वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-14

कच्चिदर्थं विनिश्चित्य लघुमूलं महोदयम् ।
क्षिप्रमारभसे कर्तुं न दीर्घयसि राघव ॥१४॥

14. kaccidarthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam ,
kṣipramārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava.

14. kaccit artham viniścitya laghumūlam mahodayam
kṣipram ārabhasē kartum na dīrghayasi rāghava

14. rāghava kaccit (tvam) laghumūlam mahodayam artham
viniścitya kṣipram kartum ārabhasē na dīrghayasi

14. O Rāghava, I hope that after you have firmly determined an undertaking that requires little initial effort but promises great success, you begin it quickly and do not procrastinate.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

• अर्थम् (artham) - undertaking, matter (purpose, object, affair, undertaking, wealth)

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having firmly determined

• लघुमूलम् (laghumūlam) - having little capital/root, of small cost/effort

• महोदयम् (mahodayam) - having great rise/result/prosperity

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• आरभसे (ārabhasē) - you undertake, you begin

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

• न (na) - not, no

• दीर्घयसि (dīrghayasi) - you prolong, you delay

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava, descendant of Raghu (an epithet of Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

अर्थम् (artham) - undertaking, matter (purpose, object, affair, undertaking, wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, object, affair

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having firmly determined

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: ci (class 5)

लघुमूलम् (laghumūlam) - having little capital/root, of small cost/effort

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of laghumūla

laghumūla - having little capital, of small cost

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (laghu+mūla)

• laghu – small, light, little
  adjective
• mūla – root, origin, capital, foundation
  noun (neuter)

महोदयम् (mahodayam) - having great rise/result/prosperity

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahodaya

mahodaya - having great rise, yielding great results, leading to great prosperity

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahā+udaya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• udaya – rise, prosperity, success, result
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

आरभसे (ārabhasē) - you undertake, you begin

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ārabhas

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दीर्घयसि (dīrghayasi) - you prolong, you delay

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dīrghay

Denominative verb

Derived from the adjective dīrgha (long)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava, descendant of Raghu (an epithet of Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

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