वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-2, chapter-98, verse-20
आत्मानमनुशोच त्वं किमन्यमनुशोचसि ।
आयुस्ते हीयते यस्य स्थितस्य च गतस्य च ॥२०॥
आयुस्ते हीयते यस्य स्थितस्य च गतस्य च ॥२०॥
20. ātmānamanuśoca tvaṃ kimanyamanuśocasi ,
āyuste hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca.
āyuste hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca.
20.
ātmānam anuśoca tvam kim anyam anuśocasi
āyuḥ te hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca
āyuḥ te hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca
20.
tvam ātmānam anuśoca kim anyam anuśocasi te
āyuḥ hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca
āyuḥ hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca
20.
You should lament for your own self (ātman); why do you lament for others? Your lifespan diminishes, whether you are stationary or in motion.
Words meanings summery:
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- आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness)
- अनुशोच (anuśoca) - lament for, grieve for
- त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)
- किम् (kim) - why, what for
- अन्यम् (anyam) - others (another, other)
- अनुशोचसि (anuśocasi) - you lament, you grieve for
- आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan (lifespan, life)
- ते (te) - your (your, to you (singular))
- हीयते (hīyate) - diminishes (diminishes, wastes away, is lost, decreases)
- यस्य (yasya) - of one who is (whose, of which, of whom)
- स्थितस्य (sthitasya) - of one who is stationary (of one who is standing, situated, stationary)
- च (ca) - and
- गतस्य (gatasya) - of one who is in motion (of one who is gone, moving)
- च (ca) - and
Words meanings and morphology
आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness (ātman)
अनुशोच (anuśoca) - lament for, grieve for
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of anuśoc
Prefix: anu
Root: śuc (class 1)
त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
किम् (kim) - why, what for
(indeclinable)
अन्यम् (anyam) - others (another, other)
(pronoun/adjective)
अनुशोचसि (anuśocasi) - you lament, you grieve for
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anuśoc
Prefix: anu
Root: śuc (class 1)
आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan (lifespan, life)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus
āyus - life, lifespan, vital power
ते (te) - your (your, to you (singular))
(pronoun)
singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Here, genitive of possession 'your lifespan'.
हीयते (hīyate) - diminishes (diminishes, wastes away, is lost, decreases)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of hīya
passive form
Passive voice of root √hā (to leave, abandon, lose)
Root: hā (class 3)
यस्य (yasya) - of one who is (whose, of which, of whom)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, who
स्थितस्य (sthitasya) - of one who is stationary (of one who is standing, situated, stationary)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of sthita
sthita - standing, situated, firm, stationary
Past Passive Participle
from root √sthā (to stand)
Root: sthā (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
गतस्य (gatasya) - of one who is in motion (of one who is gone, moving)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of gata
gata - gone, moved, attained
Past Passive Participle
from root √gam (to go)
Root: gam (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)