वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-10

महार्हाणि च पानानि यानानि शयनानि च ।
गीतं नृत्तं च वाद्यं च लभ मां प्राप्य मैथिलि ॥१०॥

10. mahārhāṇi ca pānāni yānāni śayanāni ca ,
gītaṃ nṛttaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca labha māṃ prāpya maithili.

10. mahārhāṇi ca pānāni yānāni śayanāni ca gītam
nṛttam ca vādyam ca labha mām prāpya maithili

10. maithili mām prāpya mahārhāṇi pānāni ca yānāni ca
śayanāni ca gītam ca nṛttam ca vādyam ca labha

10. And valuable drinks, conveyances, and beds; songs, dances, and instrumental music – you will obtain all these, O Maithili, by coming to me.

Words meanings summery:

• महार्हाणि (mahārhāṇi) - valuable (very valuable, very costly, precious)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पानानि (pānāni) - drinks (drinks, beverages)

• यानानि (yānāni) - conveyances (vehicles, conveyances, journeys)

• शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds (beds, couches, sleep)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• गीतम् (gītam) - songs (song, singing, sung)

• नृत्तम् (nṛttam) - dances (dance, dancing)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• वाद्यम् (vādyam) - instrumental music (music, instrumental music, played)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• लभ (labha) - you will obtain (obtain, get, gain)

• माम् (mām) - me (me, to me)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - by coming to (having obtained, having reached, by attaining)

• मैथिलि (maithili) - O Maithili (Sita) (daughter of Mithila, Sita)

Words meanings and morphology

महार्हाणि (mahārhāṇi) - valuable (very valuable, very costly, precious)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mahārha

mahārha - very valuable, very costly, precious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+arha)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• arha – worthy, deserving, valuable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From √arh (to deserve, be worthy)
  Root: arh (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पानानि (pānāni) - drinks (drinks, beverages)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pāna

pāna - drinking, a drink, beverage

From √pā (to drink)

Root: pā (class 1)

यानानि (yānāni) - conveyances (vehicles, conveyances, journeys)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yāna

yāna - going, riding, a vehicle, carriage, conveyance

From √yā (to go, move)

Root: yā (class 2)

शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds (beds, couches, sleep)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śayana

śayana - sleeping, lying down, a bed, couch

From √śī (to lie, sleep) + ana (suffix for action/instrument)

Root: śī (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

गीतम् (gītam) - songs (song, singing, sung)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gīta

gīta - sung, song, singing

Past Passive Participle

From √gai (to sing)

Root: gai (class 1)

Note: Used here collectively for 'songs'

नृत्तम् (nṛttam) - dances (dance, dancing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nṛtta

nṛtta - danced, dance, dancing

Past Passive Participle

From √nṛt (to dance)

Root: nṛt (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वाद्यम् (vādyam) - instrumental music (music, instrumental music, played)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vādya

vādya - to be played, music, instrumental music, musical instrument

Gerundive

From √vad (to speak, sound) + ya (suffix)

Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

लभ (labha) - you will obtain (obtain, get, gain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of labh

Imperative 2nd Person Singular

Root √labh, 1st class (Ātmanepada)

Root: labh (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me (me, to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्राप्य (prāpya) - by coming to (having obtained, having reached, by attaining)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From pra-√āp (to obtain, reach)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मैथिलि (maithili) - O Maithili (Sita) (daughter of Mithila, Sita)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila, an epithet for Sita

Female inhabitant of Mithila (King Janaka's kingdom)

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