वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-24

आरोग्यं ब्रूहि कौसल्यामथ पादाभिवन्दनम् ।
सीताया मम चार्यस्य वचनाल् लक्ष्मणस्य च ॥२४॥

24. ārogyaṃ brūhi kausalyāmatha pādābhivandanam ,
sītāyā mama cāryasya vacanāl lakṣmaṇasya ca.

24. ārogyam brūhi kausalyām atha pāda abhivandanam
sītāyāḥ mama ca āryasya vacanāt lakṣmaṇasya ca

24. kausalyām ārogyam atha sītāyāḥ mama ca āryasya
lakṣmaṇasya ca vacanāt pāda abhivandanam brūhi

24. Convey to Kaushalya my well-being, and then the salutations at her feet from Sita, from me, and on behalf of the noble Lakshmana.

Words meanings summery:

• आरोग्यम् (ārogyam) - health, well-being

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell her (Kaushalya) (tell! speak!)

• कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - Kaushalya

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• पाद (pāda) - used as the first part of the compound `pādābhivandanam` (salutation at the feet) (foot, leg, quarter)

• अभिवन्दनम् (abhivandanam) - salutation, reverence, worship

• सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - of Sita

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• च (ca) - and, also

• आर्यस्य (āryasya) - referring to Lakshmana (of the noble one)

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - on behalf of (Lakshmana's) words (from the word, from the speech, on account of the word)

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

आरोग्यम् (ārogyam) - health, well-being

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ārogya

ārogya - health, well-being, freedom from disease

From a-roga (without illness) + -ya (abstract noun suffix)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell her (Kaushalya) (tell! speak!)

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - Kaushalya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kaushalya (name of Dasharatha's chief queen and Rama's mother)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

पाद (pāda) - used as the first part of the compound `pādābhivandanam` (salutation at the feet) (foot, leg, quarter)

(noun)

masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, ray, quarter, verse-foot

Note: First member of a Tatpurusha compound `pādābhivandanam`.

अभिवन्दनम् (abhivandanam) - salutation, reverence, worship

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhivandana

abhivandana - salutation, reverence, worship

verbal noun

Derived from root √vand (to salute, praise) with prefix abhi- and suffix -ana

Prefix: abhi

Root: vand (class 1)

Note: Second member of a Tatpurusha compound `pādābhivandanam`. The sandhi `pāda + abhivandanam -> pādābhivandanam` means "salutation at the feet".

सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - of Sita

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (name of Rama's wife)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आर्यस्य (āryasya) - referring to Lakshmana (of the noble one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable; an Aryan

वचनात् (vacanāt) - on behalf of (Lakshmana's) words (from the word, from the speech, on account of the word)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

verbal noun

Derived from root √vac (to speak) with suffix -ana

Root: vac (class 2)

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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