वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-25

यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महार्णवे ।
समेत्य च व्यपेयातां कालमासाद्य कं चन ॥२५॥

25. yathā kāṣṭhaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ ca sameyātāṃ mahārṇave ,
sametya ca vyapeyātāṃ kālamāsādya kaṃ cana.

25. yathā kāṣṭham ca kāṣṭham ca sameyātām mahārṇave
sametya ca vyapeyātām kālam āsādya kam cana

25. yathā kāṣṭham ca kāṣṭham ca mahārṇave sameyātām
te sametya ca kam cana kālam āsādya vyapeyātām

25. Just as one piece of wood and another piece of wood might meet in the great ocean, so too, after coming together, they will inevitably drift apart after a certain period of time.

Words meanings summery:

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

• काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - wood, a piece of wood, log

• च (ca) - and

• काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - wood, a piece of wood, log

• च (ca) - and

• समेयाताम् (sameyātām) - they two might meet, they two might come together

• महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean

• समेत्य (sametya) - having met, after coming together

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्यपेयाताम् (vyapeyātām) - they two might separate, might go apart

• कालम् (kālam) - time, death

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having encountered

• कम् (kam) - some (when used with 'cana') (which, what)

• चन (cana) - indicating 'some' or 'any' when used with interrogatives (indeed, even, any, some)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - wood, a piece of wood, log

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, log, timber, stick

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - wood, a piece of wood, log

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, log, timber, stick

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समेयाताम् (sameyātām) - they two might meet, they two might come together

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of sam-i

Optative mood, 3rd person dual, active voice

From sam-i 'to go'

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

समेत्य (sametya) - having met, after coming together

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Indeclinable participle from sam-i 'to go'

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्यपेयाताम् (vyapeyātām) - they two might separate, might go apart

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vi-apa-i

Optative mood, 3rd person dual, active voice

From vi-apa-i 'to go'

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: i (class 2)

कालम् (kālam) - time, death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having encountered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Indeclinable participle from ā-sad 'to reach, approach'

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

कम् (kam) - some (when used with 'cana') (which, what)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun/adjective)

Note: Used with 'cana' to mean 'some' or 'any'.

चन (cana) - indicating 'some' or 'any' when used with interrogatives (indeed, even, any, some)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in conjunction with interrogative pronouns/adjectives to give indefinite sense.

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