वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-42, verse-22

न हि प्रव्रजिते रामे जीविष्यति महीपतिः ।
मृते दशरथे व्यक्तं विलोपस्तदनन्तरम् ॥२२॥

22. na hi pravrajite rāme jīviṣyati mahīpatiḥ ,
mṛte daśarathe vyaktaṃ vilopastadanantaram.

22. na hi pravrajite rāme jīviṣyati mahīpatiḥ
mṛte daśarathe vyaktam vilopaḥ tat anantaram

22. hi rāme pravrajite,
mahīpatiḥ na jīviṣyati.
daśarathe mṛte,
vyaktam tat anantaram vilopaḥ

22. Indeed, the king will not live once Rama has gone into exile. When Dasharatha dies, destruction will certainly follow immediately after.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• प्रव्रजिते (pravrajite) - when he has gone into exile (having gone forth, having renounced, having gone into exile)

• रामे (rāme) - when Rama (is exiled) (in Rama, on Rama, when Rama (is there/does something))

• जीविष्यति (jīviṣyati) - will live (will live, will survive)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - King Dasharatha (lord of the earth, king)

• मृते (mṛte) - when he is dead (dead, deceased)

• दशरथे (daśarathe) - when Dasharatha (is dead) (in Dasharatha, when Dasharatha (is there/does something))

• व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - clearly, certainly (manifest, evident, clear; clearly, certainly)

• विलोपः (vilopaḥ) - ruin (of the kingdom/family) (destruction, ruin, disappearance, loss)

• तत् (tat) - after that (event, i.e., Dasharatha's death) (that, therefore, then)

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after (immediately after, next, without interval)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

प्रव्रजिते (pravrajite) - when he has gone into exile (having gone forth, having renounced, having gone into exile)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pravrajita

pravrajita - gone forth, renounced, exiled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vraj (to go) with prefix pra- and suffix -kta

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

रामे (rāme) - when Rama (is exiled) (in Rama, on Rama, when Rama (is there/does something))

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the hero of Ramayana), pleasing, dark

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

जीविष्यति (jīviṣyati) - will live (will live, will survive)

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicts the king's fate.

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - King Dasharatha (lord of the earth, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'jīviṣyati'.

मृते (mṛte) - when he is dead (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (to die) with suffix -kta

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

दशरथे (daśarathe) - when Dasharatha (is dead) (in Dasharatha, when Dasharatha (is there/does something))

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Dasharatha (name of the king of Ayodhya)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - clearly, certainly (manifest, evident, clear; clearly, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root añj (to anoint, make clear) with prefix vi- and suffix -kta

Prefix: vi

Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Used adverbially.

विलोपः (vilopaḥ) - ruin (of the kingdom/family) (destruction, ruin, disappearance, loss)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vilopa

vilopa - destruction, ruin, loss, interruption

Derived from root lup (to break, destroy) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: lup (class 6)

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'will be'.

तत् (tat) - after that (event, i.e., Dasharatha's death) (that, therefore, then)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it; then, therefore

Note: Refers to the event of Dasharatha's death.

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after (immediately after, next, without interval)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+antara)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, interior, difference
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

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