वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-104, verse-13

इदं राज्यं महाप्राज्ञ स्थापय प्रतिपद्य हि ।
शक्तिमानसि काकुत्स्थ लोकस्य परिपालने ॥१३॥

13. idaṃ rājyaṃ mahāprājña sthāpaya pratipadya hi ,
śaktimānasi kākutstha lokasya paripālane.

13. idam rājyam mahāprājña sthāpaya pratipadya
hi śaktimān asi kākutstha lokasya paripālane

13. mahāprājña kākutstha idam rājyam pratipadya
hi sthāpaya lokasya paripālane śaktimān asi

13. O greatly wise one, indeed accept this kingdom and establish it. O Kakutstha, you are capable of protecting the world.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (kingdom) (this, this one)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty, rule)

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one (vocative for Rama) (O greatly wise one, very intelligent)

• स्थापय (sthāpaya) - establish, uphold (establish, place, keep, cause to stand)

• प्रतिपद्य (pratipadya) - having accepted / having taken possession of (having attained, having taken possession of, having accepted)

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

• शक्तिमान् (śaktimān) - capable (powerful, capable, strong)

• असि (asi) - you are

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (addressing Rama) (O descendant of Kakutstha (Rama))

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world/people (of the world, of the people)

• परिपालने (paripālane) - in protecting (in protection, in preserving, in governing)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (kingdom) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Functions as object of sthāpaya.

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty, rule)

(noun)

neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, royal office

From rājan (king) + ya suffix.

Root: rāj

Note: Object of sthāpaya.

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one (vocative for Rama) (O greatly wise one, very intelligent)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, highly intelligent

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Addressing Rama.

स्थापय (sthāpaya) - establish, uphold (establish, place, keep, cause to stand)

(verb)

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

Causal form of sthā.

Causal stem from root sthā.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Command to Rama.

प्रतिपद्य (pratipadya) - having accepted / having taken possession of (having attained, having taken possession of, having accepted)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From prati-pad (to go towards, to obtain)

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

शक्तिमान् (śaktimān) - capable (powerful, capable, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaktimat

śaktimat - powerful, capable, energetic, having power (śakti)

Derived from śakti with matUP suffix.

Note: Qualifies the implied subject "you" (Rama).

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root verb.

Root: as (class 2)

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (addressing Rama) (O descendant of Kakutstha (Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha, an epithet for Rama

Derived from kakutstha (an ancient king).

Note: Addressing Rama.

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world/people (of the world, of the people)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, community

Root: lok

Note: Dependent on paripālane.

परिपालने (paripālane) - in protecting (in protection, in preserving, in governing)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of paripālana

paripālana - protecting, preserving, governing, guarding

From pari-pāl (to protect entirely).

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Denotes the sphere of capability.

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