Shloka 23
Rāma’s Service to Parents and Departure to Visit the Paternal Grandparents
Pitāmaha-gṛha-gamana
Devanagari script
स्वसमीपमुपायान्तं राममालोक्य तौ नृप / सुचिरं तं विमर्शेतां समाज्ञापूर्वदर्शनौ
Transliteration
svasamīpamupāyāntaṃ rāmamālokya tau nṛpa / suciraṃ taṃ vimarśetāṃ samājñāpūrvadarśanau
Translation
Voyant Rāma s’avancer vers eux, ces deux dignitaires—qui jadis ne l’avaient aperçu que sur ordre—le contemplèrent longuement et le méditèrent en leur cœur.
Word by Word
sva-samīpamto (his/their) own vicinity
sva-samīpam:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभावार्थे गत्यर्थ-उपपदसमासवत्—‘to one’s own vicinity’
upāyāntamapproaching
upāyāntam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootupa-√i (इ धातु) (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमानकृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
rāmamRama
rāmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ālokyahaving seen
ālokya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√lok (लोक् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having seen’
tauthose two
tau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
nṛpaO king
nṛpa:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
su-ciramfor a long time
su-ciram:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + cira (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) used adverbially; ‘for a long time/long’
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vimarśetāmthey considered/reflected
vimarśetām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√mṛś (मृश् धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन)
samājñā-pūrva-darśanauhaving previously been informed/recognizing from before
samājñā-pūrva-darśanau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ājñā (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘(they) whose seeing was preceded by a prior instruction/recognition’ (पूर्वदर्शन = earlier sight/recognition; समाज्ञा = prior knowledge/command)