वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-24, verse-8

अनुशिष्टास्मि मात्रा च पित्रा च विविधाश्रयम् ।
नास्मि संप्रति वक्तव्या वर्तितव्यं यथा मया ॥८॥

8. anuśiṣṭāsmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam ,
nāsmi saṃprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā.

8. anuśiṣṭā asmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam na
asmi saṃprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā

8. mayā mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam anuśiṣṭā asmi
saṃprati mayā yathā vartitavyaṃ vaktavyā na asmi

8. I have been instructed by my mother and by my father concerning various principles. I am not now to be told how I should conduct myself.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुशिष्टा (anuśiṣṭā) - instructed, taught, disciplined

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• मात्रा (mātrā) - by mother

• च (ca) - and

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by father

• च (ca) - and

• विविधाश्रयम् (vividhāśrayam) - on various principles (on various matters, having various supports/principles)

• न (na) - not

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• संप्रति (saṁprati) - now, at present, at this time

• वक्तव्या (vaktavyā) - to be told, to be advised, to be spoken to

• वर्तितव्यं (vartitavyaṁ) - how one should behave, one's duty to behave

• यथा (yathā) - how, in what manner, as

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

अनुशिष्टा (anuśiṣṭā) - instructed, taught, disciplined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anuśiṣṭa

anuśiṣṭa - instructed, taught, disciplined, trained

Past Passive Participle

From root śās (to teach, rule) with prefix anu + kta suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula verb.

मात्रा (mātrā) - by mother

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Agent for the passive participle 'anuśiṣṭā'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पित्रा (pitrā) - by father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Agent for the passive participle 'anuśiṣṭā'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विविधाश्रयम् (vividhāśrayam) - on various principles (on various matters, having various supports/principles)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vividhāśraya

vividhāśraya - having various supports/refuges/resorts/topics/principles

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vividha+āśraya)

• vividha – various, diverse, manifold
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
• āśraya – support, refuge, dwelling, topic, principle
  noun (masculine)
  From root śri (to lean on, resort to) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying the act of instruction.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula verb.

संप्रति (saṁprati) - now, at present, at this time

(indeclinable)

वक्तव्या (vaktavyā) - to be told, to be advised, to be spoken to

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, to be said, to be advised, fit to be spoken

Gerundive (Kṛtya)

From root vac (to speak) + tavya suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively with 'asmi'.

वर्तितव्यं (vartitavyaṁ) - how one should behave, one's duty to behave

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vartitavya

vartitavya - to be behaved, to be conducted (impersonal gerundive)

Gerundive (Kṛtya)

From root vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave) + tavya suffix. Often used impersonally or as a neuter noun.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - how, in what manner, as

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent for the impersonal gerundive 'vartitavyaṃ'.