वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-4, verse-39

वत्स राम चिरं जीव हतास्ते परिपन्थिनः ।
ज्ञातीन्मे त्वं श्रिया युक्तः सुमित्रायाश्च नन्दय ॥३९॥

39. vatsa rāma ciraṃ jīva hatāste paripanthinaḥ ,
jñātīnme tvaṃ śriyā yuktaḥ sumitrāyāśca nandaya.

39. vatsa rāma ciram jīva hatāḥ te paripanthinaḥ |
jñātīn me tvam śriyā yuktaḥ sumitrāyāḥ ca nandaya

39. vatsa rāma ciram jīva te paripanthinaḥ hatāḥ tvam
śriyā yuktaḥ me sumitrāyāḥ ca jñātīn nandaya

39. Dear son Rāma, may you live long! Your enemies are destroyed. May you, endowed with prosperity and glory, bring joy to my relatives and to Sumitrā's.

Words meanings summery:

• वत्स (vatsa) - child, dear one, son

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma, son of Kausalyā (O Rāma)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• जीव (jīva) - live, may you live

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

• ते (te) - your

• परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - enemies, adversaries, obstructors

• ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - relatives, kinsmen

• मे (me) - my

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• श्रिया (śriyā) - with prosperity, with glory, with wealth

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with prosperity and glory (endowed with, joined with, possessed of)

• सुमित्रायाः (sumitrāyāḥ) - of Sumitrā, one of Daśaratha's wives and mother of Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna (of Sumitrā)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नन्दय (nandaya) - gladden, delight, cause to rejoice

Words meanings and morphology

वत्स (vatsa) - child, dear one, son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, darling, son

राम (rāma) - O Rāma, son of Kausalyā (O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a prince and avatar)

Root: ram (class 1)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Adverbial accusative of cira (long)

Note: Functions as an adverb modifying 'jīva'.

जीव (jīva) - live, may you live

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jīv

Imperative

Root jīv (class 1), imperative 2nd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: jīv (class 1)

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'paripanthinaḥ'.

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Note: The enclitic form of the genitive of 'yuṣmad'.

परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - enemies, adversaries, obstructors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paripanthin

paripanthin - enemy, adversary, highway robber

From pari (around) + panthan (path, way) + -in suffix; one who obstructs the path

ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - relatives, kinsmen

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - kinsman, relative

From root jñā (to know), one who is known, family member

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of 'nandaya'.

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form, indicating possession ('my relatives').

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'nandaya'.

श्रिया (śriyā) - with prosperity, with glory, with wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty

Note: Indicates the means or accompaniment, 'endowed with prosperity'.

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with prosperity and glory (endowed with, joined with, possessed of)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, proper

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam'.

सुमित्रायाः (sumitrāyāḥ) - of Sumitrā, one of Daśaratha's wives and mother of Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna (of Sumitrā)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sumitrā

sumitrā - Sumitrā (a queen of Daśaratha)

Feminine, meaning 'good friend'

Note: Indicates possession ('Sumitrā's relatives').

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'my' and 'Sumitrā's' (relatives).

नन्दय (nandaya) - gladden, delight, cause to rejoice

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nand

Causative imperative

Causative stem nanday- from root nand (class 1), imperative 2nd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is Rāma (tvam).