वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-62, verse-5

एहि सिद्धार्थ विजय जयन्ताशोकनन्दन ।
श्रूयतामितिकर्तव्यं सर्वानेव ब्रवीमि वः ॥५॥

5. ehi siddhārtha vijaya jayantāśokanandana ,
śrūyatāmitikartavyaṃ sarvāneva bravīmi vaḥ.

5. ehi siddhārtha vijaya jayanta aśokanandana
śrūyatām iti kartavyam sarvān eva bravīmi vaḥ

5. siddhārtha vijaya jayanta aśokanandana ehi
vaḥ sarvān eva itikartavyam bravīmi śrūyatām

5. Come, Siddhartha, Vijaya, Jayanta, Aśokanandana! Listen, I tell all of you what must be done.

Words meanings summery:

• एहि (ehi) - come, approach

• सिद्धार्थ (siddhārtha) - Siddhartha (proper name)

• विजय (vijaya) - Vijaya (proper name), victory

• जयन्त (jayanta) - Jayanta (proper name), victorious

• अशोकनन्दन (aśokanandana) - Aśokanandana (proper name)

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard, listen

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding clause as a statement/content. (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or reported thought))

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - what must be done (what should be done, duty, action to be performed)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of you (all (masc. pl. acc.))

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizes 'all' (indeed, just, only, even)

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

• वः (vaḥ) - to all of you (to you, of you, you (plural))

Words meanings and morphology

एहि (ehi) - come, approach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of i

2nd person singular imperative

From root i (class 2, or used with prefix ā). Here ehi is from ā + i (class 2), imperative active, 2nd singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Addressed to each person individually, so singular.

सिद्धार्थ (siddhārtha) - Siddhartha (proper name)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of siddhārtha

siddhārtha - Siddhartha (name), one who has accomplished their aim

From siddha (accomplished) + artha (aim, purpose).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (siddha+artha)

• siddha – accomplished, perfected, achieved
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sidh (to accomplish) with kta suffix.
  Root: sidh (class 4)
• artha – aim, purpose, object, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

विजय (vijaya) - Vijaya (proper name), victory

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vijaya

vijaya - Vijaya (name), victory, triumph

From vi-ji (to conquer).

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

जयन्त (jayanta) - Jayanta (proper name), victorious

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of jayanta

jayanta - Jayanta (name), victorious, conquering

From root ji (to conquer) with suffix anta.

Root: ji (class 1)

अशोकनन्दन (aśokanandana) - Aśokanandana (proper name)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of aśokanandana

aśokanandana - Aśokanandana (name)

From aśoka (without sorrow) + nandana (rejoicing, son, pleasing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśoka+nandana)

• aśoka – without sorrow, free from grief
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation of śoka (sorrow).
  Prefix: a
• nandana – rejoicing, pleasing, son, garden
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice).
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Refers to the name of a messenger.

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard, listen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of śru

3rd person singular imperative passive

From root śru (class 5), imperative passive, 3rd singular.

Root: śru (class 5)

इति (iti) - marks the preceding clause as a statement/content. (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or reported thought))

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - what must be done (what should be done, duty, action to be performed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, duty

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root kṛ (to do) with tavya suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Null subject implied, meaning 'that which should be done'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of you (all (masc. pl. acc.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizes 'all' (indeed, just, only, even)

(indeclinable)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

1st person singular present

From root brū (class 2), present active, 1st singular.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Subject aham (I) is implied.

वः (vaḥ) - to all of you (to you, of you, you (plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Enclitic form of yuṣmad.

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