वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-19, verse-2

ऊनषोडशवर्षो मे रामो राजीवलोचनः ।
न युद्धयोग्यतामस्य पश्यामि सह राक्षसैः ॥२॥

2. ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣo me rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ ,
na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ.

2. ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣaḥ me rāmaḥ rājīvalocanaḥ na
yuddhayogyatām asya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ

2. me rājīvalocanaḥ rāmaḥ ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣaḥ (asti).
asya yuddhayogyatām rākṣasaiḥ saha na paśyāmi

2. My Rāma, whose eyes are like lotuses, is less than sixteen years old. I do not see him as fit for battle with the Rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• ऊनषोडशवर्षः (ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣaḥ) - less than sixteen years old

• मे (me) - my, of me

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma (Rāma)

• राजीवलोचनः (rājīvalocanaḥ) - lotus-eyed

• न (na) - not, no

• युद्धयोग्यताम् (yuddhayogyatām) - fitness for battle, suitability for war

• अस्य (asya) - of Rāma (his, of him)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I consider, I find (I see, I perceive)

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - with Rākṣasas, by demons

Words meanings and morphology

ऊनषोडशवर्षः (ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣaḥ) - less than sixteen years old

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣa

ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣa - less than sixteen years (old)

Compound type : karmadharaya or bahuvrihi (ūna+ṣoḍaśa+varṣa)

• ūna – less, deficient, wanting
  adjective (masculine)
• ṣoḍaśa – sixteen
  numeral (neuter)
• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate adjective for Rāma.

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive, referring to Daśaratha.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the hero of Rāmāyaṇa)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

राजीवलोचनः (rājīvalocanaḥ) - lotus-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājīvalocana

rājīvalocana - lotus-eyed, having eyes like a lotus

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rājīva+locana)

• rājīva – blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from √loc 'to see'.
  Root: loc (class 1)

Note: Epithet for Rāma.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'paśyāmi'.

युद्धयोग्यताम् (yuddhayogyatām) - fitness for battle, suitability for war

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yuddhayogyatā

yuddhayogyatā - fitness for battle, suitability for war

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+yogyatā)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from √yudh 'to fight'.
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• yogyatā – fitness, suitability, capability
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from yoga + tā (abstract suffix).

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'.

अस्य (asya) - of Rāma (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that; he, she, it

Note: Possessive, refers to Rāma.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I consider, I find (I see, I perceive)

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'I' (King Daśaratha).

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - with Rākṣasas, by demons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit

Note: Governed by 'saha'.