वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-10, verse-26

वरौ यौ मे त्वया देव तदा दत्तौ महीपते ।
तौ तावदहमद्यैव वक्ष्यामि शृणु मे वचः ॥२६॥

26. varau yau me tvayā deva tadā dattau mahīpate ,
tau tāvadahamadyaiva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu me vacaḥ.

26. varau yau me tvayā deva tadā dattau mahīpate
tau tāvat aham adya eva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu me vacaḥ

26. deva mahīpate yau varau me tvayā tadā dattau
tau tāvat aham adya eva vakṣyāmi me vacaḥ śṛṇu

26. O god, O king, I shall now declare those two boons which you granted me at that time. Listen to my words.

Words meanings summery:

• वरौ (varau) - those two boons (the two boons)

• यौ (yau) - which (which (dual masculine))

• मे (me) - me (to me, my (enclitic form of asmad))

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (by you (instrumental singular))

• देव (deva) - O god (O god, divine one)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

• दत्तौ (dattau) - granted (given (dual masculine))

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O king (O king, O lord of the earth)

• तौ (tau) - those two (those two (masculine dual))

• तावत् (tāvat) - now (so much, so far, now, meanwhile)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अद्य (adya) - now (today, now)

• एव (eva) - just (just, indeed, only, very)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall declare (I will say, I will speak, I will declare)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - Listen (hear! listen! (imperative))

• मे (me) - my (my, to me (enclitic form of asmad))

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

Words meanings and morphology

वरौ (varau) - those two boons (the two boons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vara

vara - boon, choice, excellent

From root vṛ.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to the two boons.

यौ (yau) - which (which (dual masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ya

ya - who, which (relative pronoun)

Nominative dual masculine, referring to varau.

Note: Used as subject of the implied verb (are).

मे (me) - me (to me, my (enclitic form of asmad))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

Dative singular enclitic form.

Note: Enclitic form.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (by you (instrumental singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Instrumental singular.

देव (deva) - O god (O god, divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

Vocative singular.

Root: div (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad.

दत्तौ (dattau) - granted (given (dual masculine))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of datta

datta - given, granted, presented

Past Passive Participle

From root dā (to give).

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used predicatively.

महीपते (mahīpate) - O king (O king, O lord of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king, sovereign

Vocative singular.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Addressed to the same person as deva.

तौ (tau) - those two (those two (masculine dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Nominative dual masculine, refers back to varau.

Note: Used as an emphatic repetition for varau.

तावत् (tāvat) - now (so much, so far, now, meanwhile)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative of tad.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

Nominative singular.

अद्य (adya) - now (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

एव (eva) - just (just, indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall declare (I will say, I will speak, I will declare)

(verb)

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

Future, 1st singular

From root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - Listen (hear! listen! (imperative))

(verb)

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

Imperative, 2nd singular

5th class verb.

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - my (my, to me (enclitic form of asmad))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

Genitive singular enclitic form.

Note: Enclitic form.

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

From root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)