वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-63, verse-22

संपूर्णमपि चेदद्य प्रतरेयं महोदधिम् ।
सो ऽपि नूनं ममालक्ष्म्या विशुष्येत् सरितां पतिः ॥२२॥

22. saṃpūrṇamapi cedadya pratareyaṃ mahodadhim ,
so'pi nūnaṃ mamālakṣmyā viśuṣyet saritāṃ patiḥ.

22. saṃpūrṇam api cet adya pratareyam mahodadhim saḥ
api nūnam mama alakṣmyā viśuṣyet saritām patiḥ

22. adya saṃpūrṇam mahodadhim pratareyam cet,
saḥ api saritām patiḥ nūnam mama alakṣmyā viśuṣyet.

22. Even if I were to cross the vast, full ocean today, that very ocean, the lord of rivers, would surely dry up because of my misfortune (alakṣmī).

Words meanings summery:

• संपूर्णम् (saṁpūrṇam) - full, complete, perfected

• अपि (api) - even, also, if

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• प्रतरेयम् (pratareyam) - I would cross over

• महोदधिम् (mahodadhim) - great ocean

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अपि (api) - even, also

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अलक्ष्म्या (alakṣmyā) - by misfortune, by ill-luck

• विशुष्येत् (viśuṣyet) - would dry up completely

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

• पतिः (patiḥ) - lord, master, husband

Words meanings and morphology

संपूर्णम् (saṁpūrṇam) - full, complete, perfected

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃpūrṇa

saṁpūrṇa - full, complete, entire, perfect

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root pṛ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: pṛ (class 9)

अपि (api) - even, also, if

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

प्रतरेयम् (pratareyam) - I would cross over

(verb)

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

Verb root tṛ with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: tṛ (class 1)

महोदधिम् (mahodadhim) - great ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• udadhi – ocean, sea, receptacle of water
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhā (class 3)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अलक्ष्म्या (alakṣmyā) - by misfortune, by ill-luck

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of alakṣmī

alakṣmī - misfortune, ill-luck, adversity, poverty; goddess of misfortune

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'lakṣmī' (fortune)

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lakṣmī)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• lakṣmī – fortune, prosperity, wealth, beauty; goddess Lakshmi
  noun (feminine)

विशुष्येत् (viśuṣyet) - would dry up completely

(verb)

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

Verb root śuṣ with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

पतिः (patiḥ) - lord, master, husband

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, owner, husband

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