वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-67, verse-11

उष्यतां चेह रजनीं सकाशे मम राघव ।
प्रभाते पुष्पकेण त्वं गन्ता स्वपुरमेव हि ॥११॥

11. uṣyatāṃ ceha rajanīṃ sakāśe mama rāghava ,
prabhāte puṣpakeṇa tvaṃ gantā svapurameva hi.

11. uṣyatām ca iha rajanīm sakāśe mama rāghava |
prabhāte puṣpakeṇa tvam gantā svapuram eva hi

11. rāghava ca iha rajanīm mama sakāśe uṣyatām
prabhāte tvam puṣpakeṇa svapuram eva hi gantā

11. And, O Rāghava, please spend this night here in my presence. Then, in the morning, you will certainly go to your own city by the Puṣpaka chariot.

Words meanings summery:

• उष्यताम् (uṣyatām) - let this night be spent (by you) (let it be spent, let him dwell)

• च (ca) - and, also

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night

• सकाशे (sakāśe) - in the presence of, near, with

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama)

• प्रभाते (prabhāte) - in the morning, at dawn

• पुष्पकेण (puṣpakeṇa) - by the Puṣpaka (chariot)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• गन्ता (gantā) - will go, is going to go, a goer

• स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - one's own city, homeland

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

Words meanings and morphology

उष्यताम् (uṣyatām) - let this night be spent (by you) (let it be spent, let him dwell)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, Imperative (loṭ) of vas

Imperative Passive (ātmanepada)

from root vas (1st class), passive voice, 3rd person singular

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally or with 'rajanīm' as the subject and 'tvam' as implied agent.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rajanī

rajanī - night

Note: Adverbial accusative indicating duration.

सकाशे (sakāśe) - in the presence of, near, with

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sakāśa

sakāśa - presence, vicinity

Note: Governs genitive 'mama'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Possessive, with 'sakāśe'.

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, (epithet of Rama)

patronymic from Raghu

प्रभाते (prabhāte) - in the morning, at dawn

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of prabhāta

prabhāta - dawn, morning

Note: Adverbial locative indicating time.

पुष्पकेण (puṣpakeṇa) - by the Puṣpaka (chariot)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of puṣpaka

puṣpaka - name of a celestial aerial chariot

Note: Instrument of travel.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Subject of 'gantā'.

गन्ता (gantā) - will go, is going to go, a goer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gantṛ

gantṛ - goer, one who goes

agent noun (future sense)

from root gam with suffix tṛ

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Formally a noun, but functions here as a periphrastic future verb with 'tvam' as subject.

स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - one's own city, homeland

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapura

svapura - one's own city, native city

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pura)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun/adjective
• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of motion (with 'gantā').

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

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