वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-24

तदेतान्मिथुनं वृद्धं चिरकालभृतं मया ।
मयि पञ्चत्वमापन्ने कां वृत्तिं वर्तयिष्यति ॥२४॥

24. tadetānmithunaṃ vṛddhaṃ cirakālabhṛtaṃ mayā ,
mayi pañcatvamāpanne kāṃ vṛttiṃ vartayiṣyati.

24. tat etau mithunam vṛddham cirakālabhṛtam mayā
mayi pañcatvam āpanne kām vṛttim vartayiṣyati

24. tat mayā cirakālabhṛtam etau vṛddham mithunam
mayi pañcatvam āpanne kām vṛttim vartayiṣyati

24. Therefore, how will this aged couple, whom I have supported for so long, sustain themselves when I have met my death (pañcatva)?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (therefore, then, that (indeclinable or pronoun neuter))

• एतौ (etau) - these two, this pair

• मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, gender

• वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - old, aged, grown, increased

• चिरकालभृतम् (cirakālabhṛtam) - maintained/supported for a long time

• मया (mayā) - by me

• मयि (mayi) - when I have... (locative absolute) (in me, on me, with respect to me)

• पञ्चत्वम् (pañcatvam) - death (pañcatva) (the state of five, dissolution into the five elements, death)

• आपन्ने (āpanne) - having met (death) (having attained, having reached, having undergone)

• काम् (kām) - what (what, which (fem. acc. sg.))

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood (livelihood, existence, conduct, mode of life, activity)

• वर्तयिष्यति (vartayiṣyati) - will sustain (themselves) (will cause to exist, will sustain, will manage a livelihood)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (therefore, then, that (indeclinable or pronoun neuter))

(indeclinable)

एतौ (etau) - these two, this pair

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etas

etas - this

Note: Adjective for mithunam, agreeing with the dual nature of 'parents'.

मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, gender

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, gender

Note: Used idiomatically with etau (these two) to mean 'this pair'.

वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - old, aged, grown, increased

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛdh (to grow, increase) + kta suffix

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

चिरकालभृतम् (cirakālabhṛtam) - maintained/supported for a long time

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cirakālabhṛta

cirakālabhṛta - maintained/supported for a long time

Compound of cira (long), kāla (time), bhṛta (borne, supported)

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (cira+kāla+bhṛta)

• cira – long, lasting a long time
  adjective
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
• bhṛta – borne, supported, maintained, nourished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhṛ (to bear, support) + kta suffix
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

मयि (mayi) - when I have... (locative absolute) (in me, on me, with respect to me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Forms part of a locative absolute construction.

पञ्चत्वम् (pañcatvam) - death (pañcatva) (the state of five, dissolution into the five elements, death)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pañcatva

pañcatva - the state of five, dissolution into the five elements, death

pañca (five) + tva (suffix for state/nature)

आपन्ने (āpanne) - having met (death) (having attained, having reached, having undergone)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āpanna

āpanna - attained, reached, obtained, happened

Past Passive Participle

from ā + root pad (to go, fall) + kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Forms part of a locative absolute construction.

काम् (kām) - what (what, which (fem. acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Agrees with vṛttim.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood (livelihood, existence, conduct, mode of life, activity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - livelihood, existence, conduct, mode of life, activity

from root vṛt (to be, exist, turn) + ti suffix

Root: vṛt (class 1)

वर्तयिष्यति (vartayiṣyati) - will sustain (themselves) (will cause to exist, will sustain, will manage a livelihood)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vartay

Future Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Causative of root vṛt (class 1, vartate/vartati)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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