वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-62, verse-8

मा चास्मै प्रोषितं रामं मा चास्मै पितरं मृतम् ।
भवन्तः शंसिषुर्गत्वा राघवाणामिमं क्षयम् ॥८॥

8. mā cāsmai proṣitaṃ rāmaṃ mā cāsmai pitaraṃ mṛtam ,
bhavantaḥ śaṃsiṣurgatvā rāghavāṇāmimaṃ kṣayam.

8. mā ca asmai proṣitam rāmam mā ca asmai pitaram mṛtam
bhavantaḥ śaṃsiṣuḥ gatvā rāghavāṇām imam kṣayam

8. bhavantaḥ gatvā asmai proṣitam rāmam ca mṛtam
pitaram ca rāghavāṇām imam kṣayam ca mā śaṃsiṣuḥ

8. Having gone there, you all must not inform him about Rama's exile, nor about his father's death, nor about this ruin (kṣaya) that has befallen the Raghus.

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्मै (asmai) - to him, for him

• प्रोषितम् (proṣitam) - departed, gone forth, exiled

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama (accusative)

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्मै (asmai) - to him, for him

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father (accusative)

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, respectful)

• शंसिषुः (śaṁsiṣuḥ) - they should tell, they should announce

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• राघवाणाम् (rāghavāṇām) - of the Raghus

• इमम् (imam) - this (accusative)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, loss, ruin, decline

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist for prohibition.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्मै (asmai) - to him, for him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्रोषितम् (proṣitam) - departed, gone forth, exiled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of proṣita

proṣita - departed, gone away, exiled, absent

Past Passive Participle

from pra- + vas (to dwell) + kta

Prefix: pra

Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Qualifies Rāmam.

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (the son of Dasharatha), pleasing, charming

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist for prohibition.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्मै (asmai) - to him, for him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

पितरम् (pitaram) - father (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

from root mṛ (to die) + kta

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies pitaram.

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavant

bhavant - your honor, you (polite address), being, becoming

Present Active Participle

from root bhū (to be) + śatṛ

Root: bhū (class 1)

शंसिषुः (śaṁsiṣuḥ) - they should tell, they should announce

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ) of śaṃs

Aorist (Luṅ) form in the injunctive mood

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root gam (to go) + ktvā

Root: gam (class 1)

राघवाणाम् (rāghavāṇām) - of the Raghus

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, a name for Rama or Lakshmana

patronymic from Raghu

इमम् (imam) - this (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies kṣayam.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, loss, ruin, decline

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, loss, ruin, decline, end

Root: kṣi (class 1)

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