वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-42, verse-23

ते विषं पिबतालोड्य क्षीणपुण्याः सुदुर्गताः ।
राघवं वानुगच्छध्वमश्रुतिं वापि गच्छत ॥२३॥

23. te viṣaṃ pibatāloḍya kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ sudurgatāḥ ,
rāghavaṃ vānugacchadhvamaśrutiṃ vāpi gacchata.

23. te viṣam pibata āloḍya kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ sudurgatāḥ
rāghavam vā anugacchadhvam aśrutim vā api gacchata

23. kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ sudurgatāḥ te āloḍya viṣam pibata vā
rāghavam anugacchadhvam vā api aśrutim gacchata

23. You, whose good deeds (puṇya) are exhausted and are thus greatly unfortunate, either drink poison after stirring it, or follow Rāghava (Rāma), or indeed go to oblivion.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - you (plural)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison

• पिबत (pibata) - drink (you all)

• आलोड्य (āloḍya) - having stirred, having mixed

• क्षीणपुण्याः (kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ) - whose merits are exhausted, those who have exhausted their good deeds

• सुदुर्गताः (sudurgatāḥ) - very unfortunate, greatly ill-fated

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (Rāma)

• वा (vā) - or

• अनुगच्छध्वम् (anugacchadhvam) - follow (you all)

• अश्रुतिम् (aśrutim) - to an unheard-of place, oblivion, non-existence

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also

• गच्छत (gacchata) - go (you all)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विषम् (viṣam) - poison

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison

पिबत (pibata) - drink (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 1)

आलोड्य (āloḍya) - having stirred, having mixed

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

from ā + luḍ (to stir, disturb)

Prefix: ā

Root: luḍ

क्षीणपुण्याः (kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ) - whose merits are exhausted, those who have exhausted their good deeds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣīṇapuṇya

kṣīṇapuṇya - whose merits are exhausted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+puṇya)

• kṣīṇa – exhausted, dwindled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṣi (to destroy, diminish)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• puṇya – merit, good deed, virtue
  noun (neuter)

सुदुर्गताः (sudurgatāḥ) - very unfortunate, greatly ill-fated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudurgata

sudurgata - very unfortunate, greatly ill-fated

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+durgata)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• durgata – gone badly, unfortunate, miserable
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from dur- + gam (to go)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: gam (class 1)

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अनुगच्छध्वम् (anugacchadhvam) - follow (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of anugam

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

अश्रुतिम् (aśrutim) - to an unheard-of place, oblivion, non-existence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśruti

aśruti - unheard-of, unknown, oblivion

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

गच्छत (gacchata) - go (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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