वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-17, verse-34

कं च ते परमं कामं करोमि किमु हर्षितः ।
पात्रभूतो ऽसि मे विप्र दिष्ट्या प्राप्तो ऽसि धार्मिक ।
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं च सुजीवितम् ॥३४॥

34. kaṃ ca te paramaṃ kāmaṃ karomi kimu harṣitaḥ ,
pātrabhūto'si me vipra diṣṭyā prāpto'si dhārmika ,
adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam.

34. kam ca te paramam kāmam karomi kim
u harṣitaḥ pātrabhūtaḥ asi me vipra
diṣṭyā prāptaḥ asi dhārmika adya me
saphalam janma jīvitam ca sujīvitam

34. ca kim harṣitaḥ kam te paramam kāmam
karomi u me vipra pātrabhūtaḥ asi
dhārmika diṣṭyā asi prāptaḥ adya me
janma saphalam ca jīvitam sujīvitam

34. What supreme desire shall I fulfill for you? What should I do, delighted as I am? You are indeed a worthy recipient for me, O Brahmin; fortunately, you, the righteous one, have arrived. Today, my birth has become fruitful, and my life well-lived.

Words meanings summery:

• कम् (kam) - what, which

• च (ca) - and

• ते (te) - for you

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, utmost

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish

• करोमि (karomi) - I fulfill (I do, I make, I perform)

• किम् (kim) - What (should I do) (what, why)

• उ (u) - particle of interrogation, emphasis or disjunction

• हर्षितः (harṣitaḥ) - delighted, joyful

• पात्रभूतः (pātrabhūtaḥ) - having become worthy, a worthy recipient

• असि (asi) - you are

• मे (me) - for me (for me, my)

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, luckily

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, obtained

• असि (asi) - you are

• धार्मिक (dhārmika) - O righteous one, observant of natural law (dharma)

• अद्य (adya) - today

• मे (me) - my

• सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful, successful

• जन्म (janma) - birth, existence

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

• च (ca) - and

• सुजीवितम् (sujīvitam) - well-lived, a good life

Words meanings and morphology

कम् (kam) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Refers to 'kāmam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects questions or clauses.

ते (te) - for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Beneficiary of 'karomi'.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, utmost

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure

From root kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'karomi'.

करोमि (karomi) - I fulfill (I do, I make, I perform)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - What (should I do) (what, why)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle/pronoun.

Note: Introduces a question.

उ (u) - particle of interrogation, emphasis or disjunction

(indeclinable)

Interrogative/emphatic particle.

हर्षितः (harṣitaḥ) - delighted, joyful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of harṣita

harṣita - gladdened, delighted, joyful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛṣ (to rejoice), often causative.

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

पात्रभूतः (pātrabhūtaḥ) - having become worthy, a worthy recipient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātrabhūta

pātrabhūta - become a recipient, a worthy person, deserving

compound of 'pātra' (vessel, worthy object) and 'bhūta' (become)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pātra+bhūta)

• pātra – vessel, recipient, worthy object
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, happened, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicative with 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - for me (for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I (1st person pronoun)

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, sage

Note: Address to Viśvāmitra.

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, luckily

(indeclinable)

Instrumental form used as an adverb.

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, obtained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra-āp (to reach, obtain)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicative with 'asi' (you have arrived).

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

धार्मिक (dhārmika) - O righteous one, observant of natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, observant of dharma (dharma)

Derived from dharma + ika.

Note: Address to Viśvāmitra.

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I (1st person pronoun)

Note: Possessive, connected to 'janma' and 'jīvitam'.

सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful, successful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saphala

saphala - fruitful, successful, effective

sa-phala (with fruit)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+phala)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicative with implied 'is'.

जन्म (janma) - birth, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence, life

From root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, existence

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'janma' and 'jīvitam'.

सुजीवितम् (sujīvitam) - well-lived, a good life

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sujīvita

sujīvita - well-lived, a good life, successful life

su-jīvita (well-lived)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+jīvita)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix
• jīvita – life, living, lived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicative with implied 'is'.