वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-48, verse-20

अवकाशो विविक्तो ऽयं महानद्योः समागमे ।
पुण्यश्च रमणीयश्च वसत्विह भगान् सुखम् ॥२०॥

20. avakāśo vivikto'yaṃ mahānadyoḥ samāgame ,
puṇyaśca ramaṇīyaśca vasatviha bhagān sukham.

20. avakāśaḥ viviktaḥ ayam mahānadyoḥ samāgame puṇyaḥ
ca ramaṇīyaḥ ca vasatu iha bhagavan sukham

20. ayam viviktaḥ mahānadyoḥ samāgame avakāśaḥ puṇyaḥ
ca ramaṇīyaḥ ca bhagavan iha sukham vasatu

20. This is a secluded, sacred, and beautiful spot at the confluence of the two great rivers. O revered sir, may you dwell here happily and comfortably.

Words meanings summery:

• अवकाशः (avakāśaḥ) - spot, place (space, place, opportunity)

• विविक्तः (viviktaḥ) - secluded, solitary, separated

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• महानद्योः (mahānadyoḥ) - of the (two) great rivers (Ganges and Yamuna) (of the two great rivers)

• समागमे (samāgame) - at the confluence, at the meeting

• पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) - sacred, auspicious, virtuous

• च (ca) - and, also

• रमणीयः (ramaṇīyaḥ) - beautiful, charming, delightful

• च (ca) - and, also

• वसतु (vasatu) - may you dwell (Rama) (let him/her/it dwell, may he/she/it reside)

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered sir (O blessed one, O revered sir)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably (happiness, joy; happily, comfortably)

Words meanings and morphology

अवकाशः (avakāśaḥ) - spot, place (space, place, opportunity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avakāśa

avakāśa - space, room, opportunity, place, scope

From root kāś (to shine, appear) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: kāś (class 1)

विविक्तः (viviktaḥ) - secluded, solitary, separated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivikta

vivikta - separated, secluded, lonely, pure

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vic (to separate) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

Note: Agrees with avakāśaḥ.

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here (pronoun)

Note: Agrees with avakāśaḥ.

महानद्योः (mahānadyoḥ) - of the (two) great rivers (Ganges and Yamuna) (of the two great rivers)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of mahānadī

mahānadī - great river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nadī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

समागमे (samāgame) - at the confluence, at the meeting

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - coming together, meeting, confluence, union

From root gam (to go) with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) - sacred, auspicious, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred, auspicious, good

Note: Agrees with avakāśaḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रमणीयः (ramaṇīyaḥ) - beautiful, charming, delightful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ramaṇīya

ramaṇīya - charming, delightful, beautiful, pleasing

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root ram (to delight) with suffix -anīya.

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with avakāśaḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वसतु (vasatu) - may you dwell (Rama) (let him/her/it dwell, may he/she/it reside)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vas

Imperative active

Root vas (क्लास 1, परस्मैपद)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Used here in honorific sense for the 2nd person.

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered sir (O blessed one, O revered sir)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, glorious, revered, divine; lord, god

Possessive suffix -vat from bhaga (fortune).

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably (happiness, joy; happily, comfortably)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort

Note: Used adverbially.

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