वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-9, verse-19

अस्माकमपि मुख्यानि फलानीमानि वै द्विज ।
गृहाण प्रति भद्रं ते भक्षयस्व च मा चिरम् ॥१९॥

19. asmākamapi mukhyāni phalānīmāni vai dvija ,
gṛhāṇa prati bhadraṃ te bhakṣayasva ca mā ciram.

19. asmākam api mukhyāni phalāni imāni vai dvija
gṛhāṇa prati bhadram te bhakṣayasva ca mā ciram

19. dvija vai! Imāni asmākam api mukhyāni phalāni.
Prati gṛhāṇa.
Te bhadram.
Ca mā ciram bhakṣayasva.

19. O sage (dvija), these principal fruits are also ours. Please accept them. May good fortune be upon you, and eat them without delay.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• मुख्यानि (mukhyāni) - principal, chief, main, excellent

• फलानि (phalāni) - fruits, results, consequences

• इमानि (imāni) - these (neuter nominative/accusative plural)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

• द्विज (dvija) - O sage (O twice-born, O Brahmin)

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take, accept, seize

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return, in exchange

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness

• ते (te) - to you, for you (dative singular); of you (genitive singular)

• भक्षयस्व (bhakṣayasva) - eat, consume

• च (ca) - and, also

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

Words meanings and morphology

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

मुख्यानि (mukhyāni) - principal, chief, main, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, main, excellent, pre-eminent

From 'mukha' (face, front) + 'ya'

Note: Can also be accusative plural. Context indicates nominative here.

फलानि (phalāni) - fruits, results, consequences

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Root: phal (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative plural. Context indicates nominative here.

इमानि (imāni) - these (neuter nominative/accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Can also be accusative plural. Context indicates nominative here.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

द्विज (dvija) - O sage (O twice-born, O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (epithet for Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, snake, tooth

From 'dvi' (two) + 'ja' (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix from root 'jan'
  Root: jan (class 4)

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take, accept, seize

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of grah

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Root 'grah', class 9, Parasmaipada, Imperative 2nd singular

Root: grah (class 9)

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return, in exchange

(indeclinable)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, fortunate, good, excellent, welfare

Note: Used as a noun in blessings like 'bhadraṃ te' (welfare to you). Implied verb 'astu' (may it be).

ते (te) - to you, for you (dative singular); of you (genitive singular)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Note: Can also be genitive singular. In 'bhadraṃ te,' it's dative.

भक्षयस्व (bhakṣayasva) - eat, consume

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of bhakṣ

Imperative, 2nd person singular, Middle Voice

Root 'bhakṣ' (class 10, Atmanepada)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

Used with the Aorist or Imperative to express prohibition.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long (of time), lasting

Note: Used adverbially as an accusative neuter singular (accusative of time).