वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-98, verse-20

यदि राम विनास्माभिर्गच्छेस्त्वं पुरुषर्षभ ।
यमदण्डमिवोद्यम्य त्वया स्म विनिपातिताः ॥२०॥

20. yadi rāma vināsmābhirgacchestvaṃ puruṣarṣabha ,
yamadaṇḍamivodyamya tvayā sma vinipātitāḥ.

20. yadi rāma vinā asmābhiḥ gaccheḥ tvam puruṣarṣabha
yamadaṇḍam iva udyamya tvayā sma vinipātitāḥ

20. puruṣarṣabha rāma yadi tvam asmābhiḥ vinā gaccheḥ
tvayā yamadaṇḍam iva udyamya sma vinipātitāḥ

20. O Rāma, best among men, if you were to depart without us, it would be as though we have been struck down by you, as if [you had] raised the staff of Yama (yamadaṇḍa).

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, when)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (Rāma; O Rāma)

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

• गच्छेः (gaccheḥ) - you were to go (you would go, you should go)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (singular))

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men (bull among men, best among men, eminent man)

• यमदण्डम् (yamadaṇḍam) - the staff of Yama (Yama's staff, rod of Yama)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

• उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised (having raised, having lifted, having exerted oneself)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (by you (singular))

• स्म (sma) - indeed (indeed, certainly; (particle indicating past tense with present verb))

• विनिपातिताः (vinipātitāḥ) - struck down, killed (struck down, killed, caused to fall)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, when)

(indeclinable)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (Rāma; O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name); pleasant, charming

विना (vinā) - without (without, except)

(indeclinable)

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

गच्छेः (gaccheḥ) - you were to go (you would go, you should go)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of gam

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular

root gam (to go) + ya (optative sign) + ḥ (2nd person singular ending)

Root: gam (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you (singular)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men (bull among men, best among men, eminent man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, best among men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruşa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; best, chief, eminent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound of puruṣa (man) and ṛṣabha (bull, best).

यमदण्डम् (yamadaṇḍam) - the staff of Yama (Yama's staff, rod of Yama)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yamadaṇḍa

yamadaṇḍa - staff of Yama, rod of punishment (from Yama, god of death)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yama+daṇḍa)

• yama – Yama (god of death), restraint, control
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, stick; punishment
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised (having raised, having lifted, having exerted oneself)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

prefix ud + root yam (to restrain, hold) + ya (absolutive suffix)

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (by you (singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you (singular)

स्म (sma) - indeed (indeed, certainly; (particle indicating past tense with present verb))

(indeclinable)

Note: particle

विनिपातिताः (vinipātitāḥ) - struck down, killed (struck down, killed, caused to fall)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinipātita

vinipātita - struck down, killed, overthrown, caused to fall

Past Passive Participle

from root pat (to fall) with prefixes vi and ni; causative form pāta + kta suffix

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implied 'we' (vayam).

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