वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-99, verse-13

एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुताः ।
तेषां वै समवेतानामपि कश्चिद्गयां व्रजेत् ॥१३॥

13. eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā guṇavanto bahuśrutāḥ ,
teṣāṃ vai samavetānāmapi kaścidgayāṃ vrajet.

13. eṣṭavyāḥ bahavaḥ putrāḥ guṇavantaḥ bahuśrutāḥ
teṣām vai samavetānām api kaścit gayām vrajet

13. bahavaḥ guṇavantaḥ bahuśrutāḥ putrāḥ eṣṭavyāḥ
teṣām samavetānām api kaścit vai gayām vrajet

13. Many sons should be desired, ones who are virtuous and highly learned. For, among such an assembly of them, it is possible that at least one might go to Gaya.

Words meanings summery:

• एष्टव्याः (eṣṭavyāḥ) - desirable, to be sought, to be wished for, should be desired

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons, children

• गुणवन्तः (guṇavantaḥ) - virtuous, endowed with good qualities

• बहुश्रुताः (bahuśrutāḥ) - highly learned, well-versed (in sacred texts), much heard

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• समवेतानाम् (samavetānām) - of those assembled, among those gathered

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, a certain one, at least one

• गयाम् (gayām) - to Gaya

• व्रजेत् (vrajet) - may go, should go

Words meanings and morphology

एष्टव्याः (eṣṭavyāḥ) - desirable, to be sought, to be wished for, should be desired

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eṣṭavya

eṣṭavya - desirable, to be sought, to be wished for

Gerundive

Derived from root iṣ (to wish, desire) + tavya suffix

Root: iṣ (class 4)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons, children

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child, offspring, descendant

गुणवन्तः (guṇavantaḥ) - virtuous, endowed with good qualities

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇavat

guṇavat - possessing good qualities, virtuous, meritorious, endowed with attributes

बहुश्रुताः (bahuśrutāḥ) - highly learned, well-versed (in sacred texts), much heard

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahuśruta

bahuśruta - much heard, highly learned, well-versed in sacred texts

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bahu+śruta)

• bahu – much, many, numerous
  adjective (masculine)
• śruta – heard, learned, known
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śru (to hear) + kta suffix
  Root: śru (class 5)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

समवेतानाम् (samavetānām) - of those assembled, among those gathered

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of samaveta

samaveta - assembled, gathered, united, met

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefixes sam + ava + kta suffix

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: i (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, a certain one, at least one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain one

गयाम् (gayām) - to Gaya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gayā

gayā - Gaya (a holy city, especially for ancestral rites)

व्रजेत् (vrajet) - may go, should go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)