वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-11

आह्वये विश्वकर्माणमहं त्वष्टारमेव च ।
आतिथ्यं कर्तुमिच्छामि तत्र मे संविधीयताम् ॥११॥

11. āhvaye viśvakarmāṇamahaṃ tvaṣṭārameva ca ,
ātithyaṃ kartumicchāmi tatra me saṃvidhīyatām.

11. āhvaye viśvakarmāṇam aham tvaṣṭāram eva ca |
ātithyam kartum icchāmi tatra me saṃvidhīyatām

11. aham viśvakarmāṇam ca eva tvaṣṭāram āhvaye
ātithyam kartum icchāmi tatra me saṃvidhīyatām

11. I invoke Viśvakarman, and indeed Tvaṣṭar as well. I wish to perform hospitality; therefore, let arrangements be made for me there.

Words meanings summery:

• आह्वये (āhvaye) - I invoke, I call, I summon

• विश्वकर्माणम् (viśvakarmāṇam) - Viśvakarman (the divine architect)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वष्टारम् (tvaṣṭāram) - Tvaṣṭar (divine artisan)

• एव (eva) - used for emphasis, meaning 'as well' (indeed, just, only, even)

• च (ca) - and, also

• आतिथ्यम् (ātithyam) - hospitality, duty to guests

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform, to make

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

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

• मे (me) - for me (for me, to me, my)

• संविधीयताम् (saṁvidhīyatām) - let it be arranged, let it be prepared, let it be managed

Words meanings and morphology

आह्वये (āhvaye) - I invoke, I call, I summon

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of āhve

Present

1st person singular, present tense (laṭ), Ātmanepada, from verb root 'hvā' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: hvā (class 1)

विश्वकर्माणम् (viśvakarmāṇam) - Viśvakarman (the divine architect)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśvakarman

viśvakarman - Viśvakarman (the divine architect, creator of the universe, all-creator)

n-stem masculine noun.

Note: Direct object of 'āhvaye'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

First person pronoun.

Note: Explicitly stated, otherwise implied by verb ending.

त्वष्टारम् (tvaṣṭāram) - Tvaṣṭar (divine artisan)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tvaṣṭṛ

tvaṣṭṛ - Tvaṣṭar (a Vedic deity, divine carpenter, fashioner of forms, craftsman)

Agent noun from verb root 'tvakṣ' (to cut, to fashion), r-stem masculine noun.

Root: tvakṣ

Note: Direct object of 'āhvaye'.

एव (eva) - used for emphasis, meaning 'as well' (indeed, just, only, even)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Viśvakarman and Tvaṣṭar.

आतिथ्यम् (ātithyam) - hospitality, duty to guests

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātithya

ātithya - hospitality, duty to guests, entertainment of guests

Derived from 'atithi' (guest) with suffix '-ya'.

Note: Direct object of the infinitive 'kartum'.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform, to make

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed with suffix -tum from verb root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Present

1st person singular, present tense (laṭ), Parasmaipada, from verb root 'iṣ' (often seen with guna 'eṣ')

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronominal base 'tad' (that) + suffix '-tra'.

मे (me) - for me (for me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Enclitic dative/genitive singular of the first person pronoun 'asmad'.

Note: Context indicates dative ('for me').

संविधीयताम् (saṁvidhīyatām) - let it be arranged, let it be prepared, let it be managed

(verb)

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

Imperative

3rd person singular, passive, imperative mood (loṭ), from verb root 'dhā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'vi'

Prefixes: sam+vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

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