वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-101, verse-23

श्रेष्ठं ह्यनार्यमेव स्याद् यद्भवानवधार्य माम् ।
आह युक्तिकरैर्वाक्यैरिदं भद्रं कुरुष्व ह ॥२३॥

23. śreṣṭhaṃ hyanāryameva syād yadbhavānavadhārya mām ,
āha yuktikarairvākyairidaṃ bhadraṃ kuruṣva ha.

23. śreṣṭham hi anāryam eva syāt yat bhavān avadhārya
mām āha yuktikaraíḥ vākyaiḥ idam bhadram kuruṣva ha

23. bhavān mām avadhārya yuktikaraíḥ vākyaiḥ idam bhadram kuruṣva ha yat āha,
śreṣṭham hi anāryam eva syāt

23. Indeed, what you, having carefully considered me, assert with convincing words—'Perform this noble deed!'—even though it appears to be the best course of action, would actually be ignoble (anāryam) for me.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - that which is deemed best (by Bharata) (best, most excellent)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अनार्यम् (anāryam) - ignoble, unworthy

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

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• यत् (yat) - that which (refers to Bharata's words/proposal) (which, that which, because)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

• अवधार्य (avadhārya) - having considered, having understood, having ascertained

• माम् (mām) - me

• आह (āha) - he/she/it said

• युक्तिकरíः (yuktikaraíḥ) - by reasonable, by convincing

• वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, by statements

• इदम् (idam) - this

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - auspicious, good, noble

• कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do! perform! make!

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely

Words meanings and morphology

श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - that which is deemed best (by Bharata) (best, most excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, superior, chief

Superlative of praśasya

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अनार्यम् (anāryam) - ignoble, unworthy

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anārya

anārya - ignoble, unworthy, not noble, non-Aryan

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ārya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ārya – noble, respectable, Aryan
  adjective (masculine/neuter)

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

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - that which (refers to Bharata's words/proposal) (which, that which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful); being, existing

अवधार्य (avadhārya) - having considered, having understood, having ascertained

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Prefix: ava

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I

आह (āha) - he/she/it said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Irregular perfect tense form of root ah or brū

Root: ah (class 2)

युक्तिकरíः (yuktikaraíḥ) - by reasonable, by convincing

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, plural of yuktikara

yuktikara - producing reason, convincing, reasonable, logical

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yukti+kara)

• yukti – reason, propriety, connection, argument
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• kara – doer, maker, causing, producing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, by statements

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

भद्रम् (bhadram) - auspicious, good, noble

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, good, blessed, excellent, fortunate

कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do! perform! make!

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)