वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-19, verse-19

पादमूलं गमिष्यामि तस्यैवाहं महात्मनः ।
यो ऽसौ रामप्रयुक्तेन शरेण विनिपातितः ॥१९॥

19. pādamūlaṃ gamiṣyāmi tasyaivāhaṃ mahātmanaḥ ,
yo'sau rāmaprayuktena śareṇa vinipātitaḥ.

19. pādamūlam gamiṣyāmi tasya eva aham mahātmanaḥ
yaḥ asau rāmaprayuktena śareṇa vinipātitaḥ

19. aham tasya eva mahātmanaḥ pādamūlam gamiṣyāmi
yaḥ asau rāmaprayuktena śareṇa vinipātitaḥ

19. I will go to the very feet of that great-souled (mahātman) one, who was struck down by an arrow dispatched by Rāma.

Words meanings summery:

• पादमूलम् (pādamūlam) - to the feet (of my husband) (to the foot, at the base of the feet)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (husband) (of him, of that)

• एव (eva) - very, alone (only, indeed, just, very)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled Vālin (of the great-souled one, of the noble one)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (Vālin) (who, which)

• असौ (asau) - that one (Vālin) (that, yonder)

• रामप्रयुक्तेन (rāmaprayuktena) - by the arrow dispatched by Rāma (by that which was dispatched by Rāma, by a Rāma-sent (arrow))

• शरेण (śareṇa) - by an arrow

• विनिपातितः (vinipātitaḥ) - was struck down (by the arrow) (struck down, killed, felled)

Words meanings and morphology

पादमूलम् (pādamūlam) - to the feet (of my husband) (to the foot, at the base of the feet)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pādamūla

pādamūla - foot, base of the foot, feet

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāda+mūla)

• pāda – foot, leg, quarter, verse-line
  noun (masculine)
• mūla – root, basis, foundation, origin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used with 'gam' (to go) to indicate destination.

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future indicative

First person singular, active voice, future tense of root gam (class 1).

Root: gam (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (husband) (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Genitive singular of demonstrative pronoun tad

एव (eva) - very, alone (only, indeed, just, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Nominative singular of asmad

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled Vālin (of the great-souled one, of the noble one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, sublime (adjective); a great person (noun)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  From mahat
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, life, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'tasya'.

यः (yaḥ) - who (Vālin) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Nominative singular masculine of relative pronoun yad

असौ (asau) - that one (Vālin) (that, yonder)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, yonder (demonstrative pronoun)

Nominative singular masculine of demonstrative pronoun adas

रामप्रयुक्तेन (rāmaprayuktena) - by the arrow dispatched by Rāma (by that which was dispatched by Rāma, by a Rāma-sent (arrow))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāmaprayukta

rāmaprayukta - dispatched by Rāma, sent by Rāma

Past Passive Participle

Compound of Rāma and prayukta (PPP of pra-yuj)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+prayukta)

• rāma – Rāma (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prayukta – dispatched, sent, employed, used
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root yuj with upasarga pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'śareṇa'.

शरेण (śareṇa) - by an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)

विनिपातितः (vinipātitaḥ) - was struck down (by the arrow) (struck down, killed, felled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinipātita

vinipātita - struck down, felled, killed, caused to fall

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root pat with upasargas vi-ni-. Causal form: 'nipātita'. 'vinipātita' means completely struck down.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

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