Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 18, Shloka 60

पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः — Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival

Bālakāṇḍa 18

Translation

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Word by Word

• सदृशम्: befitting/appropriate
• सदृशम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective to ‘एतत्’)

• राजशार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• राजशार्दूल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: ‘tiger among kings’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तव: your/of you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; with predicate ‘सदृशम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth/in the world
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise/in any other way
• अन्यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

• महावंशप्रसूतस्य: of one born in a great dynasty
• महावंशप्रसूतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘born of a great lineage’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘तव’ विशेषणवत् (qualifies the addressed king)

• वसिष्ठव्यपदेशिनः: of one known as (disciple of) Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठव्यपदेशिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यपदेशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘having the designation/being guided by Vasiṣṭha’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘तव’ विशेषणवत्

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