वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-15, verse-5

पितामहैराचरितं तथैव प्रपितामहैः ।
अद्योपादाय तं मार्गमभिषिक्तो ऽनुपालय ॥५॥

5. pitāmahairācaritaṃ tathaiva prapitāmahaiḥ ,
adyopādāya taṃ mārgamabhiṣikto'nupālaya.

5. pitāmahaiḥ ācaritam tathā eva prapitāmahaiḥ
adya upādāya tam mārgam abhiṣiktaḥ anupālaya

5. abhiṣiktaḥ adya upādāya tam mārgam anupālaya
pitāmahaiḥ ācaritam tathā eva prapitāmahaiḥ

5. Having been consecrated today, you should maintain that path which was followed by your grandfathers and likewise by your great-grandfathers.

Words meanings summery:

• पितामहैः (pitāmahaiḥ) - by grandfathers

• आचरितम् (ācaritam) - practiced, followed, performed

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

• प्रपितामहैः (prapitāmahaiḥ) - by great-grandfathers

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken up, having accepted

• तम् (tam) - that

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, way

• अभिषिक्तः (abhiṣiktaḥ) - consecrated, anointed (as king)

• अनुपालय (anupālaya) - maintain, follow, protect

Words meanings and morphology

पितामहैः (pitāmahaiḥ) - by grandfathers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father)

आचरितम् (ācaritam) - practiced, followed, performed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ācarita

ācarita - practiced, followed, performed, behaved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root car (to move, to practice) with the upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'path' (mārga) which is implied as the subject of the past action.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

(indeclinable)

प्रपितामहैः (prapitāmahaiḥ) - by great-grandfathers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather (father's grandfather)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken up, having accepted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root dā (to give, to take) with upasargas upa and ā.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, way

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

अभिषिक्तः (abhiṣiktaḥ) - consecrated, anointed (as king)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhiṣikta

abhiṣikta - anointed, consecrated, installed (as king)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sic (to sprinkle) with the upasarga abhi. Root sic undergoes s-ṣ transformation after abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: sic (class 6)

Note: Modifies the implied subject, 'you'.

अनुपालय (anupālaya) - maintain, follow, protect

(verb)

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

Derived from the root pāl (to protect, to nourish) with upasarga anu. Usually conjugated in the 10th class.

Prefix: anu

Root: pāl (class 10)