वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-27, verse-14

पत्रं मूलं फलं यत्त्वमल्पं वा यदि वा बहु ।
दास्यसि स्वयमाहृत्य तन्मे ऽमृतरसोपमम् ॥१४॥

14. patraṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ yattvamalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu ,
dāsyasi svayamāhṛtya tanme'mṛtarasopamam.

14. patram mūlam phalam yat tvam alpam vā yadi vā
bahu dāsyasi svayamāhṛtya tat me amṛtarasopamam

14. yat patram mūlam phalam tvam svayamāhṛtya alpam
vā yadi vā bahu dāsyasi tat me amṛtarasopamam

14. Whatever leaf, root, or fruit, whether little or much, you bring yourself and give, that will be like the taste of nectar (amṛta) to me.

Words meanings summery:

• पत्रम् (patram) - leaf, feather, letter

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, foundation

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अल्पम् (alpam) - little, small, trifling

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• बहु (bahu) - much, many, abundant

• दास्यसि (dāsyasi) - you will give

• स्वयमाहृत्य (svayamāhṛtya) - having brought by oneself, having personally obtained

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• अमृतरसोपमम् (amṛtarasopamam) - like the taste of nectar, nectar-like

Words meanings and morphology

पत्रम् (patram) - leaf, feather, letter

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patra

patra - leaf, petal, feather, wing, letter, vehicle

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, foundation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, basis, origin, foundation, beginning

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, advantage

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Refers to 'patram mūlam phalam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

अल्पम् (alpam) - little, small, trifling

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, few, insignificant

Note: Agrees with 'yat patram mūlam phalam'.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

बहु (bahu) - much, many, abundant

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'yat patram mūlam phalam'.

दास्यसि (dāsyasi) - you will give

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lyṛṭ) of dā

Future Tense

Future form of root 'dā' (to give), 2nd person singular.

Root: dā (class 3)

स्वयमाहृत्य (svayamāhṛtya) - having brought by oneself, having personally obtained

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Compound of 'svayam' (oneself) and the gerund 'āhṛtya' (having brought).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svayam+āhṛtya)

• svayam – oneself, personally, by one's own efforts
  indeclinable
• āhṛtya – having brought, having collected
  indeclinable
  absolutive (gerund)
  Gerund of root 'hṛ' (to carry, bring) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the collective 'leaf, root, or fruit'.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

Note: Can also be genitive.

अमृतरसोपमम् (amṛtarasopamam) - like the taste of nectar, nectar-like

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛtarasopama

amṛtarasopama - comparable to the taste of nectar, nectar-like

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amṛta+rasa+upama)

• amṛta – nectar, ambrosia, immortality, immortal
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – taste, flavor, essence, juice, feeling, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)
• upama – likeness, comparison, similar, equal
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tat'.