वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-3, verse-7

उत्सृज्य प्रमदामेनामनपेक्षौ यथागतम् ।
त्वरमाणौ पालयेथां न वां जीवितमाददे ॥७॥

7. utsṛjya pramadāmenāmanapekṣau yathāgatam ,
tvaramāṇau pālayethāṃ na vāṃ jīvitamādade.

7. utsṛjya pramadām enām anapekṣau yathāgatam
| tvaramāṇau pālayethām na vām jīvitam ādade

7. enām pramadām utsṛjya anapekṣau yathāgatam
tvaramāṇau vām na jīvitam ādade pālayethām

7. Abandoning this woman, without looking back, you two should quickly protect yourselves, just as you came. I will not take your lives.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning, giving up, letting go

• प्रमदाम् (pramadām) - this woman (Sītā) (woman, beautiful woman)

• एनाम् (enām) - this (woman) (this, her)

• अनपेक्षौ (anapekṣau) - (you two) without looking back (without looking back, without expectation)

• यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as you arrived (before this encounter) (as you came, just as it happened)

• त्वरमाणौ (tvaramāṇau) - (you two) quickly, in a hurry (hurrying, hastening, quickly)

• पालयेथाम् (pālayethām) - (you two) should protect yourselves (or proceed without harm) (you two should protect, you two should maintain)

• न (na) - not

• वाम् (vām) - your (dual genitive/accusative) (you two, your)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

• आददे (ādade) - I will take (future meaning implied by context of promise/threat) (I take, I seize)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning, giving up, letting go

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

derived from ut-sṛj + ya

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

प्रमदाम् (pramadām) - this woman (Sītā) (woman, beautiful woman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pramadā

pramadā - a beautiful woman, a young woman

एनाम् (enām) - this (woman) (this, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enad

enad - this

demonstrative pronoun

अनपेक्षौ (anapekṣau) - (you two) without looking back (without looking back, without expectation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of anapekṣa

anapekṣa - without looking back, disregardful, indifferent

compound of 'an' (negation) and 'apekṣa' (looking at, expectation)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+apekṣa)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• apekṣa – looking at, expectation, regard
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from apa-īkṣ + a (suffix)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as you arrived (before this encounter) (as you came, just as it happened)

(indeclinable)

compound of yathā and āgata (PPP of ā-gam)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgata)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• āgata – arrived, come
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from ā-gam + kta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

त्वरमाणौ (tvaramāṇau) - (you two) quickly, in a hurry (hurrying, hastening, quickly)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tvaramāṇa

tvaramāṇa - hurrying, hastening, quickly (present active participle)

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

derived from tvar + śānac

Root: tvar (class 1)

पालयेथाम् (pālayethām) - (you two) should protect yourselves (or proceed without harm) (you two should protect, you two should maintain)

(verb)

2nd person , dual, middle, optative (vidhi liṅ) of pālay

Causative/Denominative base

derived from root pā + ay

Root: pā (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

वाम् (vām) - your (dual genitive/accusative) (you two, your)

(pronoun)

dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, you two, you all

declension of 'yuṣmad'

Note: Here functions as the object 'you two' for 'ādade'.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, means of subsistence

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

derived from jīv + kta

Root: jīv (class 1)

आददे (ādade) - I will take (future meaning implied by context of promise/threat) (I take, I seize)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ādā

derived from ā-dā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

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