वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-11

एवं मन्ये गुणवतां गुणानां फलमुच्यते ।
पित्रा मात्रा च यत् साधुर्वीरो निर्वास्यते वनम् ॥११॥

11. evaṃ manye guṇavatāṃ guṇānāṃ phalamucyate ,
pitrā mātrā ca yat sādhurvīro nirvāsyate vanam.

11. evam manye guṇavatām guṇānām phalam ucyate
pitrā mātrā ca yat sādhuḥ vīraḥ nirvāsyate vanam

11. evam manye yat guṇavatām guṇānām phalam ucyate (yat) sādhuḥ vīraḥ pitrā ca mātrā vanam nirvāsyate.

11. I believe that this is the result (phalam) of the good qualities of those possessing virtues: that a noble hero is banished to the forest by his father and mother.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this way, so)

• मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I believe, I consider)

• गुणवताम् (guṇavatām) - of the virtuous (of the virtuous, of those possessing good qualities)

• गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of good qualities (virtues) (of qualities, of merits, of virtues)

• फलम् (phalam) - the result (phalam) (fruit, result, consequence)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (is said, is called, is spoken)

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• मात्रा (mātrā) - by the mother

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that (conjunction), which, what)

• साधुः (sādhuḥ) - a noble one (Rama) (good, virtuous, noble, holy man)

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - a hero (Rama) (hero, brave, strong man)

• निर्वास्यते (nirvāsyate) - is banished (is banished, will be exiled)

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest (forest, wood, grove)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle

मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I believe, I consider)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

गुणवताम् (guṇavatām) - of the virtuous (of the virtuous, of those possessing good qualities)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of guṇavat

guṇavat - virtuous, endowed with good qualities, meritorious

From guṇa (quality) + -vat (possessive suffix)

गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of good qualities (virtues) (of qualities, of merits, of virtues)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, strand, secondary aspect

फलम् (phalam) - the result (phalam) (fruit, result, consequence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (is said, is called, is spoken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Passive form of root vac, which optionally derives from root brū

Root: vac (class 2)

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

R-stem noun

मात्रा (mātrā) - by the mother

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

R-stem noun

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that (conjunction), which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Relative pronoun stem

Note: Used as a subordinating conjunction.

साधुः (sādhuḥ) - a noble one (Rama) (good, virtuous, noble, holy man)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, noble, righteous, holy, saint

From root sādh (to accomplish)

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Refers to Rama.

वीरः (vīraḥ) - a hero (Rama) (hero, brave, strong man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, strong, valiant man

Note: Appositional to sādhuḥ.

निर्वास्यते (nirvāsyate) - is banished (is banished, will be exiled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, future passive (lṛṭ) of nirvas

Passive, future tense (or present for habitual action)

From nir- + vas (to dwell) in causative passive form. The form `-syate` indicates future passive.

Prefix: nis

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: The root 'vas' (to dwell) with 'nir' means to banish. The 'sya' suffix indicates future, and the 'te' ending indicates 3rd singular middle/passive.

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Accusative for destination of movement.

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