वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-39, verse-18

एवमेतत् कपिश्रेष्ठ भविता नात्र संशयः ।
लोका हि यावत् स्थास्यन्ति तावत् स्थास्यति मे कथा ॥१८॥

18. evametat kapiśreṣṭha bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ ,
lokā hi yāvat sthāsyanti tāvat sthāsyati me kathā.

18. evam etat kapiśreṣṭha bhavitā na atra saṃśayaḥ
lokāḥ hi yāvat sthāsyanti tāvat sthāsyati me kathā

18. he kapiśreṣṭha,
evam etat bhavitā atra saṃśayaḥ na hi yāvat lokāḥ sthāsyanti tāvat me kathā sthāsyati

18. O best of monkeys, this will certainly be so; there is no doubt about it. Indeed, as long as the worlds endure, so long will my story exist.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• एतत् (etat) - this

• कपिश्रेष्ठ (kapiśreṣṭha) - O Hanumān, best of monkeys (O best of monkeys)

• भविता (bhavitā) - will be

• न (na) - not

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - the inhabitants of the worlds, people (worlds, people)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as

• स्थास्यन्ति (sthāsyanti) - they will stand, they will endure, they will remain

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far

• स्थास्यति (sthāsyati) - it will stand, it will endure, it will remain

• मे (me) - my, of me

• कथा (kathā) - story, tale, narrative

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

कपिश्रेष्ठ (kapiśreṣṭha) - O Hanumān, best of monkeys (O best of monkeys)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kapiśreṣṭha

kapiśreṣṭha - best of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kapi+śreṣṭha)

• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative form of 'praśasya'

भविता (bhavitā) - will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of bhū

Agent noun of future passive participle

Future tense form (Luṭ lakāra), 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - the inhabitants of the worlds, people (worlds, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

Root: lok (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as

(indeclinable)

स्थास्यन्ति (sthāsyanti) - they will stand, they will endure, they will remain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of sthā

Future tense (Lṛṭ lakāra), 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far

(indeclinable)

स्थास्यति (sthāsyati) - it will stand, it will endure, it will remain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of sthā

Future tense (Lṛṭ lakāra), 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Enclitic form of 'mama' (genitive of 'asmad')

कथा (kathā) - story, tale, narrative

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

Root: kath (class 10)

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