वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-98, verse-15

न चान्यदत्र वक्तव्यं दुस्तरं तव शासनम् ।
त्यक्तुं नार्हसि मां वीर भक्तिमन्तं विशेषतः ॥१५॥

15. na cānyadatra vaktavyaṃ dustaraṃ tava śāsanam ,
tyaktuṃ nārhasi māṃ vīra bhaktimantaṃ viśeṣataḥ.

15. na ca anyat atra vaktavyam dustaram tava śāsanam
tyaktum na arhasi mām vīra bhaktimantam viśeṣataḥ

15. atra anyat ca na vaktavyam; tava śāsanam dustaram.
vīra,
bhaktimantam mām tyaktum na arhasi viśeṣataḥ

15. There is nothing more to be said here; your command is difficult to transgress. O hero, you should not abandon me, especially one who possesses devotion (bhakti).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (conjunction) (and, also)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, anything else)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this context/discussion) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be said (to be spoken, to be said, what should be said)

• दुस्तरम् (dustaram) - difficult to transgress (difficult to cross, insurmountable, hard to accomplish)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - command (command, order, instruction, teaching)

• त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon (to abandon, to forsake, to leave)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you ought, you should, you deserve)

• माम् (mām) - me (me, to me)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero! (addressed to Rāma) (O hero!, brave one)

• भक्तिमन्तम् (bhaktimantam) - one who possesses devotion (bhakti) (devoted, full of devotion)

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially (especially, particularly, distinctively)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

Note: Negates vaktavyam.

च (ca) - and (conjunction) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, anything else)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Subject of implied verb 'is'.

अत्र (atra) - here (in this context/discussion) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from idam

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be said (to be spoken, to be said, what should be said)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, suitable to be said (gerundive)

gerundive

From √vac 'to speak' with suffix tavya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Expresses obligation.

दुस्तरम् (dustaram) - difficult to transgress (difficult to cross, insurmountable, hard to accomplish)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dustara

dustara - difficult to cross, hard to pass over, insurmountable

From dus (difficult) + √tṛ (to cross, overcome)

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (dus+tara)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  prefix
• tara – crossing, passing over
  noun (masculine)
  From √tṛ 'to cross'
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, modifies śāsanam.

शासनम् (śāsanam) - command (command, order, instruction, teaching)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - command, order, instruction, ruling

verbal noun

From √śās 'to command, teach'

Root: śās (class 2)

त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon (to abandon, to forsake, to leave)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From √tyaj 'to abandon' with suffix tumun

Root: tyaj (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

Note: Negates arhasi.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you ought, you should, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

present active indicative

2nd person singular present active of √arh (class 1, P)

Root: arh (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me (me, to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of tyaktum.

वीर (vīra) - O hero! (addressed to Rāma) (O hero!, brave one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

भक्तिमन्तम् (bhaktimantam) - one who possesses devotion (bhakti) (devoted, full of devotion)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhaktimat

bhaktimat - devoted, pious, full of (bhakti)

Possessive suffix matup from bhakti

Root: bhaj (class 1)

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially (especially, particularly, distinctively)

(indeclinable)

From viśeṣa (distinction, specialty) with suffix tas (adverbial)

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