वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-104, verse-24

अथानुपूर्व्यात् प्रतिपूज्य तं जनं गुरूंश्च मन्त्रिप्रकृतीस्तथानुजौ ।
व्यसर्जयद् राघववंशवर्धनः स्थितः स्वधर्मे हिमवानिवाचलः ॥२४॥

24. athānupūrvyāt pratipūjya taṃ janaṃ gurūṃśca mantriprakṛtīstathānujau ,
vyasarjayad rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ sthitaḥ svadharme himavānivācalaḥ.

24. atha anupūrvyāt pratipūjya tam janam
gurūn ca mantriprakṛtīḥ tathā anujau
vyasarjayat rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ
sthitaḥ svadharme himavān iva acalaḥ

24. atha rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ svadharme
sthitaḥ himavān iva acalaḥ anupūrvyāt
tam janam ca gurūn ca mantriprakṛtīḥ
tathā anujau pratipūjya vyasarjayat

24. Then, in due order, having honored those people, the spiritual teachers (gurū), the ministers and their associates (prakṛti), and his two younger brothers, Rāma, the enhancer of the Raghu lineage, dismissed them. He stood firm in his own intrinsic nature (svadharma), unmoving like the Himālaya mountain (himavān).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• अनुपूर्व्यात् (anupūrvyāt) - in due order, successively

• प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored, having respected

• तम् (tam) - that, those

• जनम् (janam) - people, populace

• गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, spiritual guides (guru)

• च (ca) - and

• मन्त्रिप्रकृतीः (mantriprakṛtīḥ) - ministers and their associated officials or subjects (ministers and their associates/constituents (prakṛti))

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, also)

• अनुजौ (anujau) - two younger brothers

• व्यसर्जयत् (vyasarjayat) - he dismissed, he sent away

• राघववंशवर्धनः (rāghavavaṁśavardhanaḥ) - Rāma, the enhancer of the Raghu lineage (enhancer of the Raghu lineage, incrementor of the Rāghava race)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing firm (standing, situated, firm)

• स्वधर्मे (svadharme) - in his own intrinsic nature (svadharma) (in his own intrinsic nature, in his own duty/right conduct (svadharma))

• हिमवान् (himavān) - Himālaya (mountain)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अचलः (acalaḥ) - unmoving (like a mountain) (unmoving, motionless; mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

अनुपूर्व्यात् (anupūrvyāt) - in due order, successively

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of anupūrvī

anupūrvī - regular order, succession

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'in due order'.

प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored, having respected

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

root pūj with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: pūj (class 10)

तम् (tam) - that, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies 'janam'.

जनम् (janam) - people, populace

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, spiritual guides (guru)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, venerable person (guru)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मन्त्रिप्रकृतीः (mantriprakṛtīḥ) - ministers and their associated officials or subjects (ministers and their associates/constituents (prakṛti))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of mantriprakṛti

mantriprakṛti - ministers and elements of the state; ministers and their subjects/constituents

Compound type : dvandva (mantrin+prakṛti)

• mantrin – counselor, minister
  noun (masculine)
• prakṛti – nature, origin; primary matter; constituents of a kingdom, subjects (prakṛti)
  noun (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, also)

(indeclinable)

अनुजौ (anujau) - two younger brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of anuja

anuja - younger brother

born after

व्यसर्जयत् (vyasarjayat) - he dismissed, he sent away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-sṛj

Imperfect

root sṛj with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

राघववंशवर्धनः (rāghavavaṁśavardhanaḥ) - Rāma, the enhancer of the Raghu lineage (enhancer of the Raghu lineage, incrementor of the Rāghava race)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghavavaṃśavardhana

rāghavavaṁśavardhana - one who increases the Raghu lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāghava+vaṃśa+vardhana)

• rāghava – descendant of Raghu; Rāma
  proper noun (masculine)
• vaṃśa – lineage, race, family, bamboo
  noun (masculine)
• vardhana – increasing, growing, enhancing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root vṛdh 'to grow'
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing firm (standing, situated, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm, stable, abiding

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root sthā 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ'.

स्वधर्मे (svadharme) - in his own intrinsic nature (svadharma) (in his own intrinsic nature, in his own duty/right conduct (svadharma))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own duty, one's own natural law, one's intrinsic nature (svadharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+dharma)

• sva – own, self, one's own property
  pronoun (neuter)
• dharma – righteous conduct, duty, law, intrinsic nature (dharma)
  noun (masculine)

हिमवान् (himavān) - Himālaya (mountain)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - possessing snow; Himālaya mountain (himavān)

Possessive suffix -vat added to hima (snow)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अचलः (acalaḥ) - unmoving (like a mountain) (unmoving, motionless; mountain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - immovable, steady, firm; a mountain

Compound type : na-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cala – moving, shaking, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  from root cal 'to move'
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'himavān'.