वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-60

न ह्यल्पकारणे सुप्तं बोधयिष्यति मां भृशम् ।
तदाख्यातार्थतत्त्वेन मत्प्रबोधनकारणम् ॥६०॥

60. na hyalpakāraṇe suptaṃ bodhayiṣyati māṃ bhṛśam ,
tadākhyātārthatattvena matprabodhanakāraṇam.

60. na hi alpakāraṇe suptam bodhayiṣyati mām bhṛśam
tat ākhyāta arthatattvena matprabodhanakāraṇam

60. hi alpakāraṇe suptam mām bhṛśam na bodhayiṣyati
tat arthatattvena matprabodhanakāraṇam ākhyāta

60. One should certainly not awaken me, who am deeply asleep, for a trivial reason. Therefore, explain to me the true nature of the cause for my awakening.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• अल्पकारणे (alpakāraṇe) - for a small reason, for a trivial cause

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - me, who is asleep (asleep, sleeping, one who is asleep)

• बोधयिष्यति (bodhayiṣyati) - will awaken, will cause to wake up

• माम् (mām) - me

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - deeply (asleep) (greatly, intensely, deeply)

• तत् (tat) - therefore (therefore, that)

• आख्यात (ākhyāta) - you (plural) explain (tell, explain, inform)

• अर्थतत्त्वेन (arthatattvena) - by the true meaning, by the essence of the matter

• मत्प्रबोधनकारणम् (matprabodhanakāraṇam) - the reason for awakening me

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

अल्पकारणे (alpakāraṇe) - for a small reason, for a trivial cause

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of alpakāraṇa

alpakāraṇa - trivial cause, small reason

Compound type : karmadhāraya (alpa+kāraṇa)

• alpa – small, little, trivial
  adjective
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुप्तम् (suptam) - me, who is asleep (asleep, sleeping, one who is asleep)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping

past passive participle

from √svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 1)

बोधयिष्यति (bodhayiṣyati) - will awaken, will cause to wake up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bodhaya

causative

from √budh (to wake, to know)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: The implicit subject is 'one' (e.g., someone, you all).

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - deeply (asleep) (greatly, intensely, deeply)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of the adjective 'bhṛśa'.

तत् (tat) - therefore (therefore, that)

(indeclinable)

आख्यात (ākhyāta) - you (plural) explain (tell, explain, inform)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of ākhyā

imperative

from ā + √khyā (variant of √cakṣ, to speak, tell), 2nd person plural active imperative

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

अर्थतत्त्वेन (arthatattvena) - by the true meaning, by the essence of the matter

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of arthatattva

arthatattva - true meaning, essence of a matter, reality of a thing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+tattva)

• artha – meaning, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)
• tattva – reality, truth, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)

मत्प्रबोधनकारणम् (matprabodhanakāraṇam) - the reason for awakening me

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of matprabodhanakāraṇa

matprabodhanakāraṇa - reason for my awakening

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mad+prabodhana+kāraṇa)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
  Pronominal stem 'mad' for 'my' in compounds.
• prabodhana – awakening, rousing
  noun (neuter)
  from causative of √budh
  Noun derived from the causative stem 'bodhaya' of √budh.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of the imperative 'ākhyāta'.

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