महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-275, verse-35

दशरथ उवाच ।
प्रीतोऽस्मि वत्स भद्रं ते पिता दशरथोऽस्मि ते ।
अनुजानामि राज्यं च प्रशाधि पुरुषोत्तम ॥३५॥

35. daśaratha uvāca ,
prīto'smi vatsa bhadraṁ te pitā daśaratho'smi te ,
anujānāmi rājyaṁ ca praśādhi puruṣottama.

35. daśaratha uvāca prītaḥ asmi vatsa bhadram te pitā
daśarathaḥ asmi te anujānāmi rājyam ca praśādhi puruṣottama

35. Dasharatha said: 'I am pleased, my son. May good fortune be upon you. I am Dasharatha, your father. I grant you permission for the kingdom, so rule it, O best among men (puruṣottama)!'

Words meanings summery:

• दशरथ (daśaratha) - King Dasharatha (Dasharatha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased (pleased, satisfied, happy)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

• वत्स (vatsa) - O son, O child (term of endearment) (calf, child, son, dear one)

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - well-being, good fortune (good, auspicious, welfare, well-being)

• ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Dasharatha

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

• ते (te) - your (your, of you)

• अनुजानामि (anujānāmi) - I grant permission (I permit, I consent, I allow)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty, rule)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - rule (the kingdom) (rule, govern, command)

• पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama) - O best among men (puruṣottama) (best among men, supreme cosmic person)

Words meanings and morphology

दशरथ (daśaratha) - King Dasharatha (Dasharatha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Dasharatha (father of Rama)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect

third person singular, active voice, perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased (pleased, satisfied, happy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, satisfied, delighted, dear

Past Passive Participle

from root prī (to please, to gladden)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: predicate to 'asmi' (I am pleased)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present

first person singular, active voice, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

वत्स (vatsa) - O son, O child (term of endearment) (calf, child, son, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, son, dear one

भद्रम् (bhadram) - well-being, good fortune (good, auspicious, welfare, well-being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - good, auspicious, fortunate, excellent; welfare, good fortune (as a noun)

Note: subject of implied 'astu' (may there be)

ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural or singular)

Note: Dative of interest, 'may good fortune be for you'

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Dasharatha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Dasharatha (father of Rama)

Note: predicate to 'asmi'

अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present

first person singular, active voice, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural or singular)

Note: possessive, 'your father'

अनुजानामि (anujānāmi) - I grant permission (I permit, I consent, I allow)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anujñā

present

first person singular, active voice, present tense

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty, rule)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, rule

Note: object of 'anujānāmi' and 'praśādhi'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: connects the two clauses 'I permit the kingdom' and 'rule'

प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - rule (the kingdom) (rule, govern, command)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of praśās

imperative

second person singular, active voice, imperative mood

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama) - O best among men (puruṣottama) (best among men, supreme cosmic person)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - best among men, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

Compound of 'puruṣa' (man, person) and 'uttama' (best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, spirit, cosmic person
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

Note: A common epithet for Rama.