वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-63, verse-24

अयं पितृवयस्यो मे गृध्रराजो जरान्वितः ।
शेते विनिहतो भूमौ मम भाग्यविपर्ययात् ॥२४॥

24. ayaṃ pitṛvayasyo me gṛdhrarājo jarānvitaḥ ,
śete vinihato bhūmau mama bhāgyaviparyayāt.

24. ayam pitṛvayasyaḥ me gṛdhrarājaḥ jarānvitaḥ
śete vinihataḥ bhūmau mama bhāgyaviparyayāt

24. ayam me pitṛvayasyaḥ jarānvitaḥ gṛdhrarājaḥ mama bhāgyaviparyayāt bhūmau vinihataḥ śete.

24. This king of vultures, my father's old friend, afflicted by old age, lies slain on the ground due to my adverse fate.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - This (Jatayu) (this)

• पितृवयस्यः (pitṛvayasyaḥ) - father's friend

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• गृध्रराजः (gṛdhrarājaḥ) - king of vultures

• जरान्वितः (jarānvitaḥ) - afflicted by old age, old

• शेते (śete) - lies (dead) (lies, rests)

• विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - slain, killed, struck down

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भाग्यविपर्ययात् (bhāgyaviparyayāt) - due to reversal of fortune, due to misfortune

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - This (Jatayu) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

पितृवयस्यः (pitṛvayasyaḥ) - father's friend

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛvayasya

pitṛvayasya - father's friend

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+vayasya)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• vayasya – friend, companion, contemporary
  noun (masculine)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Alternative form of mama (genitive) or mahyam (dative).

गृध्रराजः (gṛdhrarājaḥ) - king of vultures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛdhrarāja

gṛdhrarāja - king of vultures

Compound type : tatpurusha (gṛdhra+rāja)

• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

जरान्वितः (jarānvitaḥ) - afflicted by old age, old

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jarānvita

jarānvita - afflicted by old age, old, accompanied by old age

Compound type : tatpurusha (jarā+anvita)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• anvita – accompanied, connected with, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From verb √anv 'to follow' + kta suffix.
  Root: anv

शेते (śete) - lies (dead) (lies, rests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Atmanepada form.

विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - slain, killed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinihata

vinihata - slain, killed, struck down

Past Passive Participle

From verb ni-han 'to strike down, kill' with prefix vi-.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भाग्यविपर्ययात् (bhāgyaviparyayāt) - due to reversal of fortune, due to misfortune

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhāgyaviparyaya

bhāgyaviparyaya - reversal of fortune, misfortune

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāgya+viparyaya)

• bhāgya – fortune, destiny, fate
  noun (neuter)
• viparyaya – reversal, inversion, misfortune
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: i (class 2)