वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-28

यथा च तव कैकेयी सुमित्रा चाविशेषतः ।
तथैव देवी कौसल्या मम माता विशेषतः ॥२८॥

28. yathā ca tava kaikeyī sumitrā cāviśeṣataḥ ,
tathaiva devī kausalyā mama mātā viśeṣataḥ.

28. yathā ca tava kaikeyī sumitrā ca aviśeṣataḥ
tathā eva devī kausalyā mama mātā viśeṣataḥ

28. yathā ca tava kaikeyī sumitrā ca aviśeṣataḥ
tathā eva devī kausalyā mama mātā viśeṣataḥ

28. And just as Kaikeyi and Sumitra are equally (as mothers) to you, so too is the revered Kausalya especially my mother.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• च (ca) - and, also

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyi (name of a queen)

• सुमित्रा (sumitrā) - Sumitra (name of a queen)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अविशेषतः (aviśeṣataḥ) - without distinction, equally

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• देवी (devī) - revered lady (Kausalya) (goddess, divine one, queen, revered lady)

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya (name of a queen)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• माता (mātā) - mother

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - particularly, especially

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyi (name of a queen)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi, name of one of King Dasaratha's wives

Feminine patronymic from Kekaya.

सुमित्रा (sumitrā) - Sumitra (name of a queen)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumitrā

sumitrā - Sumitra, name of one of King Dasaratha's wives

From su- (good) + mitra (friend).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अविशेषतः (aviśeṣataḥ) - without distinction, equally

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -tas from aviśeṣa (no distinction).

Note: An adverbial formation from a compound.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to yathā.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

देवी (devī) - revered lady (Kausalya) (goddess, divine one, queen, revered lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman, queen, royal lady, revered lady

Feminine form of deva (god).

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya (name of a queen)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya, name of King Dasaratha's chief queen, mother of Rama

Feminine patronymic from Kosala (kingdom).

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother, female parent

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - particularly, especially

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -tas from viśeṣa (distinction).

Note: An adverbial formation.

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