वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-39, verse-14

अभिवादयमानं तं दृष्ट्वा ससुहृदं सुतम् ।
मुदाश्रु मोक्ष्यसे क्षिप्रं मेघलेकेव वार्षिकी ॥१४॥

14. abhivādayamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sasuhṛdaṃ sutam ,
mudāśru mokṣyase kṣipraṃ meghalekeva vārṣikī.

14. abhivādayamānam tam dṛṣṭvā sasuhṛdam sutam mudā
aśru mokṣyase kṣipram meghālekhā iva vārṣikī

14. kṣipram mudā aśru mokṣyase tam sutam sasuhṛdam
abhivādayamānam dṛṣṭvā vārṣikī meghālekhā iva

14. Upon seeing your son, accompanied by his friends, paying his respects, you will quickly shed tears of joy, just like a line of clouds in the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवादयमानम् (abhivādayamānam) - paying respects (saluting, bowing down, paying respects)

• तम् (tam) - him (the son) (him, that)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing)

• ससुहृदम् (sasuhṛdam) - accompanied by friends (with friends, accompanied by friends)

• सुतम् (sutam) - son (son, offspring)

• मुदा (mudā) - with joy (with joy, happily)

• अश्रु (aśru) - tears (tear, tears)

• मोक्ष्यसे (mokṣyase) - you will shed (you will release, you will shed)

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

• मेघालेखा (meghālekhā) - line of clouds

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• वार्षिकी (vārṣikī) - of the rainy season (belonging to the rainy season, rainy)

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवादयमानम् (abhivādayamānam) - paying respects (saluting, bowing down, paying respects)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhivādayamāna

abhivādayamāna - saluting, revering, paying homage

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root √vad (to speak) with prefix abhi- and causative suffix -aya, forming the stem abhivādaya. Then the present active participle suffix -māna is added.

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sutam'.

तम् (tam) - him (the son) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the son.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √dṛś (to see) with the suffix -tvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Introduces a temporal or causal clause.

ससुहृदम् (sasuhṛdam) - accompanied by friends (with friends, accompanied by friends)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sasuhṛd

sasuhṛd - having friends, accompanied by friends

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'sa' (with) + 'suhṛd' (friend).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+suhṛd)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• suhṛd – friend, good-hearted
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'sutam'.

सुतम् (sutam) - son (son, offspring)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born, produced

Past Passive Participle (can be noun)

From root √sū (to give birth).

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'.

मुदा (mudā) - with joy (with joy, happily)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, pleasure

Note: Used adverbially.

अश्रु (aśru) - tears (tear, tears)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aśru

aśru - tear

Note: Object of 'mokṣyase'.

मोक्ष्यसे (mokṣyase) - you will shed (you will release, you will shed)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (Lṛṭ) of muc

Future Tense (Ātmanepada)

From root √muc (to release/shed), s-future suffix (syati/syate) is added, then second person singular middle ending.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of kṣipra used adverbially.

Note: Adverb modifying 'mokṣyase'.

मेघालेखा (meghālekhā) - line of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of meghālekhā

meghālekhā - line of clouds

Tatpurusha compound: megha (cloud) + lekhā (line).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (megha+lekhā)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of the simile.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

Note: Used for comparison.

वार्षिकी (vārṣikī) - of the rainy season (belonging to the rainy season, rainy)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vārṣika

vārṣika - seasonal, rainy season, annual

Derived from varṣā (rain/rainy season) with the suffix -ika.

Note: Qualifies 'meghālekhā'.

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