वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-48, verse-12

इदमर्घ्यं प्रतीच्छ त्वं विस्रब्धा विगतज्वरा ।
यथा स्वगृहमभ्येत्य विषादं चैव मा कृथाः ॥१२॥

12. idamarghyaṃ pratīccha tvaṃ visrabdhā vigatajvarā ,
yathā svagṛhamabhyetya viṣādaṃ caiva mā kṛthāḥ.

12. idam arghyam pratīccha tvam visrabdhā vigatajvarā
yathā svagṛham abhyetya viṣādam ca eva mā kṛthāḥ

12. tvam visrabdhā vigatajvarā idam arghyam pratīccha.
yathā svagṛham abhyetya ca eva viṣādam mā kṛthāḥ.

12. Accept this offering (arghya) with trust and free from anxiety. And having come to your own home, do not feel sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अर्घ्यम् (arghyam) - this offering (arghya) (offering, respectful offering)

• प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept (accept, receive)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (nominative))

• विस्रब्धा (visrabdhā) - with trust, trusting (trusting, confident, fearless)

• विगतज्वरा (vigatajvarā) - free from anxiety (free from fever, free from distress/anxiety)

• यथा (yathā) - so that, to ensure that (as, so that, in order that)

• स्वगृहम् (svagṛham) - your own home (one's own house, home)

• अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having come to (having come to, having approached)

• विषादम् (viṣādam) - sorrow (dejection, despondency, sorrow)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly)

• मा (mā) - do not

• कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - you should make, you should feel (you should do, you might do (aorist))

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'pratīccha'.

अर्घ्यम् (arghyam) - this offering (arghya) (offering, respectful offering)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arghya

arghya - offering, oblation, respectful present (especially water for a guest)

From root 'argh' (to be worth).

Root: argh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'pratīccha'.

प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept (accept, receive)

(verb)

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

Imperative

Second person singular, imperative mood, active voice (from root 'iṣ' with prefix 'prati', conjugated as 'icch').

Prefix: prati

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Command to Sītā.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Subject of 'pratīccha'.

विस्रब्धा (visrabdhā) - with trust, trusting (trusting, confident, fearless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of visrabdha

visrabdha - trusting, confidential, fearless, undisturbed, at ease

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śrambh' with prefix 'vi' and 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: śrambh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.

विगतज्वरा (vigatajvarā) - free from anxiety (free from fever, free from distress/anxiety)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vigatajvara

vigatajvara - free from fever, free from distress/anxiety/passion

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+jvara)

• vigata – gone away, departed, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' with prefix 'vi' and 'kta' suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jvara – fever, distress, anxiety, passion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jvar (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.

यथा (yathā) - so that, to ensure that (as, so that, in order that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction for purpose/result.

स्वगृहम् (svagṛham) - your own home (one's own house, home)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svagṛha

svagṛha - one's own house, home

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+gṛha)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of motion for 'abhyetya'.

अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having come to (having come to, having approached)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'i' with prefixes 'abhi' and 'ā' and 'lyap' suffix.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb.

विषादम् (viṣādam) - sorrow (dejection, despondency, sorrow)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣāda

viṣāda - dejection, despondency, sorrow, sadness, despair

From root 'sad' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kṛthāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Used with aorist for prohibition.

Note: Prohibitive particle.

कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - you should make, you should feel (you should do, you might do (aorist))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ (injunctive)) of kṛ

Aorist injunctive (or aorist imperative for prohibition)

Second person singular, aorist, middle voice (ātmanepada) for prohibition with 'mā'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Middle voice implies the action is for one's own sake, 'feel sorrow'.

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