वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-79, verse-9

मा भूत् स कालो यत् कष्टं न मां शङ्कितुमर्हसि ।
राघवः स हि मे भ्राता ज्येष्ठः पितृसमो मम ॥९॥

9. mā bhūt sa kālo yat kaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitumarhasi ,
rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mama.

9. mā bhūt saḥ kālaḥ yat kaṣṭam na mām śaṅkitum arhasi
rāghavaḥ saḥ hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamaḥ mama

9. mā saḥ kālaḥ bhūt yat kaṣṭam mām śaṅkitum na arhasi
hi saḥ rāghavaḥ me jyeṣṭhaḥ bhrātā mama pitṛsamaḥ

9. Let such a time never come that you should doubt me in distress. For that Rāghava is indeed my elder brother, and he is like a father to me.

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• भूत् (bhūt) - may it be, let it happen

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, occasion

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - difficulty, distress, sorrow

• न (na) - not

• माम् (mām) - me

• शङ्कितुम् (śaṅkitum) - to doubt, to fear

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are able, you ought, you should

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• मे (me) - my, to me

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder, eldest

• पितृसमः (pitṛsamaḥ) - like a father, equal to a father

• मम (mama) - my, to me

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

भूत् (bhūt) - may it be, let it happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, injunctive (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, occasion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, black

यत् (yat) - which, that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a conjunction meaning 'that, by which'.

कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - difficulty, distress, sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṣṭa

kaṣṭa - difficult, painful, distress, misfortune

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

शङ्कितुम् (śaṅkitum) - to doubt, to fear

(indeclinable)

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are able, you ought, you should

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder, eldest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - elder, eldest, chief, most excellent

पितृसमः (pitṛsamaḥ) - like a father, equal to a father

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛsama

pitṛsama - like a father, equal to a father

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+sama)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, same
  adjective (masculine)

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

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