वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-58, verse-2

इक्ष्वाको स्वागतं वत्स जानामि त्वां सुधार्मिकम् ।
शरणं ते भविष्यामि मा भैषीर्नृपपुंगव ॥२॥

2. ikṣvāko svāgataṃ vatsa jānāmi tvāṃ sudhārmikam ,
śaraṇaṃ te bhaviṣyāmi mā bhaiṣīrnṛpapuṃgava.

2. ikṣvāko svāgatam vatsa jānāmi tvām sudhārmikam
śaraṇam te bhaviṣyāmi mā bhaiṣīḥ nṛpapuṅgava

2. ikṣvāko vatsa nṛpapuṅgava svāgatam tvām
sudhārmikam jānāmi te śaraṇam bhaviṣyāmi mā bhaiṣīḥ

2. O Ikṣvāku, dear child, welcome! I know you to be very devoted to natural law (dharma). I will be your refuge; do not be afraid, O best of kings!

Words meanings summery:

• इक्ष्वाको (ikṣvāko) - O Ikṣvāku (O Ikṣvāku (name of a king))

• स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome (welcome, well-come)

• वत्स (vatsa) - dear child (calf, child, dear one)

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• सुधार्मिकम् (sudhārmikam) - very devoted to natural law (dharma) (very righteous, very virtuous)

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, protection, shelter)

• ते (te) - your (for you) (to you, for you, your)

• भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be

• मा (mā) - do not

• भैषीः (bhaiṣīḥ) - be afraid (you should fear, fear)

• नृपपुङ्गव (nṛpapuṅgava) - O best of kings (O chief among kings, O best of kings)

Words meanings and morphology

इक्ष्वाको (ikṣvāko) - O Ikṣvāku (O Ikṣvāku (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ikṣvāku

ikṣvāku - name of a legendary king, founder of the solar dynasty

Note: U-stem.

स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome (welcome, well-come)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well-come, fortunate arrival

Compound of 'su' (well) and 'āgata' (come, arrived).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+āgata)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• āgata – come, arrived, returned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam- with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: A-stem.

वत्स (vatsa) - dear child (calf, child, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, darling, dear one

Note: A-stem.

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

सुधार्मिकम् (sudhārmikam) - very devoted to natural law (dharma) (very righteous, very virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sudhārmika

sudhārmika - very righteous, very virtuous, very observant of dharma

Compound of 'su' (very, good) and 'dhārmika' (righteous, virtuous).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dhārmika)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• dhārmika – righteous, virtuous, just, observant of dharma
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'dharma' with suffix -ika

Note: A-stem.

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, protection, shelter)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, protection, shelter, asylum

Root: śṛ (class 9)

Note: A-stem.

ते (te) - your (for you) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form.

भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with injunctive for prohibition.

भैषीः (bhaiṣīḥ) - be afraid (you should fear, fear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive (luṅ) of bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Irregular aorist form.

नृपपुङ्गव (nṛpapuṅgava) - O best of kings (O chief among kings, O best of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpapuṅgava

nṛpapuṅgava - chief among kings, best of kings

Compound of 'nṛpa' (king) and 'puṅgava' (bull, excellent one).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+puṅgava)

• nṛpa – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

Note: A-stem.