वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-31, verse-60

यद्याविशसि लोकांस्त्रीन्पक्षिभूतो मनोजवः ।
मम चक्षुष्पथं प्राप्य न जीवन्प्रतियास्यसि ॥६०॥

60. yadyāviśasi lokāṃstrīnpakṣibhūto manojavaḥ ,
mama cakṣuṣpathaṃ prāpya na jīvanpratiyāsyasi.

60. yadi āviśasi lokān trīn pakṣibhūtaḥ manojavah
mama cakṣus patham prāpya na jīvan pratiyāsyasi

60. yadi manojavah pakṣibhūtaḥ trīn lokān āviśasi,
(tathāpi) mama cakṣus patham prāpya jīvan na pratiyāsyasi

60. Even if you enter the three worlds, swift as thought and transformed into a bird, once you come within my range of vision, you will not return alive.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case

• आविशसि (āviśasi) - you enter

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three

• पक्षिभूतः (pakṣibhūtaḥ) - having become a bird, transformed into a bird

• मनोजवह् (manojavah) - swift as thought

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• चक्षुस् (cakṣus) - eye, sight

• पथम् (patham) - path, way, range

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवन् (jīvan) - living (present active participle)

• प्रतियास्यसि (pratiyāsyasi) - you will return, you will go back

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

आविशसि (āviśasi) - you enter

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of āviś

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, universe

त्रीन् (trīn) - three

(numeral)

पक्षिभूतः (pakṣibhūtaḥ) - having become a bird, transformed into a bird

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣibhūta

pakṣibhūta - having become a bird, transformed into a bird

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pakṣin+bhūta)

• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been, past, creature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

मनोजवह् (manojavah) - swift as thought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manojavas

manojavas - swift as thought, quick-witted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manas+java)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• java – speed, swiftness, velocity
  noun (masculine)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

चक्षुस् (cakṣus) - eye, sight

(noun)

neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

Note: Part of a compound, functions as a genitive.

पथम् (patham) - path, way, range

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patha

patha - path, road, way, course

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

(verb)

absolutive of prāp

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed with suffix '-ya' after prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवन् (jīvan) - living (present active participle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

From root 'jīv'.

Root: jīv (class 1)

प्रतियास्यसि (pratiyāsyasi) - you will return, you will go back

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of pratiyā

Prefix: prati

Root: yā (class 2)

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