वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-29, verse-10

अयं स नन्दनोद्देशो यत्र वर्तामहे वयम् ।
नय मामद्य तत्र त्वमुदयो यत्र पर्वतः ॥१०॥

10. ayaṃ sa nandanoddeśo yatra vartāmahe vayam ,
naya māmadya tatra tvamudayo yatra parvataḥ.

10. ayam sa nandanoddeśaḥ yatra vartāmahe vayam
naya mām adya tatra tvam udayaḥ yatra parvataḥ

10. ayam sa nandanoddeśaḥ yatra vayam vartāmahe
tvam adya mām tatra naya yatra udayaḥ parvataḥ

10. This is that very region of Nandana where we are staying. You must lead me today to where the Udaya mountain is located.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• स (sa) - that, he

• नन्दनोद्देशः (nandanoddeśaḥ) - region of Nandana

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• वर्तामहे (vartāmahe) - we are, we exist

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• नय (naya) - lead, take

• माम् (mām) - me

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• उदयः (udayaḥ) - Udaya (name of a mountain) (rising, rise)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain, hill

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: This is 'saḥ' with visarga elided before a soft consonant.

नन्दनोद्देशः (nandanoddeśaḥ) - region of Nandana

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nandana+uddeśa)

• nandana – Nandana (Indra's garden)
  proper noun (neuter)
  Root: nand (class 1)
• uddeśa – region, place, part
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ud-diś with affix -a
  Prefix: ud
  Root: diś (class 6)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Pronominal adverb from 'yad'

वर्तामहे (vartāmahe) - we are, we exist

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Derived from √vṛt, 1st conjugation, middle voice.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

नय (naya) - lead, take

(verb)

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

Root: nī (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

From 'idam' and suffix -dyas

तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

(indeclinable)

Pronominal adverb from 'tad'

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

उदयः (udayaḥ) - Udaya (name of a mountain) (rising, rise)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udaya

udaya - rising, ascending, rise (of sun, moon etc.), prosperity, origin, Udaya mountain (mythical mountain in the east)

Derived from ud-i with suffix -a

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Pronominal adverb from 'yad'

पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

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