वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-12, verse-18

स देशः श्लाघनीयश्च नातिदूरे च राघव ।
गोदावर्याः समीपे च मैथिली तत्र रंस्यते ॥१८॥

18. sa deśaḥ ślāghanīyaśca nātidūre ca rāghava ,
godāvaryāḥ samīpe ca maithilī tatra raṃsyate.

18. saḥ deśaḥ ślāghanīyaḥ ca na atidūre ca rāghava
godāvaryāḥ samīpe ca maithilī tatra raṃsyate

18. rāghava saḥ deśaḥ ślāghanīyaḥ ca na atidūre ca
godāvaryāḥ samīpe ca maithilī tatra raṃsyate

18. That region, O Raghava, is praiseworthy and not very far. It is also near the Godavari, and Maithili will enjoy herself there.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that (region) (that, he)

• देशः (deśaḥ) - region, place, country

• श्लाघनीयः (ślāghanīyaḥ) - praiseworthy, commendable, excellent

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिदूरे (atidūre) - very far, too far

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (descendant of Raghu, O Raghava (Rama))

• गोदावर्याः (godāvaryāḥ) - of the Godavari river

• समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita, wife of Rama (Maithili (Sita))

• तत्र (tatra) - in Panchavati (there, in that place)

• रंस्यते (raṁsyate) - will delight, will enjoy, will revel

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that (region) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'deśaḥ'.

देशः (deśaḥ) - region, place, country

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - region, place, country, direction

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Subject of implied 'asti'.

श्लाघनीयः (ślāghanīyaḥ) - praiseworthy, commendable, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ślāghanīya

ślāghanīya - praiseworthy, commendable, laudable, excellent

Gerundive / Potential Passive Participle

Derived from root ślāgh (to praise) with suffix -anīya.

Root: ślāgh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'deśaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अतिदूरे (atidūre) - very far, too far

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of atidūra

atidūra - very far, too far, remote

Prefix ati- indicating excess.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ati+dūra)

• ati – over, beyond, too much
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• dūra – far, distant
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (descendant of Raghu, O Raghava (Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, member of the Raghu dynasty (epithet for Rama)

Vr̥ddhi derivative from Raghu.

गोदावर्याः (godāvaryāḥ) - of the Godavari river

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of godāvarī

godāvarī - Godavari river (a sacred river in India)

समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita, wife of Rama (Maithili (Sita))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithili, princess of Mithila, name of Sita

Note: Subject of 'raṃsyate'.

तत्र (tatra) - in Panchavati (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun tad.

रंस्यते (raṁsyate) - will delight, will enjoy, will revel

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of ram

Future tense, middle voice

3rd person singular, future indicative, Atmanepada

Root: ram (class 1)

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