वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-45

इमे चापि हया वीर यदि ते वनवासिनः ।
परिचर्यां करिष्यन्ति प्राप्स्यन्ति परमां गतिम् ॥४५॥

45. ime cāpi hayā vīra yadi te vanavāsinaḥ ,
paricaryāṃ kariṣyanti prāpsyanti paramāṃ gatim.

45. ime ca api hayāḥ vīra yadi te vanavāsinaḥ
paricaryām kariṣyanti prāpsyanti paramām gatim

45. vīra yadi ime hayāḥ ca api vanavāsinaḥ te
paricaryām kariṣyanti paramām gatim prāpsyanti

45. O hero, if these horses also, as forest-dwellers, perform service, they will attain the highest state (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• इमे (ime) - these

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

• वीर (vīra) - Addressing the principal character (e.g., Rama or Lakshmana) (O hero!, brave one!)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ते (te) - referring to the horses (they)

• वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - forest-dwellers, those living in the forest

• परिचर्याम् (paricaryām) - service to the master (service, attendance, homage)

• करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - they will do, they will perform

• प्राप्स्यन्ति (prāpsyanti) - they will attain, they will obtain

• परमाम् (paramām) - highest, supreme, ultimate

• गतिम् (gatim) - the highest state (e.g., liberation (mokṣa)) or destiny (state, destination, path, salvation)

Words meanings and morphology

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with `hayāḥ`.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse, steed

Root: hī (class 3)

वीर (vīra) - Addressing the principal character (e.g., Rama or Lakshmana) (O hero!, brave one!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty man

Root: vīr

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - referring to the horses (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, they

Note: Agrees with `hayāḥ` (implied subject for the verb).

वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - forest-dwellers, those living in the forest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - forest-dweller, hermit

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dwelling, inhabitant
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun suffix -in
  From √vas 'to dwell'.
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `hayāḥ`.

परिचर्याम् (paricaryām) - service to the master (service, attendance, homage)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paricaryā

paricaryā - service, attendance, worship

From `pari` + √car 'to move' + -yā suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - they will do, they will perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Tense

From root √kṛ, future tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्राप्स्यन्ति (prāpsyanti) - they will attain, they will obtain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of āp

Future Tense

From root √āp (class 5) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

परमाम् (paramām) - highest, supreme, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best

Superlative form of `para`.

गतिम् (gatim) - the highest state (e.g., liberation (mokṣa)) or destiny (state, destination, path, salvation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, state, condition, final emancipation (mokṣa)

From √gam 'to go'.

Root: gam (class 1)

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