वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-76, verse-17

यदि त्वार्यं न शक्ष्यामि विनिवर्तयितुं वनात् ।
वने तत्रैव वत्स्यामि यथार्यो लक्ष्मणस्तथा ॥१७॥

17. yadi tvāryaṃ na śakṣyāmi vinivartayituṃ vanāt ,
vane tatraiva vatsyāmi yathāryo lakṣmaṇastathā.

17. yadi tu āryam na śakṣyāmi vinivartayitum vanāt vane
tatra eva vatsyāmi yathā āryaḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ tathā

17. yadi tu āryam vanāt vinivartayitum na śakṣyāmi
tatra eva vane vatsyāmi yathā āryaḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ tathā

17. If I am unable to bring the noble one back from the forest, then I myself will reside there in the forest, just as the noble Lakṣmaṇa does.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• तु (tu) - then (implying 'on the other hand') (but, however, indeed, on the other hand)

• आर्यम् (āryam) - the noble one (Rāma) (noble one, honorable person)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able

• विनिवर्तयितुम् (vinivartayitum) - to bring back (to bring back, to turn back)

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I will reside (I will live, I will dwell)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

• आर्यः (āryaḥ) - the noble (Lakṣmaṇa) (noble one, honorable person)

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa (Lakṣmaṇa (proper name))

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner (so, thus, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

तु (tu) - then (implying 'on the other hand') (but, however, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a particle to indicate a slight contrast or emphasis.

आर्यम् (āryam) - the noble one (Rāma) (noble one, honorable person)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable; an Aryan

Note: Refers to Rāma.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates `śakṣyāmi`.

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able

(verb)

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

Future Active Indicative

root śak, 5th conjugation (su-ādi), parasmaipada, future tense, 1st person singular

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Governs the infinitive `vinivartayitum`.

विनिवर्तयितुम् (vinivartayitum) - to bring back (to bring back, to turn back)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive (causative)

Causative of root vṛt with prefixes vi and ni. Formed with suffix -tum.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Indicates separation from the forest.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Indicates location.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' with suffix 'tral'.

Note: Refers to the forest.

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I will reside (I will live, I will dwell)

(verb)

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

Future Active Indicative

root vas, 1st conjugation (bhū-ādi), parasmaipada, future tense, 1st person singular

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the consequence clause.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

आर्यः (āryaḥ) - the noble (Lakṣmaṇa) (noble one, honorable person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable; an Aryan

Note: Refers to Lakṣmaṇa.

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa (Lakṣmaṇa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (brother of Rāma)

Note: Subject of the implied verb (dwells).

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to `yathā`.

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