वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-17, verse-26

दश सप्त च वर्षाणि तव जातस्य राघव ।
अतीतानि प्रकाङ्क्षन्त्या मया दुःखपरिक्षयम् ॥२६॥

26. daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi tava jātasya rāghava ,
atītāni prakāṅkṣantyā mayā duḥkhaparikṣayam.

26. daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi tava jātasya rāghava |
atītāni prakāṅkṣantyā mayā duḥkhaparikṣayam

26. rāghava tava jātasya daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi
mayā duḥkhaparikṣayam prakāṅkṣantyā atītāni

26. O Rāghava, seventeen years have passed since your birth, years during which I (the speaker) was longing for the cessation of sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• च (ca) - and

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• जातस्य (jātasya) - of one born, born

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma, descendant of Raghu (O Rāghava)

• अतीतानि (atītāni) - passed, gone by, elapsed

• प्रकाङ्क्षन्त्या (prakāṅkṣantyā) - by one wishing/longing/hoping

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दुःखपरिक्षयम् (duḥkhaparikṣayam) - end of sorrow, destruction of suffering

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(adjective)

plural of daśa

daśa - ten

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(adjective)

plural of sapta

sapta - seven

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, rainy season

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

जातस्य (jātasya) - of one born, born

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle formed from root jan with suffix -ta

Root: jan (class 4)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma, descendant of Raghu (O Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rama)

अतीतानि (atītāni) - passed, gone by, elapsed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of atīta

atīta - passed, gone by, elapsed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle formed from root i with prefix ati and suffix -ta

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

प्रकाङ्क्षन्त्या (prakāṅkṣantyā) - by one wishing/longing/hoping

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prakāṅkṣant

prakāṅkṣant - wishing, longing for, hoping for

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle formed from root kāṅkṣ with prefix pra and suffix -ant

Prefix: pra

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

दुःखपरिक्षयम् (duḥkhaparikṣayam) - end of sorrow, destruction of suffering

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥkhaparikṣaya

duḥkhaparikṣaya - destruction of sorrow, end of suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+parikṣaya)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain
  noun (neuter)
• parikṣaya – destruction, end, decay, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

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