वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-72, verse-13

कः स्थितः प्रतिहारो मे कस्याज्ञा संप्रतीक्ष्यते ।
स्वगृहे को विचारो ऽस्ति यथा राज्यमिदं तव ॥१३॥

13. kaḥ sthitaḥ pratihāro me kasyājñā saṃpratīkṣyate ,
svagṛhe ko vicāro'sti yathā rājyamidaṃ tava.

13. kaḥ sthitaḥ pratihāraḥ me kasya ājñā sampratīkṣyate
svagṛhe kaḥ vicāraḥ asti yathā rājyam idam tava

13. me kaḥ pratihāraḥ sthitaḥ,
kasya ājñā sampratīkṣyate? svagṛhe kaḥ vicāraḥ asti? yathā idam tava rājyam.

13. Who acts as my doorkeeper, and whose command (ājñā) is awaited? What deliberation (vicāraḥ) is needed in what is like your own home (svagṛhe)? Indeed, this entire kingdom is yours.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - Who? (rhetorical question) (who?)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing (as a doorkeeper) (standing, situated, existing)

• प्रतिहारः (pratihāraḥ) - doorkeeper (doorkeeper, gatekeeper)

• मे (me) - my (doorkeeper) (to me, my, for me)

• कस्य (kasya) - Whose (command)? (whose? of whom?)

• आज्ञा (ājñā) - Whose command? (command, order, permission)

• सम्प्रतीक्ष्यते (sampratīkṣyate) - is being awaited (is awaited, is expected)

• स्वगृहे (svagṛhe) - in your (Vasiṣṭha's/Dasharatha's) own house (Janaka treats it as their home) (in one's own house)

• कः (kaḥ) - What (deliberation)? (rhetorical question implying 'none') (what?)

• विचारः (vicāraḥ) - deliberation, formal consideration (consideration, deliberation, thought)

• अस्ति (asti) - is there (rhetorical, implying 'there is none') (is, exists)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that (just as, as, according to)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - this kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty)

• इदम् (idam) - this (kingdom) (this, this one)

• तव (tava) - yours (referring to Vasiṣṭha/Dasharatha) (your, yours)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - Who? (rhetorical question) (who?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing (as a doorkeeper) (standing, situated, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, stood firm, existing, situated

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रतिहारः (pratihāraḥ) - doorkeeper (doorkeeper, gatekeeper)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratihāra

pratihāra - doorkeeper, gatekeeper, guard

Prefix: prati

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मे (me) - my (doorkeeper) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कस्य (kasya) - Whose (command)? (whose? of whom?)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

आज्ञा (ājñā) - Whose command? (command, order, permission)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ājñā

ājñā - command, order, permission, authority

From root jñā (to know) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

सम्प्रतीक्ष्यते (sampratīkṣyate) - is being awaited (is awaited, is expected)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of sampratīkṣ

Present Passive

from root īkṣ (to see, look) with prefixes sam and prati

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

स्वगृहे (svagṛhe) - in your (Vasiṣṭha's/Dasharatha's) own house (Janaka treats it as their home) (in one's own house)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svagṛha

svagṛha - one's own house, own home

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+gṛha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun/adjective
• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gṛh (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - What (deliberation)? (rhetorical question implying 'none') (what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

विचारः (vicāraḥ) - deliberation, formal consideration (consideration, deliberation, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - consideration, deliberation, investigation, thought

From root car (to move, go) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - is there (rhetorical, implying 'there is none') (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

राज्यम् (rājyam) - this kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty

From rājan (king)

इदम् (idam) - this (kingdom) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with rājyam.

तव (tava) - yours (referring to Vasiṣṭha/Dasharatha) (your, yours)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you