वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-50

जानामि परमां भक्तिं मयि ते भर्तृवत्सल ।
शृणु चापि यदर्थं त्वां प्रेषयामि पुरीमितः ॥५०॥

50. jānāmi paramāṃ bhaktiṃ mayi te bhartṛvatsala ,
śṛṇu cāpi yadarthaṃ tvāṃ preṣayāmi purīmitaḥ.

50. jānāmi paramām bhaktim mayi te bhartṛvatsala
śṛṇu ca api yadartham tvām preṣayāmi purīm itaḥ

50. bhartṛvatsala ! mayi te paramām bhaktim jānāmi ca api yadartham tvām itaḥ purīm preṣayāmi,
tat śṛṇu

50. O devoted servant, I know your supreme devotion (bhakti) towards me. And listen also to the purpose for which I am sending you to the city from here.

Words meanings summery:

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, utmost

• भक्तिम् (bhaktim) - devotion, loyalty, worship

• मयि (mayi) - in me, towards me

• ते (te) - your

• भर्तृवत्सल (bhartṛvatsala) - O protector of your master, O affectionate towards your master

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• यदर्थम् (yadartham) - for which purpose, why

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• प्रेषयामि (preṣayāmi) - I send

• पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

Words meanings and morphology

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

(verb)

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

Root: jñā (class 9)

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, utmost

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramā

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, principal

भक्तिम् (bhaktim) - devotion, loyalty, worship

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhakti

bhakti - devotion, attachment, loyalty, worship

Derived from root bhaj (to divide, share, worship).

Root: bhaj (class 1)

मयि (mayi) - in me, towards me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भर्तृवत्सल (bhartṛvatsala) - O protector of your master, O affectionate towards your master

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhartṛvatsala

bhartṛvatsala - affectionate towards the master

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhartṛ+vatsala)

• bhartṛ – master, husband, supporter
  noun (masculine)
• vatsala – affectionate, tender, loving
  adjective (masculine)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

यदर्थम् (yadartham) - for which purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yat+artha)

• yat – which, what
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

प्रेषयामि (preṣayāmi) - I send

(verb)

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

Causative

Causative form of the root iṣ (to wish, go) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

Derived from idam (this) with suffix -tas.

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