वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-25

अहं तु रावणं हत्वा सपुत्रं सहबान्धवम् ।
मैथिलीमानयिष्यामि शक्रो नष्टामिव श्रियम् ॥२५॥

25. ahaṃ tu rāvaṇaṃ hatvā saputraṃ sahabāndhavam ,
maithilīmānayiṣyāmi śakro naṣṭāmiva śriyam.

25. ahaṃ tu rāvaṇaṃ hatvā saputraṃ sahabāndhavam
maithilīm ānayiṣyāmi śakraḥ naṣṭām iva śriyam

25. But I, after killing Ravana along with his sons and kinsmen, will bring back Maithili, just as Indra restores lost prosperity (śrī).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - (Sugriva) (I)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• रावणं (rāvaṇaṁ) - The demon king of Lanka. (Ravana)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

• सपुत्रं (saputraṁ) - (Ravana) along with his children. (with his sons)

• सहबान्धवम् (sahabāndhavam) - (Ravana) along with his family members. (with his relatives/kinsmen)

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sita, daughter of the king of Mithila. (Maithili (Sita))

• आनयिष्यामि (ānayiṣyāmi) - I will bring back

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - King of the gods. (Indra)

• नष्टाम् (naṣṭām) - lost, ruined

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, fortune, wealth, glory

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - (Sugriva) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

रावणं (rāvaṇaṁ) - The demon king of Lanka. (Ravana)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper name of the demon king)

Note: Object of 'hatvā'.

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root han

Root: han (class 2)

सपुत्रं (saputraṁ) - (Ravana) along with his children. (with his sons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saputra

saputra - with son(s), accompanied by son(s)

Compound: sa (with) + putra (son)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+putra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'rāvaṇaṃ'.

सहबान्धवम् (sahabāndhavam) - (Ravana) along with his family members. (with his relatives/kinsmen)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sahabāndhava

sahabāndhava - with kinsmen, accompanied by relatives

Compound: saha (with) + bāndhava (relative)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saha+bāndhava)

• saha – with, together with
  indeclinable
• bāndhava – relative, kinsman, friend
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'rāvaṇaṃ'.

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sita, daughter of the king of Mithila. (Maithili (Sita))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Sita (daughter of the king of Mithila)

Feminine derivative of Mithila

Note: Object of 'ānayiṣyāmi'.

आनयिष्यामि (ānayiṣyāmi) - I will bring back

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nī

Future Tense

1st person singular future active of root nī with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - King of the gods. (Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, powerful

नष्टाम् (naṣṭām) - lost, ruined

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From root naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'śriyam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, fortune, wealth, glory

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, goddess Lakshmi

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