वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-57

तेषां नः स्वामिसंदेशान्निराशानां मुमूर्षताम् ।
कार्यहेतोरिवायातः शकुनिर्वीर्यवान्महान् ॥५७॥

57. teṣāṃ naḥ svāmisaṃdeśānnirāśānāṃ mumūrṣatām ,
kāryahetorivāyātaḥ śakunirvīryavānmahān.

57. teṣām naḥ svāmisandeśāt nirāśānām mumūrṣatām
kāryahetoḥ iva āyātaḥ śakuniḥ vīryavān mahān

57. svāmisandeśāt nirāśānām mumūrṣatām teṣām naḥ
kāryahetoḥ iva mahān vīryavān śakuniḥ āyātaḥ

57. To us, who were despairing and wishing to die on account of our master's mission, a great and powerful bird (śakuni) arrived, as if sent for the very purpose of our task.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (monkeys) (of them, to them)

• नः (naḥ) - of us (monkeys) (of us, to us)

• स्वामिसन्देशात् (svāmisandeśāt) - due to the master's (Rama's) command/mission (from the master's message, due to the master's command)

• निराशानाम् (nirāśānām) - of the hopeless, of those without hope

• मुमूर्षताम् (mumūrṣatām) - of those wishing to die, of those desiring death

• कार्यहेतोः (kāryahetoḥ) - for the sake of our primary mission (finding Sita) (for the sake of the task, because of the mission)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आयातः (āyātaḥ) - arrived, come

• शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - a vulture (Sampāti) (bird, vulture)

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, heroic

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (monkeys) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नः (naḥ) - of us (monkeys) (of us, to us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

स्वामिसन्देशात् (svāmisandeśāt) - due to the master's (Rama's) command/mission (from the master's message, due to the master's command)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svāmisandeśa

svāmisandeśa - master's message, master's command, master's mission

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svāmin+sandeśa)

• svāmin – master, lord, owner
  noun (masculine)
• sandeśa – message, command, instruction, mission
  noun (masculine)

निराशानाम् (nirāśānām) - of the hopeless, of those without hope

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nirāśa

nirāśa - hopeless, despairing

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (nis+āśā)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating 'without' or 'negation'
• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)

मुमूर्षताम् (mumūrṣatām) - of those wishing to die, of those desiring death

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mumūrṣat

mumūrṣat - wishing to die, desiring death

present active participle (desiderative)

Derived from the desiderative stem of the root 'mṛ' (to die), forming a present active participle.

Root: mṛ (class 3)

कार्यहेतोः (kāryahetoḥ) - for the sake of our primary mission (finding Sita) (for the sake of the task, because of the mission)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāryahetu

kāryahetu - cause of action, reason for task, purpose of a mission

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārya+hetu)

• kārya – to be done, duty, task, business
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  From root 'kṛ' (to do), meaning 'that which is to be done'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, instrument
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आयातः (āyātaḥ) - arrived, come

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyāta

āyāta - arrived, come, obtained

past passive participle

From root 'yā' (to go) with prefix 'ā' (towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - a vulture (Sampāti) (bird, vulture)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - bird, vulture, hawk

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - possessing valor, powerful, heroic

Suffix -vat (possessing)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

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