वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-37, verse-7

अपत्यलाभः सुमहान्भविष्यति तवानघ ।
कीर्तिं चाप्रतिमां लोके प्राप्स्यसे पुरुषर्षभ ॥७॥

7. apatyalābhaḥ sumahānbhaviṣyati tavānagha ,
kīrtiṃ cāpratimāṃ loke prāpsyase puruṣarṣabha.

7. apatyalābhaḥ sumahān bhaviṣyati tava anagha
kīrtim ca apratimām loke prāpsyase puruṣarṣabha

7. anagha puruṣarṣabha tava sumahān apatyalābhaḥ
bhaviṣyati ca loke apratimām kīrtim prāpsyase

7. You will have a very great gain of progeny, O sinless one. And you will attain unmatched fame in the world, O best among men.

Words meanings summery:

• अपत्यलाभः (apatyalābhaḥ) - gain of offspring, acquisition of progeny

• सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great, mighty, huge

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will occur, will become

• तव (tava) - to you, your, for you

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

• कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame, glory, renown

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अप्रतिमाम् (apratimām) - unmatched, unequalled, incomparable

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• प्राप्स्यसे (prāpsyase) - you will attain, you will obtain, you will reach

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men, O foremost of men

Words meanings and morphology

अपत्यलाभः (apatyalābhaḥ) - gain of offspring, acquisition of progeny

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apatyalābha

apatyalābha - gain of offspring, acquisition of progeny

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+lābha)

• apatya – offspring, progeny, child
  noun (neuter)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, profit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: labh (class 1)

सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great, mighty, huge

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, noble, mighty

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, excellent, well, very
  prefix
• mahat – great, large, vast, eminent
  adjective (neuter)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will occur, will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

root verb 'bhū' (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तव (tava) - to you, your, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Compound type : na-tatpuruṣa (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• agha – sin, fault, evil, misfortune
  noun (neuter)

कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame, glory, renown

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, glory, renown, report

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अप्रतिमाम् (apratimām) - unmatched, unequalled, incomparable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apratimā

apratimā - unmatched, unequalled, incomparable

Compound type : na-tatpuruṣa (a+pratimā)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• pratimā – comparison, image, statue
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'kīrtim'

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

प्राप्स्यसे (prāpsyase) - you will attain, you will obtain, you will reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of √āp

root verb 'āp' (class 5)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men, O foremost of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best of men, chief among men (literally 'bull of men')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

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