वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-89

यद्यन्यथा भवेदेतद्द्वौ मासौ जीवितं मम ।
न मां द्रक्ष्यति काकुत्स्थो म्रिये साहमनाथवत् ॥८९॥

89. yadyanyathā bhavedetaddvau māsau jīvitaṃ mama ,
na māṃ drakṣyati kākutstho mriye sāhamanāthavat.

89. yadi anyathā bhavet etat dvau māsau jīvitam mama na
mām drakṣyati kākutsthaḥ mriye sā aham anāthavat

89. yadi etat anyathā bhavet,
mama jīvitam dvau māsau (bhavet).
kākutsthaḥ mām na drakṣyati.
sā aham anāthavat mriye.

89. If this situation turns out differently, my remaining life is only two months. Rāma (Kākuṣṭha) will not see me, and I, helpless, will surely die.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently (than hoped) (otherwise, differently, in another way)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it should turn out (it may be, it should be, it would be)

• एतत् (etat) - this (situation) (this)

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• मासौ (māsau) - (only) two months (months)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - (my) life, duration of life (life, livelihood)

• मम (mama) - my (my, mine)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• माम् (mām) - me

• द्रक्ष्यति (drakṣyati) - he (Rāma) will see (he will see)

• काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha, Rāma)

• म्रिये (mriye) - I will die (I die)

• सा (sā) - I (feminine, emphasizing Sita's statement) (she, that (feminine))

• अहम् (aham) - I (Sita) (I)

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - helpless, like one without a protector (like one without a protector, like an orphan, helpless)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently (than hoped) (otherwise, differently, in another way)

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it should turn out (it may be, it should be, it would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √bhū

optative

optative 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this (situation) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

neuter nominative singular of etad

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

मासौ (māsau) - (only) two months (months)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of māsa

māsa - month

Note: Used with dvau (two) in dual.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - (my) life, duration of life (life, livelihood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, lived

Past Passive Participle

PPP from √jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

मम (mama) - my (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

genitive singular of asmad

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

accusative singular of asmad

द्रक्ष्यति (drakṣyati) - he (Rāma) will see (he will see)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √dṛś

future

future 3rd person singular

Root: dṛś (class 1)

काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha, Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Kākuṭstha

Kākuṭstha - descendant of Kakutstha, an epithet of Rāma

म्रिये (mriye) - I will die (I die)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √mṛ

present

present 1st person singular middle/passive

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Often used with a future sense in such conditional statements.

सा (sā) - I (feminine, emphasizing Sita's statement) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

feminine nominative singular of tad

Note: Used here for emphasis with aham 'I'.

अहम् (aham) - I (Sita) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

nominative singular of asmad

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - helpless, like one without a protector (like one without a protector, like an orphan, helpless)

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nātha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nātha – lord, master, protector, refuge
  noun (masculine)

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