वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-31, verse-19

आपृच्छे त्वां महाराज सर्वेषामीश्वरो ऽसि नः ।
प्रस्थितं दण्डकारण्यं पश्य त्वं कुशलेन माम् ॥१९॥

19. āpṛcche tvāṃ mahārāja sarveṣāmīśvaro'si naḥ ,
prasthitaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ paśya tvaṃ kuśalena mām.

19. āpṛcche tvām mahārāja sarveṣām īśvaraḥ asi naḥ |
prasthitam daṇḍakāraṇyam paśya tvam kuśalena mām

19. mahārāja naḥ sarveṣām īśvaraḥ asi tvām āpṛcche
tvam mām daṇḍakāraṇyam prasthitam kuśalena paśya

19. O great king, I bid you farewell, for you are indeed the lord of us all. May you see me, who is now departing safely for the Daṇḍaka forest, in good health.

Words meanings summery:

• आपृच्छे (āpṛcche) - I bid farewell, I ask permission, I take leave

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king, O emperor

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all of us (of all, of everyone)

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - ruler (lord, master, controller)

• असि (asi) - you are

• नः (naḥ) - of us (all) (of us, to us)

• प्रस्थितम् (prasthitam) - who is departing (departed, set out, gone forth)

• दण्डकारण्यम् (daṇḍakāraṇyam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

• पश्य (paśya) - may you see, regard (see, look at, perceive)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कुशलेन (kuśalena) - safely (safely, auspiciously, well, with welfare)

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

आपृच्छे (āpṛcche) - I bid farewell, I ask permission, I take leave

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ā-√prach

Present Active

Root √prach (पृछ्) 'to ask' with upasarga ā (आ); Present tense, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: prach (class 6)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king, O emperor

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all of us (of all, of everyone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - ruler (lord, master, controller)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god

Root: īś (class 2)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √as

Present Active

Root √as (अस्); Present tense, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - of us (all) (of us, to us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us, our

प्रस्थितम् (prasthitam) - who is departing (departed, set out, gone forth)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pra-sthita

pra-sthita - departed, set out, gone forth, started

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (स्था) 'to stand' with upasarga pra (प्र); Past Passive Participle.

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Matches gender, number, case of 'mām'.

दण्डकारण्यम् (daṇḍakāraṇyam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāraṇya

daṇḍakāraṇya - Daṇḍaka forest (a specific forest)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍaka+araṇya)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (name of a region/king)
  proper noun
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

पश्य (paśya) - may you see, regard (see, look at, perceive)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √dṛś

Present Imperative

Root √dṛś (दृश्); Present stem paśya; Imperative, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

कुशलेन (kuśalena) - safely (safely, auspiciously, well, with welfare)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - well-being, welfare, prosperity, skilled, safe

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'safely' or 'in a good state'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

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