वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-26, verse-18

भक्तां पतिव्रतां दीनां मां समां सुखदुःखयोः ।
नेतुमर्हसि काकुत्स्थ समानसुखदुःखिनीम् ॥१८॥

18. bhaktāṃ pativratāṃ dīnāṃ māṃ samāṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ ,
netumarhasi kākutstha samānasukhaduḥkhinīm.

18. bhaktām pativratām dīnām mām samām sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
netum arhasi kākutstha samānasukhaduḥkhinīm

18. kākutstha tvam bhaktām pativratām dīnām samām
sukhaduḥkhayoḥ samānasukhaduḥkhinīm mām netum arhasi

18. O Kakutstha (Kākutstha), you ought to take me, your devoted (bhaktām), chaste (pativratā), and distressed wife, who is constant in both happiness and misery and shares equally in your joys and sorrows.

Words meanings summery:

• भक्ताम् (bhaktām) - devoted (bhaktām) (devoted, loyal, attached)

• पतिव्रताम् (pativratām) - chaste (pativratā) (devoted to husband, chaste wife)

• दीनाम् (dīnām) - distressed (distressed, miserable, afflicted, humble)

• माम् (mām) - me (Sita) (me)

• समाम् (samām) - constant, equal (equal, same, uniform)

• सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - in joy and sorrow (of joy and sorrow, in joy and sorrow)

• नेतुम् (netum) - to take (to lead, to take)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (you ought, you are worthy, you deserve)

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (Kākutstha) (O descendant of Kakutstha (epithet of Rama))

• समानसुखदुःखिनीम् (samānasukhaduḥkhinīm) - sharing equally in joys and sorrows (sharing equal joy and sorrow, having equal joy and sorrow)

Words meanings and morphology

भक्ताम् (bhaktām) - devoted (bhaktām) (devoted, loyal, attached)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhakta

bhakta - devoted, loyal, attached; devotee

Past Passive Participle

From root bhaj- ('to divide, share, partake, worship') with suffix -ta.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `mām`.

पतिव्रताम् (pativratām) - chaste (pativratā) (devoted to husband, chaste wife)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pativratā

pativratā - devoted to one's husband, a chaste wife

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pati+vratā)

• pati – husband, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
• vratā – vow, sacred observance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with `mām`.

दीनाम् (dīnām) - distressed (distressed, miserable, afflicted, humble)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīna

dīna - distressed, miserable, afflicted, humble

Past Passive Participle

From root dī- ('to decay, fade') or caus. 'day-'.

Root: dī (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `mām`.

माम् (mām) - me (Sita) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of `netum`.

समाम् (samām) - constant, equal (equal, same, uniform)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, uniform, level

Note: Agrees with `mām`. Describes her constancy.

सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - in joy and sorrow (of joy and sorrow, in joy and sorrow)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain, happiness and misery

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – joy, happiness, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, misery, suffering
  noun (neuter)

Note: Literally "in/among joy and sorrow" or "in terms of joy and sorrow".

नेतुम् (netum) - to take (to lead, to take)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root nī- ('to lead') with suffix -tum.

Root: nī (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (you ought, you are worthy, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present tense, active voice, 2nd person singular

From root arh- ('to deserve, be able to').

Root: arh (class 1)

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (Kākutstha) (O descendant of Kakutstha (epithet of Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an ancient king, ancestor of Rama)

Note: Addressed to Rama.

समानसुखदुःखिनीम् (samānasukhaduḥkhinīm) - sharing equally in joys and sorrows (sharing equal joy and sorrow, having equal joy and sorrow)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samānasukhaduḥkhin

samānasukhaduḥkhin - one who has equal pleasure and pain, sharing joy and sorrow equally

Possessive adjective formed from samānasukhaduḥkha + -inī (feminine suffix).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (samāna+sukha+duḥkha)

• samāna – equal, same
  adjective (masculine)
• sukha – joy, happiness, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `mām`.