वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-45

आयस्ते विपुलः कच्चित् कच्चिदल्पतरो व्ययः ।
अपात्रेषु न ते कच्चित् कोशो गच्छति राघव ॥४५॥

45. āyaste vipulaḥ kaccit kaccidalpataro vyayaḥ ,
apātreṣu na te kaccit kośo gacchati rāghava.

45. āyaḥ te vipulaḥ kaccit kaccit alpataraḥ vyayaḥ
apātreṣu na te kaccit kośaḥ gacchati rāghava

45. rāghava! te āyaḥ vipulaḥ kaccit? vyayaḥ alpataraḥ
kaccit? te kośaḥ apātreṣu na gacchati kaccit?

45. O Rāghava, I hope your income is substantial and your expenditure is less. I also hope your treasury does not go to unworthy individuals.

Words meanings summery:

• आयः (āyaḥ) - income, revenue, acquisition

• ते (te) - your (your, by you, to you, for you)

• विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - large, extensive, abundant, great

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

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

• अल्पतरः (alpataraḥ) - smaller, lesser, more trifling

• व्ययः (vyayaḥ) - expenditure, expense, outlay, loss, decay

• अपात्रेषु (apātreṣu) - to unworthy persons, to unsuitable recipients

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - your (your, by you, to you, for you)

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

• कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury, fund, casket, sheath

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves, proceeds, reaches, obtains

• राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma

Words meanings and morphology

आयः (āyaḥ) - income, revenue, acquisition

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āya

āya - income, revenue, acquisition, arrival, access

From `i` (to go) with prefix `ā`

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

ते (te) - your (your, by you, to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: A common enclitic form for genitive/dative/instrumental singular/plural 2nd person pronoun. Here, genitive singular.

विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - large, extensive, abundant, great

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - large, extensive, abundant, great, broad

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express hope, expectation, or to ask a question anticipating a positive answer.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express hope, expectation, or to ask a question anticipating a positive answer.

अल्पतरः (alpataraḥ) - smaller, lesser, more trifling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alpatara

alpatara - smaller, lesser (comparative of alpa - small, little)

Comparative suffix -tara added to alpa.

व्ययः (vyayaḥ) - expenditure, expense, outlay, loss, decay

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyaya

vyaya - expenditure, expense, outlay, loss, decay, disappearance

From `ī` (to go) with prefix `vi` and `a`.

Prefix: vi

Root: i (class 2)

अपात्रेषु (apātreṣu) - to unworthy persons, to unsuitable recipients

(noun)

Locative, plural of apātra

apātra - unworthy, unsuitable, undeserving, improper recipient

Negation of `pātra` (worthy, suitable vessel/recipient) with `a-`.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pātra)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pātra – worthy, suitable, a vessel, recipient
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (your, by you, to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: A common enclitic form for genitive/dative/instrumental singular/plural 2nd person pronoun. Here, genitive singular.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express hope, expectation, or to ask a question anticipating a positive answer.

कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury, fund, casket, sheath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - treasury, fund, casket, sheath, dictionary, a bud

Root: kuś (class 1)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves, proceeds, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

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