वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-52

मोक्षितौ च महाघोरादस्मात् सायकबन्धनात् ।
अप्रमादश्च कर्तव्यो युवाभ्यां नित्यमेव हि ॥५२॥

52. mokṣitau ca mahāghorādasmāt sāyakabandhanāt ,
apramādaśca kartavyo yuvābhyāṃ nityameva hi.

52. mokṣitau ca mahāghorāt asmāt sāyakabandhanāt
apramādaḥ ca kartavyaḥ yuvābhyām nityam eva hi

52. yuvābhyām asmāt mahāghorāt sāyakabandhanāt mokṣitau ca,
nityam eva hi apramādaḥ ca kartavyaḥ.

52. You two have been freed from this dreadful binding by arrows. However, you both must always maintain vigilance.

Words meanings summery:

• मोक्षितौ (mokṣitau) - you two have been freed (freed, liberated)

• च (ca) - however (and, also, moreover)

• महाघोरात् (mahāghorāt) - from the dreadful (from the very terrible, from the very dreadful)

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• सायकबन्धनात् (sāyakabandhanāt) - from the binding by arrows (from the bondage of arrows, from being bound by arrows)

• अप्रमादः (apramādaḥ) - vigilance (vigilance, carefulness, attentiveness, non-negligence)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - must be maintained/observed (to be done, to be made, ought to be done, must be performed)

• युवाभ्याम् (yuvābhyām) - by you two (Rama and Lakshmana) (by you two, for you two)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, certainly)

• हि (hi) - surely (indeed, surely, for, because)

Words meanings and morphology

मोक्षितौ (mokṣitau) - you two have been freed (freed, liberated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mokṣita

mokṣita - freed, liberated, released

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √muc (6th class) with kta suffix, potentially from the causative √mokṣ.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to Rama and Lakshmana.

च (ca) - however (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

महाघोरात् (mahāghorāt) - from the dreadful (from the very terrible, from the very dreadful)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrible, dreadful, formidable

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fierce
  adjective

Note: Modifies sāyakabandhanāt.

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Modifies sāyakabandhanāt.

सायकबन्धनात् (sāyakabandhanāt) - from the binding by arrows (from the bondage of arrows, from being bound by arrows)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sāyakabandhana

sāyakabandhana - binding by arrows, bondage of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sāyaka+bandhana)

• sāyaka – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• bandhana – binding, bondage, imprisonment
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √bandh (9th class).
  Root: bandh (class 9)

अप्रमादः (apramādaḥ) - vigilance (vigilance, carefulness, attentiveness, non-negligence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apramāda

apramāda - vigilance, carefulness, attentiveness, non-negligence

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pramāda)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pramāda – negligence, carelessness, error
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √mad (4th class) with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two parts of the sentence, often implying 'and yet' or 'but'.

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - must be maintained/observed (to be done, to be made, ought to be done, must be performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, to be made, ought to be done, must be performed

Gerundive (Kṛtya)

Derived from root √kṛ (8th class) with the suffix -tavya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with apramādaḥ.

युवाभ्याम् (yuvābhyām) - by you two (Rama and Lakshmana) (by you two, for you two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural/dual)

Note: Agent of the gerundive kartavyaḥ.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nitya

nitya - always, constant, perpetual, eternal

Note: Adverb modifying kartavyaḥ.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - surely (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

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