वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-29, verse-9

विषादो न च कर्तव्यः शीघ्रं वाहय मे रथम् ।
द्विः खलु त्वां ब्रवीम्यद्य यावदन्तं नयस्व माम् ॥९॥

9. viṣādo na ca kartavyaḥ śīghraṃ vāhaya me ratham ,
dviḥ khalu tvāṃ bravīmyadya yāvadantaṃ nayasva mām.

9. viṣādaḥ na ca kartavyaḥ śīghram vāhaya me ratham |
dviḥ khalu tvām bravīmi adya yāvat antam nayasva mām

9. viṣādaḥ ca na kartavyaḥ me ratham śīghram vāhaya adya
tvām dviḥ khalu bravīmi: yāvat antam mām nayasva

9. There is no room for despair (viṣāda)! Quickly drive my chariot. I tell you this twice today: "Lead me to the very end!"

Words meanings summery:

• विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - despair, dejection, sorrow

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - ought to be done, should be done, feasible

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• वाहय (vāhaya) - drive, cause to move

• मे (me) - my, to me

• रथम् (ratham) - chariot, car

• द्विः (dviḥ) - twice

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly, surely

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say, I tell

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• यावत् (yāvat) - until, as far as

• अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit

• नयस्व (nayasva) - lead, guide

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - despair, dejection, sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣāda

viṣāda - dejection, despondency, sorrow

From vi-sad

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the action.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects with previous implied context, or simply "also".

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - ought to be done, should be done, feasible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, should be done

gerundive (kṛtya pratyaya)

From root kṛ with suffix tavya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicative adjective.

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies vāhaya.

वाहय (vāhaya) - drive, cause to move

(verb)

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

causative imperative 2nd singular active

Causative stem is vāhay-

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Command to the charioteer.

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive form.

रथम् (ratham) - chariot, car

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

from ram

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Object of vāhaya.

द्विः (dviḥ) - twice

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies bravīmi.

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of bravīmi.

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of brū

present 1st singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

यावत् (yāvat) - until, as far as

(indeclinable)

अन्तम् (antam) - end, limit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary

Note: Object of nayasva.

नयस्व (nayasva) - lead, guide

(verb)

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

imperative 2nd singular middle voice

Root: nī (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

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