वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-53, verse-21

वृत्तदंष्ट्रो महेष्वासः क्वासौ लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः ।
यदि जीवामि साध्वेनं पश्येयं सह सीतया ॥२१॥

21. vṛttadaṃṣṭro maheṣvāsaḥ kvāsau lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ ,
yadi jīvāmi sādhvenaṃ paśyeyaṃ saha sītayā.

21. vṛttadaṃṣṭraḥ maheṣvāsaḥ kva asau lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ
yadi jīvāmi sādhu enam paśyeyam saha sītayā

21. vṛttadaṃṣṭraḥ maheṣvāsaḥ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ asau kva? yadi jīvāmi,
sādhu enam sītayā saha paśyeyam.

21. Where is that great-armed one (mahābāhu), the great archer, the elder brother of Lakshmana, he of the firm jaws? If I live, I wish to see him with Sita.

Words meanings summery:

• वृत्तदंष्ट्रः (vṛttadaṁṣṭraḥ) - he with firm jaws (an epithet for Rama, implying strength or resolute appearance) (one with rounded/perfected fangs/teeth)

• महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - the great archer (an epithet for Rama) (great archer)

• क्व (kva) - where? (where? to what place?)

• असौ (asau) - that one (referring to Rama) (that, that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular))

• लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः (lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ) - the elder brother of Lakshmana (an epithet for Rama) (elder brother of Lakshmana)

• यदि (yadi) - if (conditional) (if)

• जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live (present indicative, but conditional implies future possibility) (I live, I exist)

• साधु (sādhu) - well (as an adverb, indicating a proper or desired way to see) (well, properly, rightly, good, virtuous)

• एनम् (enam) - him (Rama) (him, this one)

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I wish to see (optative mood expressing desire) (I might see, I would see)

• सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

• सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita (by Sita, with Sita)

Words meanings and morphology

वृत्तदंष्ट्रः (vṛttadaṁṣṭraḥ) - he with firm jaws (an epithet for Rama, implying strength or resolute appearance) (one with rounded/perfected fangs/teeth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛttadaṃṣṭra

vṛttadaṁṣṭra - having rounded or perfected fangs/teeth; one with firm or prominent jaws

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛtta+daṃṣṭra)

• vṛtta – round, circular, perfected, accomplished, well-developed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛt (to be, exist, turn)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• daṃṣṭra – tooth, fang, tusk
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Rama.

महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - the great archer (an epithet for Rama) (great archer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, one with a great bow or great arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+īṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• īṣvāsa – bow; archer (one who holds a bow or shoots arrows)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Rama.

क्व (kva) - where? (where? to what place?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

असौ (asau) - that one (referring to Rama) (that, that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, yonder

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः (lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ) - the elder brother of Lakshmana (an epithet for Rama) (elder brother of Lakshmana)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇapūrvaja

lakṣmaṇapūrvaja - elder brother of Lakshmana

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (lakṣmaṇa+pūrvaja)

• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (proper noun, brother of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pūrvaja – born before, elder brother
  adjective (masculine)
  From pūrva (before) + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Rama.

यदि (yadi) - if (conditional) (if)

(indeclinable)

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live (present indicative, but conditional implies future possibility) (I live, I exist)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

present active indicative

Root jīv, 1st person singular, present tense, parasmaipada

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used in a conditional clause, implying future possibility ('if I shall live').

साधु (sādhu) - well (as an adverb, indicating a proper or desired way to see) (well, properly, rightly, good, virtuous)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'paśyeyam'.

एनम् (enam) - him (Rama) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - him, this one (anaphoric pronoun)

Note: Object of 'paśyeyam'.

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I wish to see (optative mood expressing desire) (I might see, I would see)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dṛś

optative active

Root dṛś, 1st person singular, optative mood, parasmaipada. Stem changes to paśya- in present and optative.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Expresses a wish or desire.

सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita (by Sita, with Sita)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (a proper noun, wife of Rama)

Note: Governed by 'saha'.

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