वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-64, verse-23

गृध्रराज्यं परित्यज्य पितृपैतामहं महत् ।
मम हेतोरयं प्राणान्मुमोच पतगेश्वरः ॥२३॥

23. gṛdhrarājyaṃ parityajya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat ,
mama hetorayaṃ prāṇānmumoca patageśvaraḥ.

23. gṛdhrarājyam parityajya pitṛpaitāmaham mahat
mama hetoḥ ayam prāṇān mumoca patageśvaraḥ

23. ayam patageśvaraḥ mahat pitṛpaitāmaham
gṛdhrarājyam parityajya mama hetoḥ prāṇān mumoca

23. Having abandoned his great ancestral vulture kingdom, this king of birds gave up his life for my sake.

Words meanings summery:

• गृध्रराज्यम् (gṛdhrarājyam) - vulture kingdom

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

• पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - inherited from father and grandfather (ancestral, paternal and grandparental)

• महत् (mahat) - great, mighty

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for my sake (for the sake of, on account of)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life, life breaths

• मुमोच (mumoca) - gave up, released, abandoned

• पतगेश्वरः (patageśvaraḥ) - king of birds, lord of birds

Words meanings and morphology

गृध्रराज्यम् (gṛdhrarājyam) - vulture kingdom

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gṛdhrarājya

gṛdhrarājya - vulture kingdom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛdhra+rājya)

• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• rājya – kingdom, rule
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'parityajya'.

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From pari + tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ya (after a prefix).

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Gerund, shows preceding action.

पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - inherited from father and grandfather (ancestral, paternal and grandparental)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛpaitāmaha

pitṛpaitāmaha - ancestral, inherited from father and grandfather

Derived from pitṛ and pitāmaha (grandfather).

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+pitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather
  noun (masculine)

Note: Matches case and number of 'gṛdhrarājyam'.

महत् (mahat) - great, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Qualifies 'gṛdhrarājyam'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive, related to 'hetoḥ'.

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for my sake (for the sake of, on account of)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive

Note: Expresses cause/reason.

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'patageśvaraḥ'.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life, life breaths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air

Note: Object of 'mumoca'.

मुमोच (mumoca) - gave up, released, abandoned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of muc

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Root muc (6th class). Perfect 3rd person singular.

Root: muc (class 6)

पतगेश्वरः (patageśvaraḥ) - king of birds, lord of birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patageśvara

patageśvara - king of birds, lord of birds (epithet for Garuda, Jatayu)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pataga+īśvara)

• pataga – bird (that which flies)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• īśvara – lord, ruler
  noun (masculine)

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