वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-20, verse-17

समाश्वासय पुत्रं त्वं संदेशं संदिशस्व च ।
मूर्ध्नि चैनं समाघ्राय प्रवासं प्रस्थितो ह्यसि ॥१७॥

17. samāśvāsaya putraṃ tvaṃ saṃdeśaṃ saṃdiśasva ca ,
mūrdhni cainaṃ samāghrāya pravāsaṃ prasthito hyasi.

17. samāśvāsaya putram tvam sandeśam sandiśasva ca
mūrdhni ca enam samāghrāya pravāsam prasthitaḥ hi asi

17. tvam putram samāśvāsaya ca sandeśam sandiśasva ca
enam mūrdhni samāghrāya hi pravāsam prasthitaḥ asi

17. Console your son, and give him the message. For, having kissed him on the head, you have indeed departed for your journey.

Words meanings summery:

• समाश्वासय (samāśvāsaya) - console, reassure, comfort

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सन्देशम् (sandeśam) - message, instruction

• सन्दिशस्व (sandiśasva) - convey, deliver, give

• च (ca) - and, also

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head, at the top

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• समाघ्राय (samāghrāya) - having kissed him (on the head) (having smelled, having kissed)

• प्रवासम् (pravāsam) - journey, departure, absence from home

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - departed, set out, gone forth

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• असि (asi) - you are

Words meanings and morphology

समाश्वासय (samāśvāsaya) - console, reassure, comfort

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of samāśvās

Causative verbal root

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Causative, imperative mood

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सन्देशम् (sandeśam) - message, instruction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sandeśa

sandeśa - message, instruction, news

Derived from sam + diś

Prefix: sam

Root: diś (class 6)

सन्दिशस्व (sandiśasva) - convey, deliver, give

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sandiś

Prefix: sam

Root: diś (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head, at the top

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, skull, top, summit

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, him, her, it

Demonstrative pronoun

समाघ्राय (samāghrāya) - having kissed him (on the head) (having smelled, having kissed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive form from the root ghrā with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ghrā (class 1)

प्रवासम् (pravāsam) - journey, departure, absence from home

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pravāsa

pravāsa - journey, absence, dwelling abroad, sojourn

Derived from pra + vas

Prefix: pra

Root: vas (class 1)

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - departed, set out, gone forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - departed, gone forth, set out, started

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of pra + sthā

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with 'asi'

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

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