वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-52, verse-1

एवमुक्ता वसिष्ठेन शबला शत्रुसूदन ।
विदधे कामधुक्कामान्यस्य यस्य यथेप्सितम् ॥१॥

1. evamuktā vasiṣṭhena śabalā śatrusūdana ,
vidadhe kāmadhukkāmānyasya yasya yathepsitam.

1. evam uktā vasiṣṭhena śabalā śatrusūdana vidadhe
kāmadhuk kāmān yasya yasya yathā īpsitam

1. śatrusūdana vasiṣṭhena evam uktā kāmadhuk
śabalā yasya yasya yathā īpsitam kāmān vidadhe

1. O destroyer of enemies (śatrusūdana), Śabalā, the wish-fulfilling cow (Kāmadhuk), thus spoken to by Vasiṣṭha, fulfilled whatever desires each person had wished for.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• उक्ता (uktā) - addressed, spoken to (spoken, said, addressed)

• वसिष्ठेन (vasiṣṭhena) - by Vasiṣṭha

• शबला (śabalā) - Śabalā (Śabalā (name of the cow))

• शत्रुसूदन (śatrusūdana) - O destroyer of enemies (destroyer of enemies)

• विदधे (vidadhe) - she fulfilled (the desires) (she created, she made, she bestowed, she performed)

• कामधुक् (kāmadhuk) - wish-fulfilling cow (Kāmadhuk) (wish-fulfilling cow)

• कामान् (kāmān) - desires (desires, wishes)

• यस्य (yasya) - of each (person) (of which, whose, of whom)

• यस्य (yasya) - of each (person) (of which, whose, of whom)

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

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - wished for (desired, wished, longed for)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies the verb 'uktā'.

उक्ता (uktā) - addressed, spoken to (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `śabalā`.

वसिष्ठेन (vasiṣṭhena) - by Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Note: Agent of the passive participle `uktā`.

शबला (śabalā) - Śabalā (Śabalā (name of the cow))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śabalā

śabalā - Śabalā (name of Vasiṣṭha's wish-granting cow), spotted, brindled

Note: Subject of the verb `vidadhe`.

शत्रुसूदन (śatrusūdana) - O destroyer of enemies (destroyer of enemies)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatrusūdana

śatrusūdana - destroyer of enemies (epithet)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+sūdana)

• śatru – enemy, adversary
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – destroying, killer, destroyer
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/action noun
  From root sūd (to destroy)
  Root: sūd (class 10)

Note: An address to the listener or a character in the narrative.

विदधे (vidadhe) - she fulfilled (the desires) (she created, she made, she bestowed, she performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vidhā

Prefix vi + root dhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to Śabalā's action.

कामधुक् (kāmadhuk) - wish-fulfilling cow (Kāmadhuk) (wish-fulfilling cow)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāmadhuk

kāmadhuk - wish-fulfilling cow

Derived from kāma (desire) and dhuk (milking, providing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+dhuk)

• kāma – desire, wish
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• dhuk – milking, yielding, providing (f.)
  noun (feminine)
  agent noun
  From root duh (to milk)
  Root: duh (class 2)

Note: In apposition to `śabalā`.

कामान् (kāmān) - desires (desires, wishes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `vidadhe`.

यस्य (yasya) - of each (person) (of which, whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

Note: Used distributively here, 'of each (person)'.

यस्य (yasya) - of each (person) (of which, whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

Note: Used distributively here, 'of each (person)'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to `īpsitam`.

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - wished for (desired, wished, longed for)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished, sought

Past Passive Participle

Intensive desiderative of root āp, or desiderative of iṣ

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Adverbial use, 'as was desired'.