वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-44, verse-11

वेपमानं श्रमेणाद्य भवद्भिः स्थीयतामिति ।
एक एवाहरिष्यामि पातालादपि जानकीम् ॥११॥

11. vepamānaṃ śrameṇādya bhavadbhiḥ sthīyatāmiti ,
eka evāhariṣyāmi pātālādapi jānakīm.

11. vepamānam śrameṇa adya bhavadbhiḥ sthīyatām
iti ekaḥ eva āhariṣyāmi pātālāt api jānakīm

11. Since you are all trembling from exhaustion today, stay here. I alone will bring Janaki, even from patala (the netherworld).

Words meanings summery:

• वेपमानम् (vepamānam) - trembling (from exertion) (trembling, shaking)

• श्रमेण (śrameṇa) - by exhaustion (by exertion, by fatigue, by effort)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - by you all (respectful) (by you (plural, respectful), by your honors)

• स्थीयताम् (sthīyatām) - stay (here) (let it be stood, let it be remained, stay)

• इति (iti) - (quote marker) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - I alone (one, alone, single)

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

• आहरिष्यामि (āhariṣyāmi) - I will bring (I will bring, I will fetch)

• पातालात् (pātālāt) - from patala (the netherworld)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• जानकीम् (jānakīm) - Janaki (Sita) (Janaki (daughter of Janaka, another name for Sita))

Words meanings and morphology

वेपमानम् (vepamānam) - trembling (from exertion) (trembling, shaking)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vepamāna

vepamāna - trembling, shaking, agitated

Present Active Participle

From root √vep (to tremble, shake) + śānac suffix, used actively.

Root: vep (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'you' (referring to the other monkeys).

श्रमेण (śrameṇa) - by exhaustion (by exertion, by fatigue, by effort)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - exertion, fatigue, effort, toil

Root: śram (class 1)

Note: Denotes the cause of trembling.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - by you all (respectful) (by you (plural, respectful), by your honors)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (respectful term), being, existing

Present Active Participle (when used as 'being')

Often used as a respectful pronoun (second person).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent in passive construction (sthīyatām).

स्थीयताम् (sthīyatām) - stay (here) (let it be stood, let it be remained, stay)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Imperative, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root √sthā (class 1), passive form, imperative sense.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Passive construction with bhavadbhiḥ.

इति (iti) - (quote marker) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a quote.

एकः (ekaḥ) - I alone (one, alone, single)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Agrees with implied 'I' (aham).

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

(indeclinable)

आहरिष्यामि (āhariṣyāmi) - I will bring (I will bring, I will fetch)

(verb)

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

Future Tense, 1st person singular

Root √hṛ (class 1, 3) + prefix ā + future suffix -sya + personal ending mi.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पातालात् (pātālāt) - from patala (the netherworld)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pātāla

pātāla - the netherworld, one of the seven regions below the earth

Note: Indicates source or origin.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

जानकीम् (jānakīm) - Janaki (Sita) (Janaki (daughter of Janaka, another name for Sita))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - daughter of Janaka, Janaki (Sita)

Derived from Janaka (her father's name).

Note: Object of āhariṣyāmi.

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