वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-95, verse-38

अचिरप्रोषितं रामं चिरविप्रोषितं यथा ।
द्रष्टुकामो जनः सर्वो जगाम सहसाश्रमम् ॥३८॥

38. aciraproṣitaṃ rāmaṃ ciraviproṣitaṃ yathā ,
draṣṭukāmo janaḥ sarvo jagāma sahasāśramam.

38. aciraproṣitam rāmam ciravipraṣitam yathā
draṣṭukāmaḥ janaḥ sarvaḥ jagāma sahasā āśramam

38. sarvaḥ janaḥ aciraproṣitam rāmam ciravipraṣitam
yathā draṣṭukāmaḥ sahasā āśramam jagāma

38. All the people, eager to see Rama—who had recently departed but whom they felt had been separated from them for a long time—suddenly went to his hermitage (āśrama).

Words meanings summery:

• अचिरप्रोषितम् (aciraproṣitam) - recently departed (referring to Rama) (recently departed, not long gone)

• रामम् (rāmam) - Prince Rama, son of Dasaratha (Rama)

• चिरविप्रषितम् (ciravipraṣitam) - as if long-departed (referring to Rama) (long-departed, long-exiled)

• यथा (yathā) - as if (as, just as, in which way)

• द्रष्टुकामः (draṣṭukāmaḥ) - eager to see (desirous of seeing, wishing to see)

• जनः (janaḥ) - people (person, people, man)

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all (all, every, whole)

• जगाम (jagāma) - went

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, forcibly)

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage (āśrama) (hermitage, retreat)

Words meanings and morphology

अचिरप्रोषितम् (aciraproṣitam) - recently departed (referring to Rama) (recently departed, not long gone)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aciraproṣita

aciraproṣita - recently departed, not long gone

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'acira' (not long) and 'proṣita' (departed, pp. of pra-vas).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (acira+proṣita)

• acira – not long, short time
  adjective
  Negation ('a') of 'cira' (long time).
• proṣita – departed, gone abroad, exiled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root 'vas' (to dwell) with prefix 'pra-'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rāmam'.

रामम् (rāmam) - Prince Rama, son of Dasaratha (Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama, pleasant, charming

Note: Object of desire (to see).

चिरविप्रषितम् (ciravipraṣitam) - as if long-departed (referring to Rama) (long-departed, long-exiled)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ciravipraṣita

ciravipraṣita - long-departed, long-exiled

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'cira' (long time) and 'vipraṣita' (gone far away).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (cira+vipraṣita)

• cira – long time, lasting long
  indeclinable
• vipraṣita – greatly departed, far-gone, exiled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root 'vas' (to dwell) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'pra-'.
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rāmam'.

यथा (yathā) - as if (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

From 'yad' (relative pronoun) + 'thā' (suffix indicating manner).

द्रष्टुकामः (draṣṭukāmaḥ) - eager to see (desirous of seeing, wishing to see)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭukāma

draṣṭukāma - wishing to see

Compound of 'draṣṭu' (infinitive of dṛś) and 'kāma' (desire, desirous).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (draṣṭu+kāma)

• draṣṭu – to see, for seeing
  infinitive
  Infinitive
  Infinitive form of the root 'dṛś'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kam' (to desire).
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'janaḥ'.

जनः (janaḥ) - people (person, people, man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, mankind

From root 'jan' (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all (all, every, whole)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies 'janaḥ'.

जगाम (jagāma) - went

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of gam

Perfect Tense (Lit)

Reduplicated perfect form of 'gam'.

Root: gam (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, forcibly)

(indeclinable)

Instrumentive of 'sahas' (force, strength) used adverbially.

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage (āśrama) (hermitage, retreat)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, religious retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

From 'ā-śram' (to toil, exert oneself).

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Object of motion (went to).

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