वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-30, verse-19

वनं नगरमेवास्तु येन गच्छति राघवः ।
अस्माभिश्च परित्यक्तं पुरं संपद्यतां वनम् ॥१९॥

19. vanaṃ nagaramevāstu yena gacchati rāghavaḥ ,
asmābhiśca parityaktaṃ puraṃ saṃpadyatāṃ vanam.

19. vanam nagaram eva astu yena gacchati rāghavaḥ
asmābhiḥ ca parityaktam puram saṃpadyatām vanam

19. yena rāghavaḥ gacchati vanam nagaram eva astu
ca asmābhiḥ parityaktam puram vanam saṃpadyatām

19. Wherever Rāghava goes, let the forest indeed be a city. And let this city, abandoned by us, become a forest.

Words meanings summery:

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• नगरम् (nagaram) - city, town

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• येन (yena) - by which, with which, in which way, where

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, walks, moves

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Raghu, Rāma)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

• च (ca) - and, also

• परित्यक्तम् (parityaktam) - abandoned by us (abandoned, deserted, relinquished)

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town, fortress

• संपद्यताम् (saṁpadyatām) - let it become, may it turn into

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

Words meanings and morphology

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Subject complement of 'astu'.

नगरम् (nagaram) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

Note: Subject of 'astu'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative

3rd person singular imperative active

Root: as (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, with which, in which way, where

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Adverbial use meaning 'where' or 'wherever'.

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, walks, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

present indicative

3rd person singular present indicative active

Root: gam (class 1)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Raghu, Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परित्यक्तम् (parityaktam) - abandoned by us (abandoned, deserted, relinquished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parityakta

parityakta - abandoned, deserted, relinquished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with prefixes 'pari' and 'ā', and kta suffix

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle agreeing with 'puram'.

पुरम् (puram) - city, town, fortress

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

Note: Subject of 'saṃpadyatām'.

संपद्यताम् (saṁpadyatām) - let it become, may it turn into

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of saṃpad

imperative

3rd person singular imperative middle

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Complement of 'saṃpadyatām'.

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