Shloka 53
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
इत्याज्ञप्रस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रणभ्येशं महोदरः / जगाम वायुवेगेन यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः
Transliteration
ityājñaprastathetyuktvā praṇabhyeśaṃ mahodaraḥ / jagāma vāyuvegena yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ
Translation
Mit den Worten „So sei es“ verneigte sich Mahodara vor dem Herrn und eilte, schnell wie der Wind, dorthin, wo Rāma verweilte.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Nipāta (निपात/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle): ‘thus’
ājñācommand
ājñā:
Karma (कर्म/Object; with pratasthe)
TypeNoun
Rootājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) (understood as object of ‘having received/obeyed’)
pratastheset out
pratasthe:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sthā (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)
itithus
iti:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle)
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having said’
praṇabhyahaving bowed
praṇabhya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√nam (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having bowed’
īśamthe Lord (Śiva)
īśam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of praṇabhya)
TypeNoun
Rootīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
mahodaraḥMahodara
mahodaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-udara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
jagāmawent
jagāma:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
vāyuvegenawith wind-speed
vāyuvegena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu-vega (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: vāyu + vega ‘speed of wind’; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Relative location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (relative adverb): ‘where’
rāmaḥRāma
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; of implied ‘was’)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
vyavasthitaḥwas stationed/standing
vyavasthitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
Formक्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)