वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-20, verse-5

अनाथवद्विलपसि किं नु नाथे मयि स्थिते ।
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ मा भैषीर्वैक्लव्यं त्यज्यतामिह ॥५॥

5. anāthavadvilapasi kiṃ nu nāthe mayi sthite ,
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha mā bhaiṣīrvaiklavyaṃ tyajyatāmiha.

5. anāthavat vilapasi kim nu nāthe mayi sthite |
uttiṣṭha uttiṣṭha mā bhaiṣīḥ vaiklavyaṃ tyajyatām iha

5. mayi nāthe sthite anāthavat kim nu vilapasi uttiṣṭha
uttiṣṭha mā bhaiṣīḥ iha vaiklavyaṃ tyajyatām

5. Why do you lament like one without a protector when I, your protector, am present? Rise, rise! Do not be afraid; let this distress be abandoned here.

Words meanings summery:

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a master, like a helpless person, like an orphan

• विलपसि (vilapasi) - you lament, you weep

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly

• नाथे (nāthe) - when I, your protector, am present (in the protector, when the protector is (present))

• मयि (mayi) - in me, on me, with me

• स्थिते (sthite) - being, standing, situated, present

• उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - rise up! stand up!

• उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - rise up! stand up!

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• भैषीः (bhaiṣīḥ) - you should not fear, do not be afraid

• वैक्लव्यं (vaiklavyaṁ) - distress, helplessness, despair, perturbation

• त्यज्यताम् (tyajyatām) - let it be abandoned, let it be given up

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter, now

Words meanings and morphology

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a master, like a helpless person, like an orphan

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'anātha' (without a master) + '-vat' (like) suffix.

Note: Adverbial usage.

विलपसि (vilapasi) - you lament, you weep

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vilap

Present tense, active voice

2nd person singular present active indicative.

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

Note: Used here as an interrogative adverb 'why'.

नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or inquiry.

Note: Emphatic particle.

नाथे (nāthe) - when I, your protector, am present (in the protector, when the protector is (present))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - master, lord, protector, owner

Root: nāth (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'mayi sthite'.

मयि (mayi) - in me, on me, with me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

स्थिते (sthite) - being, standing, situated, present

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, present, firm, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand, to be).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `nāthe` and `mayi` in the locative absolute.

उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - rise up! stand up!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of uttiṣṭha

Imperative, active voice

2nd person singular imperative active.

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Repetition emphasizes urgency.

उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - rise up! stand up!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of uttiṣṭha

Imperative, active voice

2nd person singular imperative active.

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Repetition emphasizes urgency.

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Used with the aorist or imperative to express prohibition.

Note: Prohibitive particle.

भैषीः (bhaiṣīḥ) - you should not fear, do not be afraid

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ) of bhī

Injunctive/Aorist, active voice

2nd person singular aorist (luṅ) active, used with 'mā' for prohibition.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

वैक्लव्यं (vaiklavyaṁ) - distress, helplessness, despair, perturbation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiklavya

vaiklavya - distress, perplexity, agitation, helplessness, despair

Derived from 'viklava' (distressed) + '-ya' (suffix forming abstract noun).

Root: klī (class 9)

Note: Object of `tyajyatām`.

त्यज्यताम् (tyajyatām) - let it be abandoned, let it be given up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Imperative, passive voice

3rd person singular imperative passive.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this matter, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place or manner.

Note: Refers to 'at this moment' or 'in this situation'.

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