वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-26

न हि वैदेहि रामस्त्वां द्रष्टुं वाप्युपलप्स्यते ।
पुरो बलाकैरसितैर्मेघैर्ज्योत्स्नामिवावृताम् ॥२६॥

26. na hi vaidehi rāmastvāṃ draṣṭuṃ vāpyupalapsyate ,
puro balākairasitairmeghairjyotsnāmivāvṛtām.

26. na hi vaidehi rāmaḥ tvām draṣṭum vā api upalapsyate
puraḥ balākaiḥ asitaiḥ meghaiḥ jyotsnām iva āvṛtām

26. vaidehi hi rāmaḥ tvām draṣṭum vā api na upalapsyate,
asitaiḥ balākaiḥ meghaiḥ puraḥ āvṛtām jyotsnām iva

26. Indeed, O Vaidehī, Rāma will not be able to see you, nor even find you, just as moonlight is enveloped by black clouds full of cranes.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• वैदेहि (vaidehi) - O Vaidehī (an epithet for Sītā)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, for seeing

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• उपलप्स्यते (upalapsyate) - will obtain, will perceive, will find, will reach

• पुरः (puraḥ) - in front of, before, eastward

• बलाकैः (balākaiḥ) - by cranes

• असितैः (asitaiḥ) - by black clouds (by black ones)

• मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds

• ज्योत्स्नाम् (jyotsnām) - moonlight

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आवृताम् (āvṛtām) - moonlight that is covered (covered, enveloped, hidden)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

वैदेहि (vaidehi) - O Vaidehī (an epithet for Sītā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sītā

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma, charming, pleasing

Root: ram (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, for seeing

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Although derived from a verb, infinitives function as indeclinables.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

उपलप्स्यते (upalapsyate) - will obtain, will perceive, will find, will reach

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of labh

Future Active

3rd person singular, future tense, middle voice. From upa-√labh.

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

पुरः (puraḥ) - in front of, before, eastward

(indeclinable)

बलाकैः (balākaiḥ) - by cranes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of balākā

balākā - crane (bird)

Note: Although 'balākā' is feminine, the instrumental plural form 'balākaiḥ' can be masculine and agrees with the masculine 'asitaiḥ' and 'meghaiḥ'.

असितैः (asitaiḥ) - by black clouds (by black ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asita

asita - black, dark, not white

a (not) + sita (white)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sita – white, tied, bound
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √śvit (to be white) or √sī (to bind). Here likely 'white'.
  Root: śvit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'meghaiḥ'.

मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

From √mih (to sprinkle)

Root: mih (class 1)

ज्योत्स्नाम् (jyotsnām) - moonlight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jyotsnā

jyotsnā - moonlight, moonlit night

From jyot (light)

Note: Object of implied 'seeing' or 'perceiving'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आवृताम् (āvṛtām) - moonlight that is covered (covered, enveloped, hidden)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped, obstructed

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√vṛ (to cover)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'jyotsnām'.

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