वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-21, verse-10

यावज्जीवति काकुत्स्थः पिता मे जगतीपतिः ।
शुश्रूषा क्रियतां तावत् स हि धर्मः सनातनः ॥१०॥

10. yāvajjīvati kākutsthaḥ pitā me jagatīpatiḥ ,
śuśrūṣā kriyatāṃ tāvat sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

10. yāvat jīvati kākutsthaḥ pitā me jagatīpatiḥ
śuśrūṣā kriyatām tāvat sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

10. me pitā kākutsthaḥ jagatīpatiḥ yāvat jīvati
tāvat śuśrūṣā kriyatām sa hi sanātanaḥ dharmaḥ

10. As long as my father, Kakutstha, the king of the earth, lives, service should be rendered to him. Indeed, that is the eternal natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, to the extent that

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is living

• काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - referring to King Daśaratha (Kakutstha (a descendant of Kakutstha, referring to King Daśaratha))

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मे (me) - my, of me

• जगतीपतिः (jagatīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth, king

• शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) - service, attendance, desire to hear

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, should be performed

• तावत् (tāvat) - then, until then, so long

• स (sa) - he, that

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty, natural law, righteousness

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, to the extent that

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is living

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - referring to King Daśaratha (Kakutstha (a descendant of Kakutstha, referring to King Daśaratha))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: also dative singular

जगतीपतिः (jagatīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth, king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagatīpati

jagatīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagatī+pati)

• jagatī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) - service, attendance, desire to hear

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuśrūṣā

śuśrūṣā - desire to hear, obedience, service, attendance

Desiderative nominalization from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, should be performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तावत् (tāvat) - then, until then, so long

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty, natural law, righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion

from root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting