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

आर्यपुत्र पिता माता भ्राता पुत्रस्तथा स्नुषा ।
स्वानि पुण्यानि भुञ्जानाः स्वं स्वं भाग्यमुपासते ॥२॥

2. āryaputra pitā mātā bhrātā putrastathā snuṣā ,
svāni puṇyāni bhuñjānāḥ svaṃ svaṃ bhāgyamupāsate.

2. āryaputra pitā mātā bhrātā putraḥ tathā snuṣā
svāni puṇyāni bhuñjānāḥ svam svam bhāgyam upāsate

2. āryaputra pitā mātā bhrātā putraḥ tathā snuṣā
svāni puṇyāni bhuñjānāḥ svam svam bhāgyam upāsate

2. O noble son (āryaputra), father, mother, brother, son, and also daughter-in-law – all enjoying their own merits, attend to their own individual fortune.

Words meanings summery:

• आर्यपुत्र (āryaputra) - O noble son (vocative) (noble son, lord, husband)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• माता (mātā) - mother

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son (son, child)

• तथा (tathā) - and also (so, thus, also)

• स्नुषा (snuṣā) - daughter-in-law

• स्वानि (svāni) - their own (one's own)

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - merits (from good deeds) (merits, virtues, good deeds)

• भुञ्जानाः (bhuñjānāḥ) - enjoying (their own merits) (enjoying, experiencing)

• स्वम् (svam) - their own (one's own)

• स्वम् (svam) - individual (their own) (one's own)

• भाग्यम् (bhāgyam) - fortune (fortune, destiny, fate, luck)

• उपासते (upāsate) - they attend to, they follow (their fortune) (they attend, they serve, they worship, they resort to)

Words meanings and morphology

आर्यपुत्र (āryaputra) - O noble son (vocative) (noble son, lord, husband)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of āryaputra

āryaputra - noble son, respectable man; a term of address for a husband or revered person

Compound of 'ārya' (noble) and 'putra' (son).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ārya+putra)

• ārya – noble, respectable, honorable
  adjective (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, paternal ancestor

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son (son, child)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तथा (tathā) - and also (so, thus, also)

(indeclinable)

स्नुषा (snuṣā) - daughter-in-law

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of snuṣā

snuṣā - daughter-in-law

स्वानि (svāni) - their own (one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sva

sva - one's own, proper, inherent; kin, property

Note: Modifies 'puṇyāni'.

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - merits (from good deeds) (merits, virtues, good deeds)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious act, virtue, religious merit; good, auspicious

Note: Object of 'bhuñjānāḥ'.

भुञ्जानाः (bhuñjānāḥ) - enjoying (their own merits) (enjoying, experiencing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhuñjāna

bhuñjāna - enjoying, experiencing, eating

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root bhuj (to enjoy, eat), masculine nominative plural.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

स्वम् (svam) - their own (one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, proper, inherent; kin, property

Note: Modifies 'bhāgyam'. Repeated for emphasis ('each their own').

स्वम् (svam) - individual (their own) (one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, proper, inherent; kin, property

Note: Modifies 'bhāgyam'. Repeated for emphasis ('each their own').

भाग्यम् (bhāgyam) - fortune (fortune, destiny, fate, luck)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāgya

bhāgya - fortune, destiny, fate, luck; lot, share

From root bhaj (to divide, obtain a share).

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Object of 'upāsate'.

उपासते (upāsate) - they attend to, they follow (their fortune) (they attend, they serve, they worship, they resort to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of upās

present active

Third person plural, present indicative, Atmanepada. From prefix 'upa' and root 'ās' (to sit).

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Subject is the implied collective 'father, mother, brother, son, and daughter-in-law'.

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