वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-18

सहस्राण्यपि मूर्खाणां यद्युपास्ते महीपतिः ।
अथ वाप्ययुतान्येव नास्ति तेषु सहायता ॥१८॥

18. sahasrāṇyapi mūrkhāṇāṃ yadyupāste mahīpatiḥ ,
atha vāpyayutānyeva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā.

18. sahasrāṇi api mūrkhāṇām yadi upāste mahīpatiḥ
| atha vā api ayutāni eva na asti teṣu sahāyatā

18. yadi mahīpatiḥ mūrkhāṇām sahasrāṇi api upāste,
atha vā api ayutāni eva (upāste),
teṣu sahāyatā na asti.

18. If a king relies upon even thousands of fools, or indeed upon tens of thousands, there will be no assistance (sahāyatā) from them.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• अपि (api) - even, also, and

• मूर्खाणाम् (mūrkhāṇām) - of fools

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• उपास्ते (upāste) - relies upon (he serves, he attends, he worships, he relies upon)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

• अथ (atha) - or (then, now, thereupon, or)

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, and

• अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands, myriads

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them

• सहायता (sahāyatā) - help, assistance, support

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand, thousand

Note: Object of 'upāste'.

अपि (api) - even, also, and

(indeclinable)

मूर्खाणाम् (mūrkhāṇām) - of fools

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mūrkha

mūrkha - a fool, stupid, ignorant

Note: Specifies whose thousands.

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

उपास्ते (upāste) - relies upon (he serves, he attends, he worships, he relies upon)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ās

present middle

2nd class verb (adā-di), indicative mood with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, ruler, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'upāste'.

अथ (atha) - or (then, now, thereupon, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, and

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifies the 'ayutāni'.

अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands, myriads

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ayuta

ayuta - ten thousand, myriad

Note: Object of implied 'upāste'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

present active

2nd class verb (adā-di), indicative mood

Root: as (class 2)

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the 'fools'.

सहायता (sahāyatā) - help, assistance, support

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sahāyatā

sahāyatā - help, aid, assistance, support

Derived from 'sahāya' (helper) + 'tā' (abstract noun suffix).

Note: Subject of 'na asti'.

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