वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-9

मया ह्यलब्धनिद्रेण धृतेन तव निर्जये ।
प्रतिज्ञैषा विनिस्तीर्णा बद्ध्वा सेतुं महोदधौ ॥९॥

9. mayā hyalabdhanidreṇa dhṛtena tava nirjaye ,
pratijñaiṣā vinistīrṇā baddhvā setuṃ mahodadhau.

9. mayā hi alabdhanidreṇa dhṛtena tava nirjaye
pratijñā eṣā vinistīrṇā baddhvā setum mahodadhau

9. hi mayā alabdhanidreṇa dhṛtena tava nirjaye eṣā
pratijñā mahodadhau setum baddhvā vinistīrṇā

9. Indeed, I, sleepless and steadfast until your victory, have fulfilled this vow by building a bridge over the great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• मया (mayā) - by me

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• अलब्धनिद्रेण (alabdhanidreṇa) - by me, who was sleepless (by him who had not obtained sleep, by the sleepless one)

• धृतेन (dhṛtena) - by me, who was steadfast (by him who was held, sustained, firm, steadfast)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• निर्जये (nirjaye) - for your victory (in the victory, for the victory)

• प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - vow, promise, declaration

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• विनिस्तीर्णा (vinistīrṇā) - fulfilled, accomplished, completed

• बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having built, having bound, having fastened

• सेतुम् (setum) - bridge, dam

• महोदधौ (mahodadhau) - in the great ocean, over the great ocean

Words meanings and morphology

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अलब्धनिद्रेण (alabdhanidreṇa) - by me, who was sleepless (by him who had not obtained sleep, by the sleepless one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of alabdhanidra

alabdhanidra - sleepless, one who has not obtained sleep

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+labdha+nidrā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• labdha – obtained, gained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root labh 'to obtain'
  Root: labh (class 1)
• nidrā – sleep
  noun (feminine)

धृतेन (dhṛtena) - by me, who was steadfast (by him who was held, sustained, firm, steadfast)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, sustained, firm, steadfast, supported

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhṛ 'to hold, support'

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

निर्जये (nirjaye) - for your victory (in the victory, for the victory)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nirjaya

nirjaya - victory, conquest, overcoming

Prefix: nir

Root: ji (class 1)

प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - vow, promise, declaration

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - vow, promise, declaration

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that, here

विनिस्तीर्णा (vinistīrṇā) - fulfilled, accomplished, completed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vinistīrṇa

vinistīrṇa - fulfilled, accomplished, completed, crossed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from vi + nis + tṛ 'to cross, accomplish'

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: tṛ (class 1)

बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having built, having bound, having fastened

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund (absolutive) form of root bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

सेतुम् (setum) - bridge, dam

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of setu

setu - bridge, dam, causeway

Root: si (class 5)

महोदधौ (mahodadhau) - in the great ocean, over the great ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• udadhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

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