वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-31, verse-21

अनुजानीहि सर्वान्नः शोकमुत्सृज्य मानद ।
लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः ॥२१॥

21. anujānīhi sarvānnaḥ śokamutsṛjya mānada ,
lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca prajāpatiriva prajāḥ.

21. anujānīhi sarvān naḥ śokam utsṛjya māna-da |
lakṣmaṇam mām ca sītām ca prajāpatiḥ iva prajāḥ

21. mānada! śokam utsṛjya naḥ sarvān lakṣmaṇam mām
ca sītām ca anujānīhi prajāpatiḥ prajāḥ iva

21. O giver of honor, abandoning your grief, permit all of us—Lakṣmaṇa, me, and Sītā—just as Prajāpati (the creator) cherishes his creatures.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit, allow, grant

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of us (all, everyone)

• नः (naḥ) - all of us (us)

• शोकम् (śokam) - grief, sorrow, distress

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having cast off

• मान-द (māna-da) - O giver of honor, O respecter

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

• माम् (mām) - me

• च (ca) - and, also

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - the creator (Prajāpati) (Prajāpati (the creator god), lord of creatures)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, offspring

Words meanings and morphology

अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit, allow, grant

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of anu-√jñā

Imperative Active

Root √jñā (ज्ञा) 'to know' with upasarga anu (अनु); Imperative, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular.

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of us (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

नः (naḥ) - all of us (us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us, our

शोकम् (śokam) - grief, sorrow, distress

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - grief, sorrow, distress, pain

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having cast off

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √sṛj (सृज्) 'to let go, create' with upasarga ut (उत्); Absolutive.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

मान-द (māna-da) - O giver of honor, O respecter

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mānada

mānada - giver of honor, respecter, bestower of pride

Compound type : upapada (māna+da)

• māna – honor, respect, pride
  noun (masculine)
• da – giving, bestowing, a giver
  adjective
  agent noun
  Derived from root √dā (दा) 'to give'.
  Root: dā (class 1)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rāma's brother)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rāma's wife)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - the creator (Prajāpati) (Prajāpati (the creator god), lord of creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, progenitor, a creator god (Prajāpati)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, creatures, progeny
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, offspring

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, creatures, progeny, subjects

Note: Object of implied verb like 'cherishes' or 'protects'.

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