वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-57

बालवृद्धावशेषां तु लङ्कां कृत्वा शरोर्मिभिः ।
रावणं च रिपुं हत्वा सीतां समुपलप्स्यसे ॥५७॥

57. bālavṛddhāvaśeṣāṃ tu laṅkāṃ kṛtvā śarormibhiḥ ,
rāvaṇaṃ ca ripuṃ hatvā sītāṃ samupalapsyase.

57. bālavṛddhāvaśeṣām tu laṅkām kṛtvā śara ūrmibhiḥ
rāvaṇam ca ripum hatvā sītām samupalapsyase

57. śara ūrmibhiḥ bālavṛddhāvaśeṣām laṅkām kṛtvā
ca ripum rāvaṇam hatvā tu sītām samupalapsyase

57. After rendering Laṅkā with only children and old people remaining, using waves of your arrows, and after killing your enemy Rāvaṇa, you will then recover Sītā.

Words meanings summery:

• बालवृद्धावशेषाम् (bālavṛddhāvaśeṣām) - having children and old people as remnants, having only children and old people remaining

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, yet

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (city)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having rendered (having done, having made, after doing)

• शर (śara) - arrow

• ऊर्मिभिः (ūrmibhiḥ) - by waves

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

• च (ca) - and

• रिपुम् (ripum) - enemy

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• समुपलप्स्यसे (samupalapsyase) - you will obtain, you will regain

Words meanings and morphology

बालवृद्धावशेषाम् (bālavṛddhāvaśeṣām) - having children and old people as remnants, having only children and old people remaining

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālavṛddhāvaśeṣa

bālavṛddhāvaśeṣa - having children and old people as remnants

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāla+vṛddha+avaśeṣa)

• bāla – child, young
  noun (masculine)
• vṛddha – old, aged
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of √vṛdh
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• avaśeṣa – remainder, remnant
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava

Note: Modifies Laṅkā

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, yet

(indeclinable)

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (city)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (capital of Rāvaṇa's kingdom)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having rendered (having done, having made, after doing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) of √kṛ (class 8)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शर (śara) - arrow

(noun)

masculine of śara

śara - arrow

Note: This word is part of the compound śarormibhiḥ, meaning 'by waves of arrows'.

ऊर्मिभिः (ūrmibhiḥ) - by waves

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, flow

Note: This word is part of the compound śarormibhiḥ, meaning 'by waves of arrows'.

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (demon king of Laṅkā)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रिपुम् (ripum) - enemy

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) of √han (class 2)

Root: han (class 2)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (Rāma's wife)

समुपलप्स्यसे (samupalapsyase) - you will obtain, you will regain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future indicative (luṭ) of labh

future middle indicative

Second person singular, future tense, middle voice of √labh (class 1) with prefixes sam and upa

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: labh (class 1)

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