वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-47

तस्मान्मामागतं भद्रे तस्योदारस्य तद्वचः ।
यदहं पुत्रशोकेन संत्यक्ष्याम्यद्य जीवितम् ॥४७॥

47. tasmānmāmāgataṃ bhadre tasyodārasya tadvacaḥ ,
yadahaṃ putraśokena saṃtyakṣyāmyadya jīvitam.

47. tasmāt mām āgatam bhadre tasya udārasya tat vacaḥ
yat aham putraśokena saṃtyakṣyāmi adya jīvitam

47. bhadre tasmāt udārasya tasya tat vacaḥ mām āgatam
yat aham putraśokena adya jīvitam saṃtyakṣyāmi

47. Therefore, O revered lady, that word of his, the noble one, has reached me: that I shall give up my life today due to the grief for my son.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (from that; therefore; thence)

• माम् (mām) - me

• आगतम् (āgatam) - has reached (arrived, come, obtained)

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O revered lady (O gentle lady, O revered one, O auspicious one)

• तस्य (tasya) - of his (of him, of that)

• उदारस्य (udārasya) - of the noble one (of the noble one, of the generous one)

• तत् (tat) - that

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word (word, speech, statement)

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, which)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुत्रशोकेन (putraśokena) - due to my son's grief (by the grief for a son, due to sorrow for a son)

• संत्यक्ष्यामि (saṁtyakṣyāmi) - I shall abandon completely (I shall abandon completely, I shall give up)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (from that; therefore; thence)

(indeclinable)

ablative singular of 'tad'

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person pronoun

आगतम् (āgatam) - has reached (arrived, come, obtained)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from root gam (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: modifies 'vacaḥ'

भद्रे (bhadre) - O revered lady (O gentle lady, O revered one, O auspicious one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - auspicious, good, gentle, revered lady

तस्य (tasya) - of his (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

masculine/neuter genitive singular of 'tad'

उदारस्य (udārasya) - of the noble one (of the noble one, of the generous one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of udāra

udāra - noble, generous, exalted

Prefixes: ut+ā

Root: ṛ

Note: modifies 'tasya'

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

neuter nominative/accusative singular of 'tad'

वचः (vacaḥ) - word (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, which)

(indeclinable)

neuter nominative/accusative singular of 'yad'

Note: Used here as a conjunction 'that'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person pronoun

पुत्रशोकेन (putraśokena) - due to my son's grief (by the grief for a son, due to sorrow for a son)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of putraśoka

putraśoka - grief for a son, sorrow for a child

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+śoka)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'śuc' (to grieve, lament)
  Root: śuc (class 1)

संत्यक्ष्यामि (saṁtyakṣyāmi) - I shall abandon completely (I shall abandon completely, I shall give up)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of saṃtyaj

future active

from root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix saṃ-

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence; living

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

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