वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-42, verse-10

काननं वापि शैलं वा यं रामो ऽभिगमिष्यति ।
प्रियातिथिमिव प्राप्तं नैनं शक्ष्यन्त्यनर्चितुम् ॥१०॥

10. kānanaṃ vāpi śailaṃ vā yaṃ rāmo'bhigamiṣyati ,
priyātithimiva prāptaṃ nainaṃ śakṣyantyanarcitum.

10. kānanam vā api śailam vā yam rāmaḥ abhigamiṣyati
priyātithim iva prāptam na enam śakṣyanti anarcitum

10. rāmaḥ yam kānanam vā api śailam vā abhigamiṣyati
enam priyātithim iva prāptam anarcitum na śakṣyanti

10. Any forest or mountain that Rama will reach, will not be able to avoid honoring him, as if he were a beloved guest.

Words meanings summery:

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - used with 'vā' to emphasize 'even if it's' (even, also, too)

• शैलम् (śailam) - mountain, rock

• वा (vā) - or, either

• यम् (yam) - which, whom

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• अभिगमिष्यति (abhigamiṣyati) - will reach, will approach

• प्रियातिथिम् (priyātithim) - a beloved guest

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - who has arrived (arrived, obtained, reached)

• न (na) - not

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• शक्ष्यन्ति (śakṣyanti) - will be able

• अनर्चितुम् (anarcitum) - not to honor, to fail to honor

Words meanings and morphology

काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - used with 'vā' to emphasize 'even if it's' (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

शैलम् (śailam) - mountain, rock

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, hill

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

यम् (yam) - which, whom

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: agrees with 'kānanam' or 'śailam'

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama

अभिगमिष्यति (abhigamiṣyati) - will reach, will approach

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of abhigam

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

प्रियातिथिम् (priyātithim) - a beloved guest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of priyātithi

priyātithi - a beloved guest, a dear guest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (priya+atithi)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective
• atithi – guest, stranger
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - who has arrived (arrived, obtained, reached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāpta

āp - to obtain, to reach

Past Passive Participle

past passive participle of root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: modifies 'enam' (Rama)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, him (anaphoric pronoun)

Note: refers to Rama

शक्ष्यन्ति (śakṣyanti) - will be able

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

अनर्चितुम् (anarcitum) - not to honor, to fail to honor

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

infinitive of root 'arc' (to honor) with negation 'an'

Prefix: an

Root: arc (class 1)

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