वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-35

इयमेकपदी राजन्यतो मे पितुराश्रमः ।
तं प्रसादय गत्वा त्वं न त्वां स कुपितः शपेत् ॥३५॥

35. iyamekapadī rājanyato me piturāśramaḥ ,
taṃ prasādaya gatvā tvaṃ na tvāṃ sa kupitaḥ śapet.

35. iyam ekapadī rājan yataḥ me pituḥ āśramaḥ tam
prasādaya gatvā tvam na tvām saḥ kupitaḥ śapet

35. rājan iyam ekapadī yataḥ me pituḥ āśramaḥ tvam
gatvā tam prasādaya saḥ kupitaḥ tvām na śapet

35. O King, this is the sole path leading to my father's hermitage (āśrama). Go and appease him, lest he, in his anger, curse you.

Words meanings summery:

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• एकपदी (ekapadī) - the sole path (a single path, a path for one person)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where (from where, whence, because)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - my father's (father's, from father)

• आश्रमः (āśramaḥ) - hermitage, ascetic's abode

• तम् (tam) - him (my father) (him, that (masculine accusative))

• प्रसादय (prasādaya) - appease, conciliate, calm down

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• न (na) - not, no

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• सः (saḥ) - he (my father) (he, that)

• कुपितः (kupitaḥ) - angry, enraged

• शपेत् (śapet) - would curse, may curse

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

एकपदी (ekapadī) - the sole path (a single path, a path for one person)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ekapadī

ekapadī - a single path, a path for one foot/person

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+padī)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• padī – path, way, foot (feminine form)
  noun (feminine)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

यतः (yataḥ) - from where (from where, whence, because)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun, functioning as genitive.

पितुः (pituḥ) - my father's (father's, from father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Genitive singular of 'pitṛ', indicating possession.

आश्रमः (āśramaḥ) - hermitage, ascetic's abode

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

Root: śram (class 4)

तम् (tam) - him (my father) (him, that (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रसादय (prasādaya) - appease, conciliate, calm down

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (loṭ) of pra-sādaya

Causative form of the root 'sad' with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Second person singular imperative active voice of the causative root 'pra-sād'.

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'gam' with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: gam (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

सः (saḥ) - he (my father) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुपितः (kupitaḥ) - angry, enraged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kupita

kupita - angry, enraged, provoked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'kup' (to be angry) with the suffix '-ta'.

Root: kup (class 4)

शपेत् (śapet) - would curse, may curse

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (vidhiliṅ) of śap

Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Third person singular optative active voice of the root 'śap'.

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