वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-108, verse-15

गच्छायोध्यामितो वीर विसर्जय च वानरान् ।
मैथिलीं सान्त्वयस्वैनामनुरक्तां तपस्विनीम् ॥१५॥

15. gacchāyodhyāmito vīra visarjaya ca vānarān ,
maithilīṃ sāntvayasvaināmanuraktāṃ tapasvinīm.

15. gaccha ayodhyām itaḥ vīra visarjaya ca vānarān
maithilīm sāntvayasva enām anuraktām tapasvinīm

15. vīra itaḥ ayodhyām gaccha ca vānarān visarjaya
anuraktām tapasvinīm enām maithilīm sāntvayasva

15. O hero, go from here to Ayodhya and dismiss the monkeys. Comfort Maithili (Sītā), who is devoted and undergoing asceticism.

Words meanings summery:

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - to Ayodhya

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• वीर (vīra) - Refers to Rāma (O hero, valiant one)

• विसर्जय (visarjaya) - dismiss, send away, release

• च (ca) - and, also

• वानरान् (vānarān) - Refers to Rama's army of monkeys (monkeys, forest-dwellers)

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sītā (Maithili (daughter of Mithila's king))

• सान्त्वयस्व (sāntvayasva) - console, soothe, appease

• एनाम् (enām) - Refers to Maithili (Sītā) (her, this (feminine accusative))

• अनुरक्ताम् (anuraktām) - devoted, attached, loving

• तपस्विनीम् (tapasvinīm) - Referring to Sītā, who underwent hardships and austerities during her captivity. (ascetic woman, pious woman, one practicing austerities)

Words meanings and morphology

गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - to Ayodhya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (the capital city of Kosala, ruled by Rama)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas indicating 'from'

वीर (vīra) - Refers to Rāma (O hero, valiant one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, valiant, powerful man

विसर्जय (visarjaya) - dismiss, send away, release

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of visṛj

Causal form of sṛj with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वानरान् (vānarān) - Refers to Rama's army of monkeys (monkeys, forest-dwellers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, forest-dweller

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sītā (Maithili (daughter of Mithila's king))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila; Sītā

feminine derivative of Mithila

सान्त्वयस्व (sāntvayasva) - console, soothe, appease

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sāntvay

Denominative verb from sāntva (conciliation, mildness)

Note: Atmanepada form

एनाम् (enām) - Refers to Maithili (Sītā) (her, this (feminine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enā

enā - this, that (feminine)

अनुरक्ताम् (anuraktām) - devoted, attached, loving

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anurakta

anurakta - attached, devoted, loyal, loving

Past Passive Participle

from anurañj (anu + rañj)

Prefix: anu

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Maithilīm and enām

तपस्विनीम् (tapasvinīm) - Referring to Sītā, who underwent hardships and austerities during her captivity. (ascetic woman, pious woman, one practicing austerities)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvinī - female ascetic, pious woman, one undergoing austerities

feminine form of tapasvin (one possessing tapas)

Note: Agrees with Maithilīm and enām

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