वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-9, verse-45

इह वा मां मृतां कुब्जे नृपायावेदयिष्यसि ।
वनं तु राघवे प्राप्ते भरतः प्राप्स्यति क्षितिम् ॥४५॥

45. iha vā māṃ mṛtāṃ kubje nṛpāyāvedayiṣyasi ,
vanaṃ tu rāghave prāpte bharataḥ prāpsyati kṣitim.

45. iha vā mām mṛtām kubje nṛpāya āvedayiṣyasi vanam
tu rāghave prāpte bharataḥ prāpsyati kṣitim

45. kubje iha vā mām mṛtām nṛpāya āvedayiṣyasi tu
rāghave vanam prāpte bharataḥ kṣitim prāpsyati

45. O hunchback, you will announce me dead here to the king, or else, when Rāghava reaches the forest, Bharata will obtain the kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this place, in this world

• वा (vā) - or, either, optionally

• माम् (mām) - me

• मृताम् (mṛtām) - dead, deceased

• कुब्जे (kubje) - Addressing Mantharā (O hunchback!)

• नृपाय (nṛpāya) - to King Daśaratha (to the king)

• आवेदयिष्यसि (āvedayiṣyasi) - you will announce, you will inform

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, woods

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

• राघवे (rāghave) - when Rāghava (Rāma) (locative absolute) (in/to Rāghava (Rāma), with Rāghava)

• प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when (he) has reached (the forest) (having obtained, having reached)

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata (proper name)

• प्राप्स्यति (prāpsyati) - will obtain, will reach

• क्षितिम् (kṣitim) - the kingdom (earth, kingdom, land)

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this place, in this world

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either, optionally

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us (first person pronoun)

मृताम् (mṛtām) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कुब्जे (kubje) - Addressing Mantharā (O hunchback!)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kubjā

kubjā - hunchbacked woman, a female hunchback

नृपाय (nṛpāya) - to King Daśaratha (to the king)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, monarch, ruler (lit. 'protector of men')

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, male, person
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, ruler, drinking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √pā (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 1)

आवेदयिष्यसि (āvedayiṣyasi) - you will announce, you will inform

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of āveday

Causative of √vid

Derived from the root √vid (to know) with the upasarga ā- and causative suffix -ay.

Prefix: ā

Root: vid (class 2)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, woods

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, cluster of trees

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

(indeclinable)

राघवे (rāghave) - when Rāghava (Rāma) (locative absolute) (in/to Rāghava (Rāma), with Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

Derived from Raghu with the patronymic suffix -a.

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

प्राप्ते (prāpte) - when (he) has reached (the forest) (having obtained, having reached)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, gained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √āp (to obtain, reach) with the upasarga pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of Rāma's younger brother)

प्राप्स्यति (prāpsyati) - will obtain, will reach

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prāp

Derived from the root √āp (to obtain, reach) with the upasarga pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

क्षितिम् (kṣitim) - the kingdom (earth, kingdom, land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, land, ground, dominion, kingdom

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