वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-26, verse-3

त्वया च सह गन्तव्यं मया गुरुजनाज्ञया ।
त्वद्वियोगेन मे राम त्यक्तव्यमिह जीवितम् ॥३॥

3. tvayā ca saha gantavyaṃ mayā gurujanājñayā ,
tvadviyogena me rāma tyaktavyamiha jīvitam.

3. tvayā ca saha gantavyam mayā gurujanājñayā
tvadvayogena me rāma tyaktavyam iha jīvitam

3. mayā gurujanājñayā ca tvayā saha gantavyam
rāma tvadvayogena me iha jīvitam tyaktavyam

3. I must go with you, and it is by the command of my elders (guru-janāḥ). O Rāma, by separation from you, my life (jīvitam) here must be abandoned.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वया (tvayā) - with you (instrumental of association with 'saha') (by you)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सह (saha) - with (with, along with)

• गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - must go (by me), to be gone (to be gone, should go, ought to go)

• मया (mayā) - by me (agent of 'gantavyam') (by me)

• गुरुजनाज्ञया (gurujanājñayā) - by the command of the elders (guru-janāḥ) (by the command of elders/superiors)

• त्वद्वयोगेन (tvadvayogena) - due to separation from you (by separation from you)

• मे (me) - for me, my (to me, for me, my)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• त्यक्तव्यम् (tyaktavyam) - must be abandoned (to be abandoned, to be given up, should be left)

• इह (iha) - here (in this world) (here, in this world, in this case)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (jīvitam) (life, livelihood, living)

Words meanings and morphology

त्वया (tvayā) - with you (instrumental of association with 'saha') (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

Note: Used with 'saha'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सह (saha) - with (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - must go (by me), to be gone (to be gone, should go, ought to go)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gantavya

gantavya - to be gone, fit to be gone to, ought to go

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root 'gam' (to go) + suffix 'tavya'.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective, implicitly referring to the action of going.

मया (mayā) - by me (agent of 'gantavyam') (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Agent of the passive construction 'gantavyam'.

गुरुजनाज्ञया (gurujanājñayā) - by the command of the elders (guru-janāḥ) (by the command of elders/superiors)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gurujanājñā

gurujanājñā - command of elders/superiors

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'gurujana' (elders) + 'ājñā' (command).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (gurujana+ājñā)

• gurujana – elders, venerable persons, superiors
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of 'guru' (elder) and 'jana' (person).
• ājñā – command, order, permission, authority
  noun (feminine)
  From 'ā-jñā' (to know, command).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Indicates the means or cause.

त्वद्वयोगेन (tvadvayogena) - due to separation from you (by separation from you)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tvadvayoga

tvadvayoga - separation from you

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'tvad' (from 'yuṣmad') + 'viyoga'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (tvad+viyoga)

• tvad – you (stem form of yuṣmad)
  pronoun
  From 'yuṣmad'.
• viyoga – separation, disjunction, absence
  noun (masculine)
  From 'vi-yuj' (to separate).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates the cause.

मे (me) - for me, my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Possessive pronoun, 'my life'.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa), pleasant, charming

Vocative form.

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Direct address.

त्यक्तव्यम् (tyaktavyam) - must be abandoned (to be abandoned, to be given up, should be left)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tyaktavya

tyaktavya - to be abandoned, to be given up, to be left

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root 'tyaj' (to abandon, leave) + suffix 'tavya'.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective.

इह (iha) - here (in this world) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'jīvitam' (implicitly, as 'life here').

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (jīvitam) (life, livelihood, living)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living, animated

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From root 'jīv' (to live) + 'ita' suffix.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'tyaktavyam'.

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