वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-8

जटिलौ यदि न स्यातां न वल्कलधरौ यदि ।
विशेषं नाधिगच्छामो गायतो राघवस्य च ॥८॥

8. jaṭilau yadi na syātāṃ na valkaladharau yadi ,
viśeṣaṃ nādhigacchāmo gāyato rāghavasya ca.

8. jaṭilau yadi na syātām na valkaladharau yadi
viśeṣam na adhigacchāmaḥ gāyataḥ rāghavasya ca

8. yadi jaṭilau na syātām,
yadi valkaladharau na syātām,
gāyataḥ rāghavasya ca viśeṣam na adhigacchāmaḥ

8. If they did not have matted hair and were not wearing bark garments, we would not discern any difference between them and Rāghava (Rāma) as he sings.

Words meanings summery:

• जटिलौ (jaṭilau) - the two young men with matted hair (Kuśa and Lava) (having matted hair, ascetics)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• न (na) - not, no

• स्याताम् (syātām) - they would be, they might be

• न (na) - not, no

• वल्कलधरौ (valkaladharau) - the two young men wearing bark garments (Kuśa and Lava) (wearing bark garments, dressed in bark)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - distinction, difference, specialty

• न (na) - not, no

• अधिगच्छामः (adhigacchāmaḥ) - we would perceive, we would obtain, we would discern

• गायतः (gāyataḥ) - of Rāma, while he is singing (while singing, of the one singing)

• राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

जटिलौ (jaṭilau) - the two young men with matted hair (Kuśa and Lava) (having matted hair, ascetics)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jaṭila

jaṭila - having matted hair, an ascetic

Note: Refers to Kuśa and Lava.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्याताम् (syātām) - they would be, they might be

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वल्कलधरौ (valkaladharau) - the two young men wearing bark garments (Kuśa and Lava) (wearing bark garments, dressed in bark)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of valkaladhara

valkaladhara - wearing bark garments, an ascetic's attire

Compound type : tatpurusha (valkala+dhara)

• valkala – bark (of a tree), garment made of bark
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, wearing, carrying
  adjective
  Derived from the root dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - distinction, difference, specialty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, difference, particularity, specialty

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अधिगच्छामः (adhigacchāmaḥ) - we would perceive, we would obtain, we would discern

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of adhigam

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

गायतः (gāyataḥ) - of Rāma, while he is singing (while singing, of the one singing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gāyat

gāyat - singing, a singer

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root gai (gā) with śatṛ suffix

Root: gai (class 1)

राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendent of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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