(indeclinable)

वसेत् (vaset) - might dwell (should dwell, may dwell, would dwell)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning (having abandoned, having left, having given up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

upasarga ut + root sṛj + lyap suffix

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (abode) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'āvāsam'.

आवासम् (āvāsam) - temporary abode (dwelling, abode, residence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āvāsa

āvāsa - dwelling, abode, residence, house

from ā-vas (to dwell)

Prefix: ā

Root: vas (class 1)

प्रतिष्ठेत (pratiṣṭheta) - should proceed (one should proceed, should depart, should establish oneself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of pratiṣṭhā

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Verb form is ātmanepada.

अपरे (apare) - on the next (day) (on another, in another)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, next

Note: Qualifies 'ahani'.

अहनि (ahani) - on the day (on the day, in the day)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

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