वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-24, verse-37

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नाजानाज्जीवतीं रामः स मां लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः ।
जानन्तौ तौ न कुर्यातां नोर्व्यां हि मम मार्गणम् ॥३७॥

37. nājānājjīvatīṃ rāmaḥ sa māṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ ,
jānantau tau na kuryātāṃ norvyāṃ hi mama mārgaṇam.

37. na ajānāt jīvatīm rāmaḥ saḥ mām lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ
jānantau tau na kuryātām na urvyām hi mama mārgaṇam

37. saḥ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ rāmaḥ mām jīvatīm na ajānāt
tau jānantau hi mama mārgaṇam urvyām na kuryātām

37. Rāma, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, did not know that I was alive. If they (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) knew, they would surely search for me on Earth.

Words meanings summery:

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न (na) - not

अजानात् (ajānāt) - he did not know

जीवतीम् (jīvatīm) - living, alive

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

सः (saḥ) - he, that

माम् (mām) - me

लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः (lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ) - the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa

जानन्तौ (jānantau) - knowing (dual)

तौ (tau) - those two, they two

न (na) - not, (emphatic particle)

कुर्याताम् (kuryātām) - they (two) would do, they (two) would make, they (two) would search

न (na) - not

उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth, on the ground

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

मम (mama) - my, of me

मार्गणम् (mārgaṇam) - search, seeking

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: negates the verb 'ajānāt'

अजानात् (ajānāt) - he did not know

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of jñā

imperfect active

3rd singular imperfect active (from root jñā, 9th class), with 'a' augment

Root: jñā (class 9)

जीवतीम् (jīvatīm) - living, alive

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvatī

jīvatī - living, alive

present active participle

feminine accusative singular present active participle of jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: subject of ajānāt

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: refers to Rāma

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः (lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ) - the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇapūrvaja

lakṣmaṇapūrvaja - elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lakṣmaṇa+pūrvaja)

lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (a proper name)
proper noun (masculine)
pūrvaja – elder brother, born before
noun (masculine)
Prefix: puras
Root: jan (class 4)

जानन्तौ (jānantau) - knowing (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jānat

jānat - knowing

present active participle

masculine nominative dual present active participle of jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

तौ (tau) - those two, they two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he

Note: refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

न (na) - not, (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: In conjunction with 'hi' and the optative verb, this 'na' functions to negate the absence of action, thereby implying an emphatic positive ('they would surely do').

कुर्याताम् (kuryātām) - they (two) would do, they (two) would make, they (two) would search

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

optative active

3rd dual optative active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: This 'na' forms a sandhi with 'urvyām'. In the context of the preceding 'na kuryātām hi' (interpreted as emphatic affirmation), this 'na' with 'urvyām' implies 'on Earth indeed', by negating the notion of 'not on Earth', contributing to the overall positive statement that they would surely search on Earth.

उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of urvī

urvī - earth, ground

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Note: emphatic particle

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

मार्गणम् (mārgaṇam) - search, seeking