वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-53, verse-8

प्रविशन्तमयोध्यां मां न कश्चिदभिनन्दति ।
नरा राममपश्यन्तो निःश्वसन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः ॥८॥

8. praviśantamayodhyāṃ māṃ na kaścidabhinandati ,
narā rāmamapaśyanto niḥśvasanti muhurmuhuḥ.

8. praviśantam ayodhyām mām na kaścit abhinandati
narāḥ rāmam apaśyantaḥ niḥśvasanti muhurmuhuḥ

8. ayodhyām praviśantam mām kaścit na abhinandati
rāmam apaśyantaḥ narāḥ muhurmuhuḥ niḥśvasanti

8. As I enter Ayodhya, no one greets me. The people, not seeing Rama, sigh repeatedly.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रविशन्तम् (praviśantam) - entering, approaching

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya (the city)

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone

• अभिनन्दति (abhinandati) - greets, welcomes

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

• अपश्यन्तः (apaśyantaḥ) - not seeing

• निःश्वसन्ति (niḥśvasanti) - sigh deeply, heave a sigh

• मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

Words meanings and morphology

प्रविशन्तम् (praviśantam) - entering, approaching

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praviśat

praviśat - one who enters

Present Active Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya (the city)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (name of a city)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain

अभिनन्दति (abhinandati) - greets, welcomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of abhinand

Prefix: abhi

Root: nand (class 1)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the hero)

अपश्यन्तः (apaśyantaḥ) - not seeing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apaśyat

apaśyat - not seeing, blind

Present Active Participle

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

निःश्वसन्ति (niḥśvasanti) - sigh deeply, heave a sigh

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of niḥśvas

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

Previous Verse Next Verse