वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-17, verse-25

यो हि मां सेवते कश्चिदथ वाप्यनुवर्तते ।
कैकेय्याः पुत्रमन्वीक्ष्य स जनो नाभिभाषते ॥२५॥

25. yo hi māṃ sevate kaścidatha vāpyanuvartate ,
kaikeyyāḥ putramanvīkṣya sa jano nābhibhāṣate.

25. yaḥ hi mām sevate kaścit atha vā api anuvaṛtate |
kaikeyyāḥ putram anvīkṣya saḥ janaḥ na abhibhāṣate

25. hi yaḥ kaścit mām sevate atha vā api anuvaṛtate
saḥ janaḥ kaikeyyāḥ putram anvīkṣya na abhibhāṣate

25. Indeed, any person who serves me or follows me, upon seeing Kaikeyī's son, no longer speaks to me.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• माम् (mām) - me

• सेवते (sevate) - serves, attends

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, whoever

• अथ (atha) - then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अनुवर्̣तते (anuvaṛtate) - follows, conforms to

• कैकेय्याः (kaikeyyāḥ) - of Kaikeyī

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• अन्वीक्ष्य (anvīkṣya) - having seen, after seeing, observing

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, people

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिभाषते (abhibhāṣate) - speaks to, addresses

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

सेवते (sevate) - serves, attends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of sev

Root: sev (class 1)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, whoever, whatever

अथ (atha) - then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अनुवर्̣तते (anuvaṛtate) - follows, conforms to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of anu-vṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कैकेय्याः (kaikeyyāḥ) - of Kaikeyī

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of Kaikeyī

Kaikeyī - Kaikeyī (name of a queen in the Rāmāyaṇa)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

अन्वीक्ष्य (anvīkṣya) - having seen, after seeing, observing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive (gerund) formed from root īkṣ with prefix anu and suffix -ya

Prefix: anu

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जनः (janaḥ) - person, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, creature, man

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिभाषते (abhibhāṣate) - speaks to, addresses

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of abhi-bhāṣ

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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