वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-52, verse-24

अदोमूलाः क्रियाः सर्वा मम राजन्न संशयः ।
बहूनां किं प्रलापेन न दास्ये कामदोहिनीम् ॥२४॥

24. adomūlāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā mama rājanna saṃśayaḥ ,
bahūnāṃ kiṃ pralāpena na dāsye kāmadohinīm.

24. adomūlāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ mama rājan na saṃśayaḥ
bahūnām kim pralāpena na dāsye kāmadohinīm

24. rājan sarvāḥ kriyāḥ adomūlāḥ mama na saṃśayaḥ
bahūnām pralāpena kim na dāsye kāmadohinīm

24. O King, all these actions (kriyā) have that as their source; there is no doubt. What is the use of much talk? I will not give the wish-fulfilling (kāmadohinī) cow.

Words meanings summery:

• अदोमूलाः (adomūlāḥ) - having that (divine source/sacrifices) as their origin (rooted in that, originating from that)

• क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions (kriyā) (actions, rites, activities)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• मम (mama) - mine, my

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of much (talk/lamentation) (of many, of much)

• किम् (kim) - what is the use (of) ? (what?, why?, what for?)

• प्रलापेन (pralāpena) - by much talk (by lamentation, by idle talk, by prattling)

• न (na) - not, no

• दास्ये (dāsye) - I will not give (I will give)

• कामदोहिनीम् (kāmadohinīm) - the wish-fulfilling (kāmadohinī) cow (wish-yielding, wish-fulfilling (feminine accusative singular))

Words meanings and morphology

अदोमूलाः (adomūlāḥ) - having that (divine source/sacrifices) as their origin (rooted in that, originating from that)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of adomūla

adomūla - rooted in that, having that as origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adas+mūla)

• adas – that, yonder, those
  pronoun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with kriyāḥ.

क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions (kriyā) (actions, rites, activities)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, rite, activity, performance

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with kriyāḥ.

मम (mama) - mine, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of much (talk/lamentation) (of many, of much)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

Note: Genitive plural, 'of many (words/things)'

किम् (kim) - what is the use (of) ? (what?, why?, what for?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used here as an interrogative adverb meaning 'what use?' or 'why?'

प्रलापेन (pralāpena) - by much talk (by lamentation, by idle talk, by prattling)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pralāpa

pralāpa - lamentation, idle talk, incoherent speech, prattling

Prefix: pra

Root: lap (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दास्ये (dāsye) - I will not give (I will give)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

कामदोहिनीम् (kāmadohinīm) - the wish-fulfilling (kāmadohinī) cow (wish-yielding, wish-fulfilling (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāmadohinī

kāmadohinī - wish-yielding, wish-fulfilling (feminine form of kāmadohin)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+dohin)

• kāma – wish, desire, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• dohin – milking, yielding
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'duh'
  Root: duh (class 2)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'gām' (cow) or 'śabalām'.