वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-19

अहमेतद्गमिष्यामि योजनानां शतं महत् ।
निवर्तने तु मे शक्तिः स्यान्न वेति न निश्चितम् ॥१९॥

19. ahametadgamiṣyāmi yojanānāṃ śataṃ mahat ,
nivartane tu me śaktiḥ syānna veti na niścitam.

19. aham etat gamiṣyāmi yojanānām śatam mahat
nivartane tu me śaktiḥ syāt na vā iti na niścitam

19. aham etat mahat śatam yojanānām gamiṣyāmi tu
me nivartane śaktiḥ syāt na vā iti na niścitam

19. I will go this great distance of a hundred yojanas. However, whether I will have the strength for the return journey or not is not certain.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एतत् (etat) - this (distance) (this, that)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a unit of distance)

• शतम् (śatam) - hundred

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

• निवर्तने (nivartane) - for the return journey (in returning, for the return, at the return)

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• मे (me) - my (strength) (my, to me)

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, strength, ability

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be

• न (na) - not

• वा (vā) - or

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• न (na) - not

• निश्चितम् (niścitam) - not certain (certain, decided, ascertained)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

एतत् (etat) - this (distance) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the distance of a hundred yojanas.

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a unit of distance)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - a measure of distance (approx. 8-16 km), union, yoking

शतम् (śatam) - hundred

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahant

mahant - great, large, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'śatam'.

निवर्तने (nivartane) - for the return journey (in returning, for the return, at the return)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nivartana

nivartana - returning, return, cessation

verbal noun from ni + vṛt (to turn)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (strength) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, strength, ability

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, ability, energy (śakti)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

निश्चितम् (niścitam) - not certain (certain, decided, ascertained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niścita

niścita - certain, ascertained, decided, fixed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root ci (to perceive) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective, refers to the matter of strength for return.

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