वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-8

त्वं गतिस्त्वगतीनां च चक्षुस्त्वं हीनचक्षुषाम् ।
समासक्तास्त्वयि प्राणाः किं चिन्नौ नाभिभाषसे ॥८॥

8. tvaṃ gatistvagatīnāṃ ca cakṣustvaṃ hīnacakṣuṣām ,
samāsaktāstvayi prāṇāḥ kiṃ cinnau nābhibhāṣase.

8. tvam gatiḥ tva agatīnām ca cakṣuḥ tvam hīnacakṣuṣām
samāsaktāḥ tvayi prāṇāḥ kim cit nau na abhibhāṣase

8. tvam tva agatīnām gatiḥ ca tvam hīnacakṣuṣām cakṣuḥ
prāṇāḥ tvayi samāsaktāḥ nau kim cit na abhibhāṣase

8. You are the refuge for your helpless, and you are the eyes for the blind. Our very lives depend on you; why do you not speak a word to us?

Words meanings summery:

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (are) (you)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (refuge, course, path, destination)

• त्व (tva) - your

• अगतीनाम् (agatīnām) - for the helpless (of the helpless, of those without refuge)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eyes (sight) (eye, sight)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (are) (you)

• हीनचक्षुषाम् (hīnacakṣuṣām) - for the blind (of the sightless, of the blind)

• समासक्ताः (samāsaktāḥ) - deeply attached, depend (closely attached, devoted, absorbed)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - on you (in you, on you)

• प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - lives (breaths, vital airs, lives)

• किम् (kim) - anything (with 'cit' and 'na') (what, why)

• चित् (cit) - (particle for indefiniteness - 'anything') (indeed, even, (particle for indefiniteness))

• नौ (nau) - to us (to us (dual), our (dual))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभिभाषसे (abhibhāṣase) - you speak (you speak, you address)

Words meanings and morphology

त्वम् (tvam) - you (are) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (refuge, course, path, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, refuge, resort, state

Derived from root gam- (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

त्व (tva) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Alternate form for 'tava'.

अगतीनाम् (agatīnām) - for the helpless (of the helpless, of those without refuge)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of agati

agati - no way, no refuge, helpless, destitute

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+gati)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• gati – refuge, path, resort
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root gam- (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as a substantive. Refers to those who are 'without refuge'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eyes (sight) (eye, sight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

त्वम् (tvam) - you (are) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

हीनचक्षुषाम् (hīnacakṣuṣām) - for the blind (of the sightless, of the blind)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hīnacakṣus

hīnacakṣus - deprived of sight, blind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hīna+cakṣus)

• hīna – left, abandoned, devoid of, deficient
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hā- (to abandon)
  Root: hā (class 3)
• cakṣus – eye, sight
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as a substantive. Refers to those who are 'deprived of sight'.

समासक्ताः (samāsaktāḥ) - deeply attached, depend (closely attached, devoted, absorbed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāsakta

samāsakta - closely attached, devoted, absorbed, intent on

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sañj- (to cling, attach) with upasargas sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: saj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇāḥ'.

त्वयि (tvayi) - on you (in you, on you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - lives (breaths, vital airs, lives)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

किम् (kim) - anything (with 'cit' and 'na') (what, why)

(interrogative pronoun/indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'cit' to form an indefinite pronoun, here 'anything'.

चित् (cit) - (particle for indefiniteness - 'anything') (indeed, even, (particle for indefiniteness))

(indeclinable)

Note: Combines with 'kim' to mean 'anything'.

नौ (nau) - to us (to us (dual), our (dual))

(pronoun)

dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of 'asmad', here dative 'to us'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अभिभाषसे (abhibhāṣase) - you speak (you speak, you address)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of abhibhāṣ

Root bhāṣ (1st conjugation, Atmanepada)

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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