वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-66, verse-30

स्थास्यामश्चैकपादेन यावदागमनं तव ।
त्वद्गतानि च सर्वेषां जीवितानि वनौकसाम् ॥३०॥

30. sthāsyāmaścaikapādena yāvadāgamanaṃ tava ,
tvadgatāni ca sarveṣāṃ jīvitāni vanaukasām.

30. sthāsyāmaḥ ca ekapādena yāvat āgamanaṃ tava
tvatgatāni ca sarveṣāṃ jīvitāni vanaukasām

30. We will stand on one foot until your return, and indeed, the lives of all these forest-dwelling monkeys depend entirely on you.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थास्यामः (sthāsyāmaḥ) - we will stand (we will stand, we will remain)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एकपादेन (ekapādena) - on one foot (by/with one foot; on one leg)

• यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as much as)

• आगमनं (āgamanaṁ) - your arrival/return (coming, arrival, return)

• तव (tava) - your (arrival) (your, of you)

• त्वत्गतानि (tvatgatāni) - depend entirely on you (dependent on you, having gone to you)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṁ) - of all

• जीवितानि (jīvitāni) - lives (lives, life)

• वनौकसाम् (vanaukasām) - of the forest-dwelling monkeys (of the forest-dwellers)

Words meanings and morphology

स्थास्यामः (sthāsyāmaḥ) - we will stand (we will stand, we will remain)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of √sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एकपादेन (ekapādena) - on one foot (by/with one foot; on one leg)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekapāda

ekapāda - one-footed; one foot

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+pāda)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• pāda – foot, leg; quarter, section
  noun (masculine)

Note: Tatpurusha compound: 'by one foot'.

यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as much as)

(indeclinable)

आगमनं (āgamanaṁ) - your arrival/return (coming, arrival, return)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - coming, arrival, return

verbal noun

from root √gam (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Often takes genitive for the agent.

तव (tava) - your (arrival) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

त्वत्गतानि (tvatgatāni) - depend entirely on you (dependent on you, having gone to you)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tvatgata

tvatgata - gone to you, dependent on you

Compound type : tatpurusha (tvat+gata)

• tvat – from you (ablative of tvam)
  pronoun
  ablative of tvam
• gata – gone, arrived, reached, obtained; being in
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Compound: 'gone to you', 'resting on you', 'dependent on you'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṁ) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'vanaukasām'.

जीवितानि (jīvitāni) - lives (lives, life)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence; livelihood

from root √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'are'.

वनौकसाम् (vanaukasām) - of the forest-dwelling monkeys (of the forest-dwellers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest-dweller, inhabitant of a forest (e.g., a monkey)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• okas – abode, dwelling, home
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound: 'whose dwelling (okas) is in the forest (vana)'.

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