वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-23

करिष्ये सर्वमेवाहमार्या यदनुशास्ति माम् ।
अभिज्ञास्मि यथा भर्तुर्वर्तितव्यं श्रुतं च मे ॥२३॥

23. kariṣye sarvamevāhamāryā yadanuśāsti mām ,
abhijñāsmi yathā bharturvartitavyaṃ śrutaṃ ca me.

23. kariṣye sarvam eva aham āryā yat anuśāsti mām |
abhijñā asmi yathā bhartuḥ vartitavyam śrutam ca me

23. O venerable lady, I will indeed do everything you instruct me. I am well aware of how one should behave towards one's husband, and I have learned it.

Words meanings summery:

• करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do, I will make

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आर्या (āryā) - Vocative, addressed to Kaikeyi (O venerable lady, noble lady)

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• अनुशास्ति (anuśāsti) - referring to Kaikeyi instructing Sita (you instruct, he/she instructs)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अभिज्ञा (abhijñā) - knowing, aware, acquainted with

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband

• वर्तितव्यम् (vartitavyam) - to be behaved, how one should behave

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - by me (in the context of 'has been heard by me') (by me, to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do, I will make

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular, plural)

आर्या (āryā) - Vocative, addressed to Kaikeyi (O venerable lady, noble lady)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of āryā

āryā - venerable lady, noble lady, respectable woman

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अनुशास्ति (anuśāsti) - referring to Kaikeyi instructing Sita (you instruct, he/she instructs)

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Can be 2nd or 3rd person. Context suggests 2nd person (you instruct me).

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular, plural)

अभिज्ञा (abhijñā) - knowing, aware, acquainted with

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhijñā

abhijñā - knowing, aware of, conversant with, skilled in

Derived from the root √jñā (to know) with the prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, lord, supporter, master

Agent noun derived from √bhṛ (to bear, support).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वर्तितव्यम् (vartitavyam) - to be behaved, how one should behave

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vartitavya

vartitavya - to be, to be conducted, to be behaved (towards)

Gerundive (bhāve prayoga)

Derived from the root √vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave) with the gerundive suffix '-tavya'.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, learned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed (as in Vedas)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √śru (to hear) with the suffix '-kta'.

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (in the context of 'has been heard by me') (by me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular, plural)

Note: Enclitic form, also used for dative/genitive.

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