वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-32, verse-16

तं दृष्ट्वा नागरः सर्वे क्रुद्धा राजानमब्रुवन् ।
असमञ्जं वृषीण्वैकमस्मान् वा राष्ट्रवर्धन ॥१६॥

16. taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāgaraḥ sarve kruddhā rājānamabruvan ,
asamañjaṃ vṛṣīṇvaikamasmān vā rāṣṭravardhana.

16. tam dṛṣṭvā nāgarāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ rājānam abruvan
asamañjam vṛṇīṣva ekam asmān vā rāṣṭravardhana

16. rāṣṭravardhana! sarve kruddhāḥ nāgarāḥ tam dṛṣṭvā
rājānam abruvan asamañjam vā asmān ekam vṛṇīṣva

16. Having seen him (doing this), all the enraged citizens said to the king, "O enhancer of the kingdom, choose either Asamañja or us!"

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Asamañja) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing)

• नागराः (nāgarāḥ) - citizens (citizens, townspeople, urban dwellers)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (citizens) (all, every)

• क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged (angry, enraged, furious)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king (king (accusative singular))

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said (they said, they spoke)

• असमञ्जम् (asamañjam) - Asamañja (the object of choice) (Asamañja (accusative singular))

• वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose (choose, select (imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice))

• एकम् (ekam) - one (of the two options) (one, a single one)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the citizens) (us (accusative plural))

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• राष्ट्रवर्धन (rāṣṭravardhana) - O enhancer of the kingdom (addressing the king) (O enhancer of the kingdom, O prosperity of the nation)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Asamañja) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नागराः (nāgarāḥ) - citizens (citizens, townspeople, urban dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgara

nāgara - citizen, townsperson, urban dweller

from nagara (city) + aṇ (suffix)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (citizens) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged (angry, enraged, furious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king (king (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Root: bru (class 2)

असमञ्जम् (asamañjam) - Asamañja (the object of choice) (Asamañja (accusative singular))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asamañja

asamañja - Asamañja (a proper name, son of Sagara)

वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose (choose, select (imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Transcribed as vṛṣīṇva in `roman_words_separated` due to sandhi with `ekam`.

एकम् (ekam) - one (of the two options) (one, a single one)

(numeral)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the citizens) (us (accusative plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

राष्ट्रवर्धन (rāṣṭravardhana) - O enhancer of the kingdom (addressing the king) (O enhancer of the kingdom, O prosperity of the nation)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāṣṭravardhana

rāṣṭravardhana - enhancer of the kingdom, one who increases the prosperity of the nation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāṣṭra+vardhana)

• rāṣṭra – kingdom, nation, empire
  noun (neuter)
• vardhana – increasing, growing, fostering
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from root vṛdh 'to grow, increase'
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)