वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-21, verse-9

ताविमौ शोकसंतप्तौ शनैः प्रेरय भामिनि ।
त्वया परिगृहीतो ऽयमङ्गदः शास्तु मेदिनीम् ॥९॥

9. tāvimau śokasaṃtaptau śanaiḥ preraya bhāmini ,
tvayā parigṛhīto'yamaṅgadaḥ śāstu medinīm.

9. tau imau śokasaṃtaptau śanaiḥ preraya bhāmini
tvayā parigṛhītaḥ ayam aṅgadaḥ śāstu medinīm

9. O bhāmini,
śanaiḥ preraya tau imau śokasaṃtaptau.
tvayā parigṛhītaḥ ayam aṅgadaḥ medinīm śāstu.

9. O passionate one, gently inspire these two who are tormented by grief. Let this Angada, accepted by you, rule the land.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (Angada and Sugrīva) (those two)

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• शोकसंतप्तौ (śokasaṁtaptau) - tormented by grief, afflicted by sorrow

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gently, gradually

• प्रेरय (preraya) - urge, encourage, impel

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O passionate one (referring to Tārā) (passionate woman, beautiful woman)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• परिगृहीतः (parigṛhītaḥ) - accepted, taken, protected, supported

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Angada

• शास्तु (śāstu) - let him rule, may he rule

• मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the kingdom/territory (the earth, the land)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (Angada and Sugrīva) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these (proximal demonstrative pronoun)

शोकसंतप्तौ (śokasaṁtaptau) - tormented by grief, afflicted by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śokasaṃtapta

śokasaṁtapta - tormented by grief, afflicted by sorrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+saṃtapta)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• saṃtapta – tormented, afflicted, heated, distressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'tap' (to heat, suffer) with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gently, gradually

(indeclinable)

प्रेरय (preraya) - urge, encourage, impel

(verb)

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

Causative, Imperative Mood

Causative stem from root 'īr' (to move, stir) with prefix 'pra'. Imperative 2nd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: īr (class 1)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O passionate one (referring to Tārā) (passionate woman, beautiful woman)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - a passionate woman, beautiful woman, angry woman

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvad

tvad - you

परिगृहीतः (parigṛhītaḥ) - accepted, taken, protected, supported

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigṛhīta

parigṛhīta - accepted, taken, protected, embraced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'grah' (to seize, take) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (proximal demonstrative pronoun)

अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Angada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgada

aṅgada - Angada (name of Vālin's and Tārā's son)

शास्तु (śāstu) - let him rule, may he rule

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śās

Imperative Mood

Imperative 3rd person singular.

Root: śās (class 2)

मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the kingdom/territory (the earth, the land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, the ground, soil

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