वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-8

एतदेवाभ्युपागम्य यत्नं कर्तुमिहार्हथ ।
राक्षसाश्चापि तिष्ठन्तु चर्यागोपुरमूर्धसु ॥८॥

8. etadevābhyupāgamya yatnaṃ kartumihārhatha ,
rākṣasāścāpi tiṣṭhantu caryāgopuramūrdhasu.

8. etad eva abhyupāgamya yatnam kartum iha arhatha
rākṣasāḥ ca api tiṣṭhantu caryāgopuramūrdhasu

8. Having resorted to this very strategy, you should make efforts here. And let the rakshasas also remain on the tops of the main city gates.

Words meanings summery:

• एतद् (etad) - this very strategy or course of action (this)

• एव (eva) - this very thing (only, just, indeed, very)

• अभ्युपागम्य (abhyupāgamya) - having resorted to, having approached, having accepted

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter

• अर्हथ (arhatha) - you (plural) ought, are able

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rakshasas, demons

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तिष्ठन्तु (tiṣṭhantu) - let them stand, let them remain

• चर्यागोपुरमूर्धसु (caryāgopuramūrdhasu) - on the tops of the main city gates

Words meanings and morphology

एतद् (etad) - this very strategy or course of action (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: It refers to the strategy mentioned or implied.

एव (eva) - this very thing (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

अभ्युपागम्य (abhyupāgamya) - having resorted to, having approached, having accepted

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

from abhi-upa-√gam + lyap

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: √gam (class 1)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, endeavor, exertion

from √yat (to strive)

Root: √yat (class 1)

Note: Object of kartum.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from √kṛ + tumun

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अर्हथ (arhatha) - you (plural) ought, are able

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √arh

Present tense, Parasmaipada

2nd person plural

Root: √arh (class 1)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rakshasas, demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, ogre, a class of mythical beings

Note: Subject of tiṣṭhantu.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठन्तु (tiṣṭhantu) - let them stand, let them remain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of √sthā

Imperative mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person plural

Root: √sthā (class 1)

चर्यागोपुरमूर्धसु (caryāgopuramūrdhasu) - on the tops of the main city gates

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of caryāgopuramūrdha

caryāgopuramūrdha - the tops of the principal gates; a gate for movement/activity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caryā+gopura+mūrdhan)

• caryā – movement, conduct, activity
  noun (feminine)
  from √car (to move)
  Root: √car (class 1)
• gopura – city gate, principal gate
  noun (neuter)
• mūrdhan – head, top, summit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the location where rakshasas should stand.

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