वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-14, verse-11

कौसल्या सुप्रभा देव पिता त्वं द्रष्टुमिच्छति ।
महिष्या सह कैकेय्या गम्यतां तत्र माचिरम् ॥११॥

11. kausalyā suprabhā deva pitā tvaṃ draṣṭumicchati ,
mahiṣyā saha kaikeyyā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram.

11. kausalyā suprabhā deva pitā tvam draṣṭum icchati
mahiṣyā saha kaikeyyā gamyatām tatra mā aciram

11. deva suprabhā tvam pitā draṣṭum icchati
mahiṣyā kaikeyyā saha tatra mā aciram gamyatām

11. O divine one, O radiant one, your father wishes to see you. Go there with Queen Kaikeyi without delay.

Words meanings summery:

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - belonging to Kaushalya (e.g. 'mother Kaushalya's words') (Kaushalya's)

• सुप्रभा (suprabhā) - O radiant one (addressing Rama) (radiant, glorious)

• देव (deva) - O divine one (addressing Rama) (god, divine one, lord, sir)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• इच्छति (icchati) - wishes, desires

• महिष्या (mahiṣyā) - by / with the queen

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• कैकेय्या (kaikeyyā) - by / with Kaikeyi

• गम्यताम् (gamyatām) - let him go (you, Rama, are implied) (let it be gone, one should go, go)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

• मा (mā) - do not

• अचिरम् (aciram) - without delay, quickly

Words meanings and morphology

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - belonging to Kaushalya (e.g. 'mother Kaushalya's words') (Kaushalya's)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kaushalya (mother of Rama)

Note: Often interpreted here as a vocative or referring to the source of the message.

सुप्रभा (suprabhā) - O radiant one (addressing Rama) (radiant, glorious)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of suprabha

suprabha - resplendent, radiant, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+prabhā)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Although the form `suprabhā` is feminine nominative singular, it is often interpreted here as a vocative masculine, `suprabha`, addressing Rama due to poetic license or textual variance.

देव (deva) - O divine one (addressing Rama) (god, divine one, lord, sir)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine one, lord, king

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root dṛś + tumun suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इच्छति (icchati) - wishes, desires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

महिष्या (mahiṣyā) - by / with the queen

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mahiṣī

mahiṣī - queen, chief wife

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs instrumental case.

कैकेय्या (kaikeyyā) - by / with Kaikeyi

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (wife of Dasharatha)

गम्यताम् (gamyatām) - let him go (you, Rama, are implied) (let it be gone, one should go, go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

अचिरम् (aciram) - without delay, quickly

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of 'acira' (not lasting long)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+cira)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cira – long time
  noun (masculine)

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