वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-53, verse-15

अवस्थाने यदैव त्वमासिष्यसि परंतप ।
तदैव हरयः सर्वे त्यक्ष्यन्ति कृतनिश्चयाः ॥१५॥

15. avasthāne yadaiva tvamāsiṣyasi paraṃtapa ,
tadaiva harayaḥ sarve tyakṣyanti kṛtaniścayāḥ.

15. avasthāne yadā eva tvam āsiṣyasi parantapa tadā
eva harayaḥ sarve tyakṣyanti kṛta-niścayāḥ

15. parantapa yadā eva tvam avasthāne āsiṣyasi tadā
eva sarve kṛta-niścayāḥ harayaḥ tyakṣyanti

15. O tormentor of enemies, the moment you settle down in one place, all the monkeys, firmly resolved, will abandon you.

Words meanings summery:

• अवस्थाने (avasthāne) - in one place, at your station (in a state, in a condition, in a situation, at a place of stay)

• यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

• एव (eva) - just, exactly (emphasizing 'whenever') (just, only, indeed, exactly)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• आसिष्यसि (āsiṣyasi) - you will settle down (you will sit, you will remain, you will settle down)

• परन्तप (parantapa) - O tormentor of foes, O subduer of enemies

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• एव (eva) - just, exactly (emphasizing 'then') (just, only, indeed, exactly)

• हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will abandon (you) (they will abandon, they will leave, they will forsake)

• कृत-निश्चयाः (kṛta-niścayāḥ) - firmly resolved (having made a decision, resolved, determined)

Words meanings and morphology

अवस्थाने (avasthāne) - in one place, at your station (in a state, in a condition, in a situation, at a place of stay)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of avasthāna

avasthāna - standing, staying, dwelling, situation, position, state, location

From root sthā- (to stand) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Denotes location or state.

यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

(indeclinable)

Derived from yad (which) + suffix -dā (time)

Note: Temporal adverb, part of a correlative pair 'yadā...tadā...'.

एव (eva) - just, exactly (emphasizing 'whenever') (just, only, indeed, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'āsiṣyasi'.

आसिष्यसि (āsiṣyasi) - you will settle down (you will sit, you will remain, you will settle down)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ās

Future Indicative, 2nd Person Singular

From root ās- (to sit)

Root: ās (class 2)

परन्तप (parantapa) - O tormentor of foes, O subduer of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of parantapa

parantapa - tormenting enemies, subduing foes, a conqueror, hero, a royal epithet

Agent noun from para- (enemy) and root tap- (to heat, torment)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (para+tapa)

• para – other, alien, enemy, hostile
  adjective/noun
• tapa – heating, tormenting, causing pain, penance
  noun (masculine)
  From root tap-
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: An epithet for the addressee (Rama in this context).

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + suffix -dā (time)

Note: Correlates with 'yadā'.

एव (eva) - just, exactly (emphasizing 'then') (just, only, indeed, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, lion, horse, Vishnu, Indra, sun

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'tyakṣyanti'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete, entire

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ'.

त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will abandon (you) (they will abandon, they will leave, they will forsake)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of tyaj

Future Indicative, 3rd Person Plural

From root tyaj- (to abandon)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कृत-निश्चयाः (kṛta-niścayāḥ) - firmly resolved (having made a decision, resolved, determined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛta-niścaya

kṛta-niścaya - having made a decision, resolved, determined, having a firm resolution

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+niścaya)

• kṛta – done, made, accomplished, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ- (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• niścaya – decision, resolve, determination, certainty
  noun (masculine)
  From ni- + ci- (to gather, perceive)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ'.

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