वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-44, verse-15

ततस्तेषां नरश्रेष्ठ बुद्धिरासीन्महात्मनाम् ।
अमरा निर्जराश्चैव कथं स्याम निरामयाः ॥१५॥

15. tatasteṣāṃ naraśreṣṭha buddhirāsīnmahātmanām ,
amarā nirjarāścaiva kathaṃ syāma nirāmayāḥ.

15. tataḥ teṣām naraśreṣṭha buddhiḥ āsīt mahātmanām
amarāḥ nirjarāḥ ca eva katham syāma nirāmayāḥ

15. naraśreṣṭha tataḥ teṣām mahātmanām buddhiḥ āsīt [iti
yat] vayam katham amarāḥ nirjarāḥ ca eva nirāmayāḥ syāma

15. Then, O best among men, an idea occurred to those great-souled (ātman) beings: 'How may we become immortal, ageless, and free from all afflictions?'

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (sons of Diti and Aditi) (of them)

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O Rāma, best among men! (O best among men!)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - an idea or thought (intellect, mind, understanding, idea)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of those great-souled sons (of Diti and Aditi) (of the great-souled ones, of noble-minded persons)

• अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortal, gods

• निर्जराः (nirjarāḥ) - ageless, undecaying

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• स्याम (syāma) - may we be, let us be

• निरामयाः (nirāmayāḥ) - free from all afflictions or disease (free from illness, healthy, secure, unimpaired)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' + 'tasil' suffix

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (sons of Diti and Aditi) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sons of Diti and Aditi.

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O Rāma, best among men! (O best among men!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best among men, foremost of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of 'praśasya' (good)
  Root: praśas

Note: Epithet for Rāma.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - an idea or thought (intellect, mind, understanding, idea)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, mind, perception, idea, thought

From root 'budh' + 'ti' suffix

Root: budh (class 1)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect (Laṅ) active voice, 3rd person singular

Root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of those great-souled sons (of Diti and Aditi) (of the great-souled ones, of noble-minded persons)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great being (mahātmā)

From 'mahā' (great) + 'ātman' (self/soul)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (combining form of mahat) (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Governed by 'buddhiḥ' (an idea belonging to them).

अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortal, gods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god, deity

From 'a' (neg.) + 'mara' (mortal)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

निर्जराः (nirjarāḥ) - ageless, undecaying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirjara

nirjara - ageless, undecaying, divine, a god

From 'nis' (without) + 'jarā' (old age)

Prefix: nis

Root: jṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

From 'kim' (what) + 'tham' suffix

स्याम (syāma) - may we be, let us be

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative (Liṅ) active voice, 1st person plural

Root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

निरामयाः (nirāmayāḥ) - free from all afflictions or disease (free from illness, healthy, secure, unimpaired)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirāmaya

nirāmaya - free from illness, healthy, well, safe, unimpaired

From 'nis' (without) + 'āmaya' (illness, disease)

Prefix: nis

Root: am (class 1)