वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-52, verse-5

यो ह्ययं मम लाङ्गूले दीप्यते हव्यवाहनः ।
अस्य संतर्पणं न्याय्यं कर्तुमेभिर्गृहोत्तमैः ॥५॥

5. yo hyayaṃ mama lāṅgūle dīpyate havyavāhanaḥ ,
asya saṃtarpaṇaṃ nyāyyaṃ kartumebhirgṛhottamaiḥ.

5. yaḥ hi ayam mama lāṅgūle dīpyate havyavāhanaḥ
asya saṃtarpaṇam nyāyyam kartum ebhiḥ gṛhottamaiḥ

5. hi ayam havyavāhanaḥ yaḥ mama lāṅgūle dīpyate
asya saṃtarpaṇam ebhiḥ gṛhottamaiḥ kartum nyāyyam

5. Indeed, this fire (havyavāhana) blazes on my tail. It is proper to gratify this fire using these excellent houses.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to fire) (who, which)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (fire) (this (masculine))

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• लाङ्गूले (lāṅgūle) - on my tail (in the tail, on the tail)

• दीप्यते (dīpyate) - blazes (shines, blazes, glows)

• हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - fire (fire (lit. carrier of oblations))

• अस्य (asya) - for this (fire) (of this, for this (masculine/neuter))

• संतर्पणम् (saṁtarpaṇam) - gratification (gratification, satisfaction, offering, refreshing)

• न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - proper (proper, just, right, reasonable)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to offer (gratification) (to do, to make, to perform)

• एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by means of these (houses) (by these (masculine/neuter))

• गृहोत्तमैः (gṛhottamaiḥ) - by these excellent houses (of Lanka) (by the best houses, by excellent dwellings)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to fire) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (fire) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

लाङ्गूले (lāṅgūle) - on my tail (in the tail, on the tail)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of lāṅgūla

lāṅgūla - tail

दीप्यते (dīpyate) - blazes (shines, blazes, glows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dīp

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular, Ātmanepada

Class 4 verb.

Root: dīp (class 4)

हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - fire (fire (lit. carrier of oblations))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - carrier of oblations, fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, offering
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive from √hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √vah (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

अस्य (asya) - for this (fire) (of this, for this (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

संतर्पणम् (saṁtarpaṇam) - gratification (gratification, satisfaction, offering, refreshing)

(noun)

neuter, singular of saṃtarpaṇa

saṁtarpaṇa - gratifying, refreshing, satisfying, an offering

Derived from root √tṛp (to satisfy) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Here used as the object of the infinitive 'kartum'.

न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - proper (proper, just, right, reasonable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nyāyya

nyāyya - proper, just, right, legal, reasonable

From 'nyāya' (justice, rule).

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to offer (gratification) (to do, to make, to perform)

(verb)

active, infinitive of kṛ

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root √kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by means of these (houses) (by these (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this

Note: Adjectival use, modifying 'gṛhottamaiḥ'.

गृहोत्तमैः (gṛhottamaiḥ) - by these excellent houses (of Lanka) (by the best houses, by excellent dwellings)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gṛhottama

gṛhottama - best of houses, excellent house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛha+uttama)

• gṛha – house, dwelling, home
  noun (neuter)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent, supreme
  adjective
  Superlative of 'ud' (up).

Note: Instrumental of means.

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