वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-30, verse-4

स्वप्नो मयायं विकृतो ऽद्य दृष्टः शाखामृगः शास्त्रगणैर्निषिद्धः ।
स्वस्त्यस्तु रामाय सलक्ष्मणाय तथा पितुर्मे जनकस्य राज्ञः ॥४॥

4. svapno mayāyaṃ vikṛto'dya dṛṣṭaḥ śākhāmṛgaḥ śāstragaṇairniṣiddhaḥ ,
svastyastu rāmāya salakṣmaṇāya tathā piturme janakasya rājñaḥ.

4. svapnaḥ mayā ayam vikṛtaḥ adya dṛṣṭaḥ
śākhā-mṛgaḥ śāstra-gaṇaiḥ
niṣiddhaḥ svasti astu rāmāya sa-lakṣmaṇāya
tathā pituḥ me janakasya rājñaḥ

4. adya mayā ayam vikṛtaḥ śākhā-mṛgaḥ
dṛṣṭaḥ śāstra-gaṇaiḥ niṣiddhaḥ
rāmāya sa-lakṣmaṇāya tathā me
pituḥ rājñaḥ janakasya svasti astu

4. Today I had this disturbing dream: I saw a monkey, which is deemed inauspicious by sacred texts. May there be well-being for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, and also for my father, King Janaka.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• विकृतः (vikṛtaḥ) - ill-omened (distorted, monstrous, disfigured, changed)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, perceived

• शाखा-मृगः (śākhā-mṛgaḥ) - monkey (literally 'branch-animal')

• शास्त्र-गणैः (śāstra-gaṇaiḥ) - by groups of scriptures, by sacred texts

• निषिद्धः (niṣiddhaḥ) - forbidden, prohibited, declared inauspicious

• स्वस्ति (svasti) - welfare, well-being, good fortune

• अस्तु (astu) - may there be, let it be

• रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma

• स-लक्ष्मणाय (sa-lakṣmaṇāya) - to (him) with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus, so

• पितुः (pituḥ) - for my father (of father, to father)

• मे (me) - to me, my

• जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka, to Janaka

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - for King Janaka (of the king, to the king)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, delusion

Root: svap (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

विकृतः (vikṛtaḥ) - ill-omened (distorted, monstrous, disfigured, changed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikṛta

vikṛta - altered, changed, disfigured, unnatural, distorted

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शाखा-मृगः (śākhā-mṛgaḥ) - monkey (literally 'branch-animal')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śākhā-mṛga

śākhā-mṛga - monkey (lit. 'branch-animal')

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śākhā+mṛga)

• śākhā – branch, tree branch
  noun (feminine)
• mṛga – animal, deer, beast
  noun (masculine)

शास्त्र-गणैः (śāstra-gaṇaiḥ) - by groups of scriptures, by sacred texts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śāstra-gaṇa

śāstra-gaṇa - group of scriptures, collection of sacred texts

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śāstra+gaṇa)

• śāstra – sacred text, scripture, teaching, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, collection
  noun (masculine)

निषिद्धः (niṣiddhaḥ) - forbidden, prohibited, declared inauspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣiddha

niṣiddha - forbidden, prohibited, prevented, averted

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ni

Root: sidh (class 1)

स्वस्ति (svasti) - welfare, well-being, good fortune

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - may there be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)

स-लक्ष्मणाय (sa-lakṣmaṇāya) - to (him) with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of sa-lakṣmaṇa

sa-lakṣmaṇa - accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+lakṣmaṇa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother)
  proper noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus, so

(indeclinable)

पितुः (pituḥ) - for my father (of father, to father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Used here with implied dative function alongside 'svasti astu'.

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Can also be dative

जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka, to Janaka

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - Janaka (proper name, king of Videha and Sītā's father)

Note: Used here with implied dative function alongside 'svasti astu'.

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - for King Janaka (of the king, to the king)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Note: Used here with implied dative function alongside 'svasti astu'.

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