वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-30

अम्ब मा दुःखिता भूस्त्वं पश्य त्वं पितरं मम ।
क्षयो हि वनवासस्य क्षिप्रमेव भविष्यति ॥३०॥

30. amba mā duḥkhitā bhūstvaṃ paśya tvaṃ pitaraṃ mama ,
kṣayo hi vanavāsasya kṣiprameva bhaviṣyati.

30. amba mā duḥkhitā bhūḥ tvam paśya tvam pitaram
mama kṣayaḥ hi vanavāsasya kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati

30. amba tvam duḥkhitā mā bhūḥ tvam mama pitaram
paśya hi vanavāsasya kṣayaḥ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati

30. O mother, do not be distressed. Look at my father. For, the period of forest exile will indeed end quickly.

Words meanings summery:

• अम्ब (amba) - O mother

• मा (mā) - do not (do not, not)

• दुःखिता (duḥkhitā) - distressed (distressed, sorrowful, sad)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - be

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Kaushalya) (you)

• पश्य (paśya) - look (see, look)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - your father (Dasharatha) (father)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - the end (end, destruction, termination)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (for, indeed, because)

• वनवासस्य (vanavāsasya) - of the forest exile (of the forest dwelling, of the exile in the forest)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will happen)

Words meanings and morphology

अम्ब (amba) - O mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother

मा (mā) - do not (do not, not)

(indeclinable)

दुःखिता (duḥkhitā) - distressed (distressed, sorrowful, sad)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, sorrowful, unhappy

Past Passive Participle

Derived from duḥkha (sorrow) + -ita (suffix for PPP).

Root: duḥkh (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with tvam.

भूः (bhūḥ) - be

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist imperative (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist Imperative, 2nd person singular

Form of 'bhū' in the aorist, used with 'mā' for prohibition.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: mā + aorist (injunctive) for prohibition.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Kaushalya) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Repeated for emphasis.

पश्य (paśya) - look (see, look)

(verb)

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

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Root 'dṛś' takes 'paśya' stem in present/imperative.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पितरम् (pitaram) - your father (Dasharatha) (father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Object of paśya.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive, refers to Rama.

क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - the end (end, destruction, termination)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - end, termination, decay, destruction

From root 'kṣi' (to waste, destroy).

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Subject of bhaviṣyati.

हि (hi) - for, indeed (for, indeed, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

वनवासस्य (vanavāsasya) - of the forest exile (of the forest dwelling, of the exile in the forest)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vanavāsa

vanavāsa - dwelling in the forest, forest exile

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+vāsa)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsa – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vas' (to dwell).
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Possessive of kṣayaḥ.

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Adverbial usage.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be (will be, will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future tense, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

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