वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-25

निक्षिप्तविजयो रामो गतश्रीर्वनगोचरः ।
व्रती स्थण्डिलशायी च शङ्के जीवति वा न वा ॥२५॥

25. nikṣiptavijayo rāmo gataśrīrvanagocaraḥ ,
vratī sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca śaṅke jīvati vā na vā.

25. nikṣiptavijayaḥ rāmaḥ gataśrīḥ vanagocaraḥ
vratī sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca śaṅke jīvati vā na vā

25. rāmaḥ nikṣiptavijayaḥ gataśrīḥ vanagocaraḥ
vratī sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca jīvati vā na vā śaṅke

25. Rāma, whose victory is cast aside, who has lost his splendor, who wanders in the forest, who observes ascetic vows, and who sleeps on the bare ground—I doubt whether he is even alive or not.

Words meanings summery:

• निक्षिप्तविजयः (nikṣiptavijayaḥ) - whose victory is cast aside, one who has abandoned victory

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• गतश्रीः (gataśrīḥ) - whose splendor or fortune is lost, deprived of prosperity

• वनगोचरः (vanagocaraḥ) - roaming in the forest, an inhabitant of the forest

• व्रती (vratī) - an ascetic, one who observes a vow

• स्थण्डिलशायी (sthaṇḍilaśāyī) - one who sleeps on the bare ground

• च (ca) - and, also

• शङ्के (śaṅke) - I doubt, I suspect

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

निक्षिप्तविजयः (nikṣiptavijayaḥ) - whose victory is cast aside, one who has abandoned victory

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nikṣiptavijaya

nikṣiptavijaya - one whose victory is cast aside

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nikṣipta+vijaya)

• nikṣipta – cast aside, thrown down, abandoned
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ni-√kṣip (to throw down)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṣip (class 6)
• vijaya – victory, triumph
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-√ji (to conquer)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ji (class 1)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma, charming, pleasing

Root: ram (class 1)

गतश्रीः (gataśrīḥ) - whose splendor or fortune is lost, deprived of prosperity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gataśrī

gataśrī - one whose wealth or splendor is gone

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+śrī)

• gata – gone, departed
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• śrī – splendor, prosperity, wealth, fortune, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)

वनगोचरः (vanagocaraḥ) - roaming in the forest, an inhabitant of the forest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vanagocara

vanagocara - moving in the forest, dwelling in the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gocara)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• gocara – range, pasture, sphere of activity, moving in
  noun (masculine)
  From √car (to move) with go (here likely referring to space/range)
  Root: car (class 1)

व्रती (vratī) - an ascetic, one who observes a vow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vratin

vratin - one who observes a vow, an ascetic

From vrata (vow) + -in (possessive suffix)

स्थण्डिलशायी (sthaṇḍilaśāyī) - one who sleeps on the bare ground

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthaṇḍilaśāyin

sthaṇḍilaśāyin - one who sleeps on the bare ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sthaṇḍila+śāyin)

• sthaṇḍila – bare ground, consecrated ground
  noun (neuter)
• śāyin – sleeping, lying
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From √śī (to lie, to sleep) + -in
  Root: śī (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शङ्के (śaṅke) - I doubt, I suspect

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śaṅk

Present Active

Middle voice, 1st person singular, present indicative

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present Active

3rd person singular, present indicative

Root: jīv (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

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