वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-21, verse-23

प्राप्स्यसे परमं कामं मयि प्रत्यागते सति ।
यदि धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो धारयिष्यति जीवितम् ॥२३॥

23. prāpsyase paramaṃ kāmaṃ mayi pratyāgate sati ,
yadi dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho dhārayiṣyati jīvitam.

23. prāpsyase paramam kāmam mayi pratyāgate sati
yadi dharmabhṛtām śreṣṭhaḥ dhārayiṣyati jīvitam

23. mayi pratyāgate sati paramam kāmam prāpsyase
yadi dharmabhṛtām śreṣṭhaḥ jīvitam dhārayiṣyati

23. You will attain your highest desire when I have returned, provided the foremost among those who uphold natural law (dharma) sustains my life.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्स्यसे (prāpsyase) - you will obtain, you will attain

• परमम् (paramam) - highest, supreme, ultimate

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, object of desire

• मयि (mayi) - in me, upon me

• प्रत्यागते (pratyāgate) - having returned, when (I) have returned

• सति (sati) - being, existing

• यदि (yadi) - if

• धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of those who uphold natural law (dharma)

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best, foremost, noblest

• धारयिष्यति (dhārayiṣyati) - will sustain, will hold, will keep alive

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्स्यसे (prāpsyase) - you will obtain, you will attain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of pra-āp

Future, middle voice, 2nd person singular

root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

परमम् (paramam) - highest, supreme, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

Note: Agrees with kāmam

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, object of desire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, object of desire

मयि (mayi) - in me, upon me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रत्यागते (pratyāgate) - having returned, when (I) have returned

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pratyāgata

pratyāgata - returned, come back

Past Passive Participle

root gam (to go) with prefixes prati and ā + suffix -ta

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with mayi.

सति (sati) - being, existing

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, true

Present Participle

root as (to be) + suffix -at

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with mayi and pratyāgate.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of those who uphold natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmabhṛt

dharmabhṛt - upholder of dharma, one who practices dharma

compound of dharma and bhṛt (carrying)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+bhṛt)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• bhṛt – bearing, holding, supporting
  adjective
  root bhṛ + suffix -t (agentive)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best, foremost, noblest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief, principal

superlative of praśasya (excellent)

धारयिष्यति (dhārayiṣyati) - will sustain, will hold, will keep alive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dhāraya

Future, active voice, 3rd person singular (Causative)

causative of root dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living

past passive participle of jīv, used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)