वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-67, verse-37

तमुवाच ततो रामो लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम् ।
नैकस्य हेतो रक्षांसि पृथिव्यां हन्तुमर्हसि ॥३७॥

37. tamuvāca tato rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam ,
naikasya heto rakṣāṃsi pṛthivyāṃ hantumarhasi.

37. tam uvāca tataḥ rāmaḥ lakṣmaṇam śubhalakṣaṇam na
ekasya hetoḥ rakṣāṃsi pṛthivyām hantum arhasi

37. tataḥ rāmaḥ śubhalakṣaṇam tam lakṣmaṇam uvāca
"ekasya hetoḥ pṛthivyām rakṣāṃsi hantum na arhasi"

37. Then Rama said to Lakshmana, who possessed auspicious marks: "You should not kill all the rākṣasas on earth for the sake of merely one reason."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Lakshmana) (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Lord Rama, son of Dasharatha (Rama)

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lord Rama's younger brother, Lakshmana (Lakshmana)

• शुभलक्षणम् (śubhalakṣaṇam) - referring to Lakshmana, who is characterized by auspicious bodily marks (having auspicious marks, of good signs)

• न (na) - not, no

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (specific) reason (of one, of a single)

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of one (reason/person) (reason, cause, motive)

• रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - the demonic beings (rākṣasas, demons)

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, to strike

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are able

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Lakshmana) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Lord Rama, son of Dasharatha (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama, a proper name, pleasant, charming

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lord Rama's younger brother, Lakshmana (Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana, a proper name

शुभलक्षणम् (śubhalakṣaṇam) - referring to Lakshmana, who is characterized by auspicious bodily marks (having auspicious marks, of good signs)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śubhalakṣaṇa

śubhalakṣaṇa - having auspicious marks, of good signs

Bahuvrīhi compound: one who has auspicious marks.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śubha+lakṣaṇa)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic
  noun (neuter)
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (specific) reason (of one, of a single)

(numeral)

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of one (reason/person) (reason, cause, motive)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Root: hi (class 5)

रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - the demonic beings (rākṣasas, demons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, land

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, to strike

(verb)

active, infinitive of han

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root √han.

Root: han (class 2)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Indicative

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: arh (class 1)

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