वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-43, verse-31

निमित्तानि हि घोराणि यानि प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे ।
अपि त्वां सह रामेण पश्येयं पुनरागतः ॥३१॥

31. nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me ,
api tvāṃ saha rāmeṇa paśyeyaṃ punarāgataḥ.

31. nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me
api tvām saha rāmeṇa paśyeyam punaḥ āgataḥ

31. hi yāni ghorāṇi nimittāni me prādurbhavanti.
(aham) punaḥ āgataḥ (san) api rāmeṇa saha tvām paśyeyam

31. Indeed, terrible omens appear to me. May I, having returned, see you again with Rāma.

Words meanings summery:

• निमित्तानि (nimittāni) - omens, signs, causes

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• घोराणि (ghorāṇi) - terrible, dreadful, awful

• यानि (yāni) - which

• प्रादुर्भवन्ति (prādurbhavanti) - they appear, manifest

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• अपि (api) - Here, used with optative, it implies 'may it be that...' or 'I hope that...' (also, even, although, (introduces a wish))

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rāma, by Rāma

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - may I see, I should see

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, further

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - having returned (myself) (arrived, returned, come)

Words meanings and morphology

निमित्तानि (nimittāni) - omens, signs, causes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nimitta

nimitta - omen, sign, cause, mark

Root: mī (class 5)

Note: Subject of 'prādurbhavanti'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis or causation.

घोराणि (ghorāṇi) - terrible, dreadful, awful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, fearful

Root: ghur (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nimittāni'.

यानि (yāni) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'nimittāni'.

प्रादुर्भवन्ति (prādurbhavanti) - they appear, manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prādurbhū

present tense

3rd person plural, active voice. Root bhū with prefix prādur.

Prefix: prādur

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Root √bhū with adverbial prefix prādur.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Dative of experience/possession, 'to me' or 'for me'.

अपि (api) - Here, used with optative, it implies 'may it be that...' or 'I hope that...' (also, even, although, (introduces a wish))

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Object of 'paśyeyam'.

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing instrumental case.

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rāma, by Rāma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the hero of Rāmāyaṇa)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Governed by 'saha'.

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - may I see, I should see

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of paś

optative mood

1st person singular, active voice. Form from root dṛś (to see), with present stem paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, further

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - having returned (myself) (arrived, returned, come)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, returned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

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