वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-30, verse-4

इमौ स्वो मुनिशार्दूल किंकरौ समुपस्थितौ ।
आज्ञापय यथेष्टं वै शासनं करवाव किम् ॥४॥

4. imau svo muniśārdūla kiṃkarau samupasthitau ,
ājñāpaya yatheṣṭaṃ vai śāsanaṃ karavāva kim.

4. imau svau muniśārdūla kiṅkarau samupasthitau
ājñāpaya yathā iṣṭam vai śāsanam karavāva kim

4. O muniśārdūla,
imau svau kiṅkarau samupasthitau.
ājñāpaya yatheṣṭam vai.
kim śāsanam karavāva?

4. "O best of sages, these two, your own servants, are present. Command us as you wish. What instruction shall we carry out?"

Words meanings summery:

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• स्वौ (svau) - one's own, your own (referring to the speaker/possessor)

• मुनिशार्दूल (muniśārdūla) - O best of sages, O tiger among sages

• किङ्करौ (kiṅkarau) - servants, attendants

• समुपस्थितौ (samupasthitau) - present, standing near, arrived

• आज्ञापय (ājñāpaya) - command, order

• यथा (yathā) - as, according to, in which way

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished, agreeable

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - command, instruction, rule

• करवाव (karavāva) - let us do, shall we do

• किम् (kim) - what?

Words meanings and morphology

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

स्वौ (svau) - one's own, your own (referring to the speaker/possessor)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sva

sva - self, one's own, peculiar, inherent

मुनिशार्दूल (muniśārdūla) - O best of sages, O tiger among sages

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muniśārdūla

muniśārdūla - best of sages, chief among ascetics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+śārdūla)

• muni – sage, ascetic, hermit
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger; chief, eminent (when used as a suffix)
  noun (masculine)

किङ्करौ (kiṅkarau) - servants, attendants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kiṅkara

kiṅkara - servant, attendant, slave, doing what

Root: kṛ (class 8)

समुपस्थितौ (samupasthitau) - present, standing near, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samupasthita

samupasthita - present, near, arrived, standing near

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

आज्ञापय (ājñāpaya) - command, order

(verb)

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

Causative form with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

यथा (yathā) - as, according to, in which way

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished, agreeable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, liked, agreeable, beloved

Past Passive Participle

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially here.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

शासनम् (śāsanam) - command, instruction, rule

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - command, instruction, rule, teaching, governing

Root: śās (class 2)

करवाव (karavāva) - let us do, shall we do

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which