वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-103, verse-9

यन्मातापितरौ वृत्तं तनये कुरुतः सदा ।
न सुप्रतिकरं तत्तु मात्रा पित्रा च यत् कृतम् ॥९॥

9. yanmātāpitarau vṛttaṃ tanaye kurutaḥ sadā ,
na supratikaraṃ tattu mātrā pitrā ca yat kṛtam.

9. yat mātāpitarau vṛttam tanaye kurutaḥ sadā | na
supratikaram tat tu mātrā pitrā ca yat kṛtam

9. mātāpitarau sadā yat vṛttam tanaye kurutaḥ,
mātrā pitrā ca yat kṛtam tat tu na supratikaram

9. The care that a mother and father always render to their son, that which has been done by the mother and father, is indeed impossible to repay.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (care) (which, whatever, that which)

• मातापितरौ (mātāpitarau) - parents (mother and father, parents)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - care, service (conduct, behavior, action, deed, service)

• तनये (tanaye) - towards the son (towards the son, for the son)

• कुरुतः (kurutaḥ) - they render (service) (they do, they make)

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly (always, ever, constantly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सुप्रतिकरम् (supratikaram) - impossible to repay (with 'na') (easily repaid, well-requitable)

• तत् (tat) - that (care/service) (that, it)

• तु (tu) - indeed, truly (but, indeed, however)

• मात्रा (mātrā) - by the mother

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• च (ca) - and

• यत् (yat) - which (has been done) (which, whatever, that which)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (for the son) (done, made, performed)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (care) (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Can be nominative or accusative singular neuter.

मातापितरौ (mātāpitarau) - parents (mother and father, parents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mātāpitṛ

mātāpitṛ - mother and father, parents

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

Note: Dual form of mātāpitṛ, used as 'parents'.

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - care, service (conduct, behavior, action, deed, service)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, past, conduct, behavior, circular

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root vṛt (to be, to exist, to turn) with kta suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तनये (tanaye) - towards the son (towards the son, for the son)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tanaya

tanaya - son, offspring

Derived from root tan (to stretch, to procreate).

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Locative can indicate 'towards' or 'for' in this context.

कुरुतः (kurutaḥ) - they render (service) (they do, they make)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Third person dual present active indicative form.

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly (always, ever, constantly)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सुप्रतिकरम् (supratikaram) - impossible to repay (with 'na') (easily repaid, well-requitable)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of supratikara

supratikara - easily requitable, well repaid

Compound of su (good, easy) and pratikara (repaying).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+pratikara)

• su – good, well, easy
  indeclinable
• pratikara – requital, repayment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pra- + kṛ with a suffix.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to 'tat' (that deed).

तत् (tat) - that (care/service) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to the 'vṛttam' of the parents.

तु (tu) - indeed, truly (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मात्रा (mātrā) - by the mother

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which (has been done) (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Functions as the subject of the passive verb 'kṛtam'.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (for the son) (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root kṛ (to do, to make) with kta suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective with an implied 'is'.