वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-5, verse-6

वाहि वात यतः कन्या तां स्पृष्ट्वा मामपि स्पृश ।
त्वयि मे गात्रसंस्पर्शश्चन्द्रे दृष्टिसमागमः ॥६॥

6. vāhi vāta yataḥ kanyā tāṃ spṛṣṭvā māmapi spṛśa ,
tvayi me gātrasaṃsparśaścandre dṛṣṭisamāgamaḥ.

6. vāhi vāta yataḥ kanyā tām spṛṣṭvā mām api spṛśa
tvayi me gātrasaṃsparśaḥ candre dṛṣṭisamāgamaḥ

6. O wind, blow from where my beloved maiden resides. After you touch her, touch me too. Through you, I feel the touch of her body, and in the moon, I experience the meeting of our gazes.

Words meanings summery:

• वाहि (vāhi) - blow (as wind) (blow, carry, bring)

• वात (vāta) - O wind (O wind, air)

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where (from where, whence, because, since)

• कन्या (kanyā) - the maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

• ताम् (tām) - her (referring to the maiden) (her, that (feminine accusative singular))

• स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - after touching (having touched)

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative singular))

• अपि (api) - also, as well (also, even, too)

• स्पृश (spṛśa) - touch (imperative) (touch)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - through you (referring to the wind) (in you, upon you, through you)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• गात्रसंस्पर्शः (gātrasaṁsparśaḥ) - the touch of her body (touch of the body)

• चन्द्रे (candre) - in the moon (as a place of vision) (in the moon, on the moon)

• दृष्टिसमागमः (dṛṣṭisamāgamaḥ) - the meeting of our gazes (meeting of sight, union of gaze)

Words meanings and morphology

वाहि (vāhi) - blow (as wind) (blow, carry, bring)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vah

Imperative Active Second Person Singular

From root vah (1st conjugation, bhū group).

Root: vah (class 1)

वात (vāta) - O wind (O wind, air)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air, atmosphere

यतः (yataḥ) - from where (from where, whence, because, since)

(indeclinable)

कन्या (kanyā) - the maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, virgin, daughter, young woman

ताम् (tām) - her (referring to the maiden) (her, that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - after touching (having touched)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

अपि (api) - also, as well (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

स्पृश (spṛśa) - touch (imperative) (touch)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of spṛś

Imperative Active Second Person Singular

From root spṛś (6th conjugation, tud group).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

त्वयि (tvayi) - through you (referring to the wind) (in you, upon you, through you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

गात्रसंस्पर्शः (gātrasaṁsparśaḥ) - the touch of her body (touch of the body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gātrasaṃsparśa

gātrasaṁsparśa - touch of the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gātra+saṃsparśa)

• gātra – limb, body
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsparśa – touch, contact, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'sam-' and root 'spṛś' (to touch).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

चन्द्रे (candre) - in the moon (as a place of vision) (in the moon, on the moon)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of candra

candra - moon, lunar

दृष्टिसमागमः (dṛṣṭisamāgamaḥ) - the meeting of our gazes (meeting of sight, union of gaze)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭisamāgama

dṛṣṭisamāgama - meeting of sight, union of gaze

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛṣṭi+samāgama)

• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, gaze
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• samāgama – meeting, union, coming together
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'sam-' + 'ā-' and root 'gam' (to go).
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

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