वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-101, verse-22

भूमिः कीर्तिर्यशो लक्ष्मीः पुरुषं प्रार्थयन्ति हि ।
स्वर्गस्थं चानुबध्नन्ति सत्यमेव भजेत तत् ॥२२॥

22. bhūmiḥ kīrtiryaśo lakṣmīḥ puruṣaṃ prārthayanti hi ,
svargasthaṃ cānubadhnanti satyameva bhajeta tat.

22. bhūmiḥ kīrtiḥ yaśaḥ lakṣmīḥ puruṣam prārthayanti hi
svargastham ca anubadhnanti satyam eva bhajeta tat

22. bhūmiḥ kīrtiḥ yaśaḥ lakṣmīḥ hi puruṣam prārthayanti
ca svargastham anubadhnanti tat satyam eva bhajeta

22. Land, renown, glory, and prosperity (Lakṣmī) indeed seek out a virtuous person (puruṣa). And they follow him even when he resides in heaven. Therefore, one should truly cultivate truth.

Words meanings summery:

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - land, earth, ground

• कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - renown (fame, renown, glory, report)

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - glory (glory, fame, reputation, splendor)

• लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - prosperity (Lakṣmī) (prosperity, fortune, goddess Lakṣmī)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - virtuous person (puruṣa) (man, person, human being, the cosmic person)

• प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they seek, they pray for, they desire, they solicit

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• स्वर्गस्थम् (svargastham) - dwelling in heaven, being in heaven

• च (ca) - and, also

• अनुबध्नन्ति (anubadhnanti) - they follow (they bind, they attach themselves to, they follow)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, reality, true)

• एव (eva) - truly (only, indeed, just, even)

• भजेत (bhajeta) - one should cultivate, one should resort to, one should serve, one should practice

• तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, it)

Words meanings and morphology

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - land, earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil, realm

From root 'bhū' (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - renown (fame, renown, glory, report)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, renown, glory, praise, report

From root 'kṛt' (to praise, celebrate).

Root: kṛt (class 6)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - glory (glory, fame, reputation, splendor)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - glory, fame, renown, reputation, splendor

लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - prosperity (Lakṣmī) (prosperity, fortune, goddess Lakṣmī)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - prosperity, fortune, wealth, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

From root 'lakṣ' (to perceive, mark).

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - virtuous person (puruṣa) (man, person, human being, the cosmic person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, male, the supreme cosmic person

प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they seek, they pray for, they desire, they solicit

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prārth

Present active indicative

Present tense (laṭ) active voice form of root 'arth' (to go, seek) with prefix 'pra'. Causal stem.

Prefix: pra

Root: ṛdh (class 5)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गस्थम् (svargastham) - dwelling in heaven, being in heaven

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svargastha

svargastha - dwelling in heaven, being in heaven

Compound: 'svarga' (heaven) + 'stha' (standing, dwelling).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+stha)

• svarga – heaven, paradise, celestial world
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, dwelling, existing
  adjective
  Agent noun / Noun forming suffix
  From root 'sthā' (to stand, stay).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying an implied 'him' (puruṣam).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अनुबध्नन्ति (anubadhnanti) - they follow (they bind, they attach themselves to, they follow)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anubandh

Present active indicative

Present tense (laṭ) active voice form of root 'bandh' (to bind) with prefix 'anu'.

Prefix: anu

Root: bandh (class 9)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, reality, true)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real, honest

From 'sat' (being, existence, reality).

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - truly (only, indeed, just, even)

(indeclinable)

भजेत (bhajeta) - one should cultivate, one should resort to, one should serve, one should practice

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhaj

Optative middle

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, middle voice of root 'bhaj'.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it, therefore