वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-21, verse-16

पितामहसुते ह्येते विद्ये तेजःसमन्विते ।
प्रदातुं तव काकुत्स्थ सदृशस्त्वं हि धार्मिक ॥१६॥

16. pitāmahasute hyete vidye tejaḥsamanvite ,
pradātuṃ tava kākutstha sadṛśastvaṃ hi dhārmika.

16. pitāmahasute hi ete vidye tejaḥsamanvite
pradātum tava kākutstha sadṛśaḥ tvam hi dhārmika

16. kākutstha dhārmika tvam hi sadṛśaḥ tava
pradātum ete vidye pitāmahasute tejaḥsamanvite

16. O Kakutstha, O righteous one, you are indeed worthy to receive these two sciences (vidyā), the daughters of Brahmā, which are endowed with great power.

Words meanings summery:

• पितामहसुते (pitāmahasute) - two daughters of Brahmā (the grandfather) (two daughters of the paternal grandfather)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• एते (ete) - these two

• विद्ये (vidye) - the two specific divine sciences (vidyā) offered to Rama, Bala and Atibala (two sciences, two knowledges)

• तेजःसमन्विते (tejaḥsamanvite) - endowed with radiance, accompanied by power

• प्रदातुम् (pradātum) - to give, to grant

• तव (tava) - your, to you

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rama, a descendant of Kakutstha (O descendant of Kakutstha)

• सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - worthy, similar, fit

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• धार्मिक (dhārmika) - O Rama, the righteous one (O righteous one, O virtuous one)

Words meanings and morphology

पितामहसुते (pitāmahasute) - two daughters of Brahmā (the grandfather) (two daughters of the paternal grandfather)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of pitāmahasutā

pitāmahasutā - daughter of the paternal grandfather

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitāmaha+sutā)

• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather, Brahmā
  noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of etat

etat - this

विद्ये (vidye) - the two specific divine sciences (vidyā) offered to Rama, Bala and Atibala (two sciences, two knowledges)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, science, learning

Root: vid (class 2)

तेजःसमन्विते (tejaḥsamanvite) - endowed with radiance, accompanied by power

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of tejaḥsamanvita

tejaḥsamanvita - endowed with brilliance, full of power

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tejas+samanvita)

• tejas – brilliance, power, energy, light
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

प्रदातुम् (pradātum) - to give, to grant

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

तव (tava) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rama, a descendant of Kakutstha (O descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha

patronymic from Kakutstha

सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - worthy, similar, fit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, worthy, fit

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

धार्मिक (dhārmika) - O Rama, the righteous one (O righteous one, O virtuous one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, one who observes (dharma)

derived from dharma

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