वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-95, verse-9

एकस्य मरणं मे ऽस्तु मा भूत् सर्वविनाशनम् ।
इति बुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य राघवाय न्यवेदयत् ॥९॥

9. ekasya maraṇaṃ me'stu mā bhūt sarvavināśanam ,
iti buddhyā viniścitya rāghavāya nyavedayat.

9. ekasya maraṇam me astu mā bhūt sarvavināśanam
iti buddhyā viniścitya rāghavāya nyavedayat

9. ekasya maraṇam me astu sarvavināśanam mā bhūt
iti buddhyā viniścitya rāghavāya nyavedayat

9. 'Let there be the death of one of us, but let there not be the destruction of all.' Having firmly decided this with his intellect, he reported it to Rāghava (Rāma).

Words meanings summery:

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (person from us) (of one, belonging to one)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• भूत् (bhūt) - let there not be (let it be, may it happen (prohibited))

• सर्वविनाशनम् (sarvavināśanam) - destruction of all, total destruction

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by mind

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having firmly decided, having ascertained, having resolved

• राघवाय (rāghavāya) - to Lord Rāma (to Rāghava, to Rāma)

• न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - he reported, he informed, he announced

Words meanings and morphology

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (person from us) (of one, belonging to one)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

verbal noun

From root mṛ (to die) + -ana suffix.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of 'astu'.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Refers to the speaker (Lakṣmaṇa).

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative

3rd person singular imperative of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist for prohibition.

भूत् (bhūt) - let there not be (let it be, may it happen (prohibited))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

3rd person singular aorist (luṅ) of root bhū, used with mā for prohibition.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used in prohibitive sense with 'mā'.

सर्वविनाशनम् (sarvavināśanam) - destruction of all, total destruction

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvavināśana

sarvavināśana - destruction of all

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+vināśana)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• vināśana – destruction, ruin
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From vi + √naś (to perish) + -ana suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'bhūt'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the thought or statement.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by mind

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, mind

From root budh (to know, understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means of decision.

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having firmly decided, having ascertained, having resolved

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From vi + ni + √ci (to collect, ascertain) + -tya suffix.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Action completed before 'nyavedayat'.

राघवाय (rāghavāya) - to Lord Rāma (to Rāghava, to Rāma)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma

Patronymic from Raghu.

Note: The recipient of the report.

न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - he reported, he informed, he announced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ni-vid

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular imperfect (laṅ) of root vid (causative form vedaya), with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 4)

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