वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-105, verse-10

पितुः प्रतिज्ञां तामेव पालयिष्यामि तत्त्वतः ।
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि य प्रतिज्ञा पितुर्मम ॥१०॥

10. pituḥ pratijñāṃ tāmeva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ ,
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi ya pratijñā piturmama.

10. pituḥ pratijñām tām eva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi yā pratijñā pituḥ mama

10. pituḥ tām eva pratijñām tattvataḥ pālayiṣyāmi
hi yā mama pituḥ pratijñā caturdaśa varṣāṇi

10. I shall indeed truly fulfill that very promise of my father. For, it is my father's vow of fourteen years (of exile).

Words meanings summery:

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (Dasharatha) (of the father, from the father)

• प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - the vow of exile (for 14 years) (promise, vow, agreement)

• ताम् (tām) - that specific promise (that (feminine singular accusative))

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'that promise' (indeed, only, just, very)

• पालयिष्यामि (pālayiṣyāmi) - I will fulfill (the promise) (I will protect, I will fulfill, I will guard)

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in every detail (truly, in reality, essentially)

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen (years) (fourteen)

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

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (of exile) (years)

• या (yā) - which (vow) (which, who (feminine singular nominative))

• प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - the specific vow (of exile) (promise, vow, agreement)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father)

• मम (mama) - my (father) (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (Dasharatha) (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Qualifies pratijñām

प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - the vow of exile (for 14 years) (promise, vow, agreement)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - promise, vow, agreement, assertion

From root jñā (to know) with upasarga prati

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of pālayiṣyāmi

ताम् (tām) - that specific promise (that (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies pratijñām

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'that promise' (indeed, only, just, very)

(indeclinable)

पालयिष्यामि (pālayiṣyāmi) - I will fulfill (the promise) (I will protect, I will fulfill, I will guard)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pāl

Future tense, first person singular

Causative from root pā (to drink/protect)

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Speaker is Rama

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in every detail (truly, in reality, essentially)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to tattva (truth, reality)

Note: Adverb modifying pālayiṣyāmi

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen (years) (fourteen)

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (catur+daśa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daśa – ten
  numeral

Note: Qualifies varṣāṇi

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Explanatory particle

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (of exile) (years)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon, country

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the duration of the vow

या (yā) - which (vow) (which, who (feminine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Refers to pratijñā

प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - the specific vow (of exile) (promise, vow, agreement)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - promise, vow, agreement, assertion

From root jñā (to know) with upasarga prati

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Predicate nominative of the second clause

पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Qualifies pratijñā

मम (mama) - my (father) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Qualifies pituḥ