वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-34, verse-10

न च रोषवशं तात गन्तुमर्हसि लक्ष्मण ।
निश्चयार्थमविज्ञाय सहसा प्राकृतो यथा ॥१०॥

10. na ca roṣavaśaṃ tāta gantumarhasi lakṣmaṇa ,
niścayārthamavijñāya sahasā prākṛto yathā.

10. na ca roṣavaśam tāta gantum arhasi lakṣmaṇa
niścayārtham avijñāya sahasā prākṛtaḥ yathā

10. tāta lakṣmaṇa ca,
niścayārtham avijñāya,
prākṛtaḥ yathā sahasā roṣavaśam gantum na arhasi

10. And you, dear Lakshmana, should not hastily succumb to anger like a common person without first understanding the true intention.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• रोषवशम् (roṣavaśam) - to the sway of anger, under the control of anger

• तात (tāta) - dear one, son (term of endearment)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go, to fall into

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you deserve

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana

• निश्चयार्थम् (niścayārtham) - for the sake of certainty, to ascertain the true purpose/intention

• अविज्ञाय (avijñāya) - without knowing, having not understood

• सहसा (sahasā) - hastily, suddenly, impetuously

• प्राकृतः (prākṛtaḥ) - a common man, an ordinary person

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in the manner of

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रोषवशम् (roṣavaśam) - to the sway of anger, under the control of anger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of roṣavaśa

roṣavaśa - the sway of anger, control by anger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (roṣa+vaśa)

• roṣa – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ruṣ (class 1)
• vaśa – control, sway, power
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

तात (tāta) - dear one, son (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, respected elder or younger person (term of endearment)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go, to fall into

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root gam + tumun suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (Rama's brother)

निश्चयार्थम् (niścayārtham) - for the sake of certainty, to ascertain the true purpose/intention

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niścayārtha

niścayārtha - purpose of certainty, true intention, definitive meaning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niścaya+artha)

• niścaya – certainty, ascertainment, conviction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ci (class 5)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to express purpose.

अविज्ञाय (avijñāya) - without knowing, having not understood

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root jñā with upasarga vi, followed by the suffix -ya. Prefixed with 'a-' for negation.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

सहसा (sahasā) - hastily, suddenly, impetuously

(indeclinable)

प्राकृतः (prākṛtaḥ) - a common man, an ordinary person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, ordinary, common, vulgar, unrefined

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

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