वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-52, verse-20

नानावर्णविभक्तानां वयःस्थानां तथैव च ।
ददाम्येकां गवां कोटिं शबला दीयतां मम ॥२०॥

20. nānāvarṇavibhaktānāṃ vayaḥsthānāṃ tathaiva ca ,
dadāmyekāṃ gavāṃ koṭiṃ śabalā dīyatāṃ mama.

20. nānāvarṇavibhaktānām vayaḥsthānām tathā eva ca
dadāmi ekām gavām koṭim śabalā dīyatām mama

20. nānāvarṇavibhaktānām tathā eva ca vayaḥsthānām
gavām ekām koṭim dadāmi śabalā mama dīyatām

20. I will give you a crore of cows (koṭi), categorized by various colors and of suitable age. Let Śabalā be given to me.

Words meanings summery:

• नानावर्णविभक्तानाम् (nānāvarṇavibhaktānām) - of those divided into various colors

• वयःस्थानाम् (vayaḥsthānām) - of those of (suitable) age

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• च (ca) - and

• ददामि (dadāmi) - I give, I offer

• एकाम् (ekām) - one

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows, cattle

• कोटिम् (koṭim) - ten million, a crore

• शबला (śabalā) - The divine cow Śabalā. (Śabalā (proper noun), variegated)

• दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

• मम (mama) - to me, my

Words meanings and morphology

नानावर्णविभक्तानाम् (nānāvarṇavibhaktānām) - of those divided into various colors

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nānāvarṇavibhakta

nānāvarṇavibhakta - diversified by various colors

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+varṇa+vibhakta)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• varṇa – color, hue, caste, letter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ
• vibhakta – divided, distributed, separated
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhaj with vi prefix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhaj (class 7)

Note: modifies gavām

वयःस्थानाम् (vayaḥsthānām) - of those of (suitable) age

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vayaḥstha

vayaḥstha - being of age, grown up, of suitable age

Compound type : tatpurusha (vayas+stha)

• vayas – age, youth, vigor
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: modifies gavām

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ददामि (dadāmi) - I give, I offer

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dā

Present active indicative

Reduplicated root, Parasmaipada, Present 1st person singular.

Root: dā (class 3)

एकाम् (ekām) - one

(numeral)

Note: modifies koṭim

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows, cattle

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, ray of light

Note: modifies koṭim (a crore of cows)

कोटिम् (koṭim) - ten million, a crore

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of koṭi

koṭi - ten million, crore, peak, end, bow-string

Note: object of dadāmi

शबला (śabalā) - The divine cow Śabalā. (Śabalā (proper noun), variegated)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śabalā

śabalā - variegated, speckled; name of a divine cow

Note: Subject of dīyatām

दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present imperative (loṭ) of dā

Present passive imperative

Passive voice, 3rd person singular, imperative.

Root: dā (class 3)

मम (mama) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Indicates recipient for dīyatām.