वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-30, verse-20

बिलानि दंष्ट्रिणः सर्वे सानूनि मृगपक्षिणः ।
अस्मत्त्यक्तं प्रपद्यन्तां सेव्यमानं त्यजन्तु च ॥२०॥

20. bilāni daṃṣṭriṇaḥ sarve sānūni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ,
asmattyaktaṃ prapadyantāṃ sevyamānaṃ tyajantu ca.

20. bilāni daṃṣṭriṇaḥ sarve sānūni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
asmāt tyaktam prapadyantām sevyamānam tyajantu ca

20. sarve daṃṣṭriṇaḥ bilāni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ sānūni
asmāt tyaktam prapadyantām ca sevyamānam tyajantu

20. Let all fanged animals reside in caves, and deer and birds on mountain peaks. May they enter what has been abandoned by us, and may they abandon what is currently frequented.

Words meanings summery:

• बिलानि (bilāni) - holes, caves, burrows

• दंष्ट्रिणः (daṁṣṭriṇaḥ) - carnivores, reptiles, wild boars (fanged animals, animals with tusks/teeth)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• सानूनि (sānūni) - plateaus, mountain slopes/peaks, level surfaces

• मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - deer and birds, animals and birds

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from us

• त्यक्तम् (tyaktam) - the city abandoned by us (abandoned, left, forsaken)

• प्रपद्यन्ताम् (prapadyantām) - let them enter, let them resort to, let them attain

• सेव्यमानम् (sevyamānam) - the forest that is currently frequented (by the animals) (being resorted to, being frequented, being served, being enjoyed)

• त्यजन्तु (tyajantu) - let them abandon, let them leave, let them forsake

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

बिलानि (bilāni) - holes, caves, burrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bila

bila - hole, cave, burrow

Note: Object of an implied verb (e.g., 'prapadyantām').

दंष्ट्रिणः (daṁṣṭriṇaḥ) - carnivores, reptiles, wild boars (fanged animals, animals with tusks/teeth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daṃṣṭrin

daṁṣṭrin - fanged, tusked, an animal with fangs/tusks

Derived from daṃṣṭrā (fang) + -in suffix.

Note: Subject for implied verb and later explicit verbs.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'daṃṣṭriṇaḥ'.

सानूनि (sānūni) - plateaus, mountain slopes/peaks, level surfaces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sānu

sānu - plateau, mountain slope, peak, level surface

Note: Object of an implied verb (e.g., 'prapadyantām').

मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - deer and birds, animals and birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgapakṣin

mṛgapakṣin - deer and birds, animals and birds

Dvandva compound of mṛga (deer, animal) and pakṣin (bird).

Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+pakṣin)

• mṛga – deer, animal, beast
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣin – bird, feathered creature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject for implied verb and later explicit verbs.

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from us

(pronoun)

Ablative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used with 'tyaktam' to mean 'abandoned by us'.

त्यक्तम् (tyaktam) - the city abandoned by us (abandoned, left, forsaken)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, left, forsaken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with kta suffix.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

प्रपद्यन्ताम् (prapadyantām) - let them enter, let them resort to, let them attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of prapad

imperative

3rd person plural imperative middle

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Subject implied from 'daṃṣṭriṇaḥ' and 'mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ'.

सेव्यमानम् (sevyamānam) - the forest that is currently frequented (by the animals) (being resorted to, being frequented, being served, being enjoyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sevyamāna

sevyamāna - being resorted to, being frequented, being served, being enjoyed

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sev' (to serve, frequent) with śānac suffix in passive voice.

Root: sev (class 1)

त्यजन्तु (tyajantu) - let them abandon, let them leave, let them forsake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

imperative

3rd person plural imperative active

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Subject implied from 'daṃṣṭriṇaḥ' and 'mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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