वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-6

शैलपुत्र्या यदुक्तं तन्न प्रजास्यथ पत्निषु ।
तस्या वचनमक्लिष्टं सत्यमेव न संशयः ॥६॥

6. śailaputryā yaduktaṃ tanna prajāsyatha patniṣu ,
tasyā vacanamakliṣṭaṃ satyameva na saṃśayaḥ.

6. śailaputryā yat uktam tat na prajāsyatha patniṣu
tasyāḥ vacanam akliṣṭam satyam eva na saṃśayaḥ

6. śailaputryā yat uktam tat na patniṣu prajāsyatha
tasyāḥ akliṣṭam vacanam satyam eva na saṃśayaḥ

6. What was spoken by the daughter of the mountain (Parvati)—that you shall not beget offspring in your wives—that statement of hers is unassailable. It is indeed the truth; there is no doubt.

Words meanings summery:

• शैलपुत्र्या (śailaputryā) - by the daughter of the mountain (Parvati) (by the daughter of the mountain)

• यत् (yat) - what (statement) (what, which, whatever)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - was spoken, said (said, spoken)

• तत् (tat) - that (statement) (that, it)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• प्रजास्यथ (prajāsyatha) - (you) will beget offspring ((you) will beget, will produce offspring)

• पत्निषु (patniṣu) - in (your) wives (in wives, among wives)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her (Parvati's) (her, of her)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - statement (word, statement, speech)

• अक्लिष्टम् (akliṣṭam) - unassailable (untroubled, unblemished, unassailable, clear)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

Words meanings and morphology

शैलपुत्र्या (śailaputryā) - by the daughter of the mountain (Parvati) (by the daughter of the mountain)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śailaputrī

śailaputrī - daughter of the mountain (epithet of Parvati)

Compound: śaila (mountain) + putrī (daughter)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+putrī)

• śaila – mountain, rocky
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agent of uktam

यत् (yat) - what (statement) (what, which, whatever)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to the statement

उक्तम् (uktam) - was spoken, said (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) as irregular past passive participle

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective, agrees with yat

तत् (tat) - that (statement) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Correlative pronoun to yat

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb prajāsyatha

प्रजास्यथ (prajāsyatha) - (you) will beget offspring ((you) will beget, will produce offspring)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of prajan

future, active voice

Root jan (class 4) with prefix pra, in future tense (lṛṭ), second person plural, active voice

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The implied subject is 'you' (the gods)

पत्निषु (patniṣu) - in (your) wives (in wives, among wives)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress of a house

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her (Parvati's) (her, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Refers to śailaputrī

वचनम् (vacanam) - statement (word, statement, speech)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence 'her word is truth'

अक्लिष्टम् (akliṣṭam) - unassailable (untroubled, unblemished, unassailable, clear)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akliṣṭa

akliṣṭa - untroubled, unimpaired, unblemished, not difficult

negative past passive participle

Derived from root kliś (to suffer, trouble) with negative prefix a-

Compound type : privative tatpuruṣa (a+kliṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kliṣṭa – troubled, pained, difficult
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kliś (to suffer, trouble)
  Root: kliś (class 9)

Note: Agrees with vacanam

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

Derived from sat (being, existing)

Note: Predicate nominative with implied 'is'

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates saṃśayaḥ

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Derived from root śī (to lie) with prefixes sam and śaya

Prefixes: sam+śaya

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of the final clause