वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-26

न न्वहं ते प्रियः पुत्र मातरं पश्य धार्मिक ।
किं नु नालिङ्गसे पुत्र सुकुमार वचो वद ॥२६॥

26. na nvahaṃ te priyaḥ putra mātaraṃ paśya dhārmika ,
kiṃ nu nāliṅgase putra sukumāra vaco vada.

26. na nu aham te priyaḥ putra mātaram paśya dharmika
kim nu na āliṅgase putra sukumāra vacaḥ vada

26. putra te aham nu na priyaḥ dharmika mātaram paśya
putra sukumāra kim nu na āliṅgase vacaḥ vada

26. My son, am I not dear to you? O righteous one (dharmika), look at your mother! Why do you not embrace (us), my son, O tender one? Speak a word!

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ते (te) - to you (son) (to you, your (genitive/dative singular))

• प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved

• पुत्र (putra) - Addressing the deceased son. (son (vocative))

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother (accusative)

• पश्य (paśya) - look, see (imperative)

• धर्मिक (dharmika) - Addressing the deceased son, emphasizing his adherence to natural law (dharma). (O righteous one, O dutiful one (vocative))

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

• न (na) - not, no

• आलिङ्गसे (āliṅgase) - you embrace, you cling to

• पुत्र (putra) - Addressing the deceased son. (son (vocative))

• सुकुमार (sukumāra) - Addressing the deceased son. (O tender one, O delicate one (vocative))

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• वद (vada) - speak, say (imperative)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative/emphatic particle.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

ते (te) - to you (son) (to you, your (genitive/dative singular))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

enclitic pronominal form.

प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, agreeable

Root: prī (class 9)

पुत्र (putra) - Addressing the deceased son. (son (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पश्य (paśya) - look, see (imperative)

(verb)

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

imperative (loṭ)

Second person singular imperative of root dṛś (which uses paśya stem).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is the implied "you" (son).

धर्मिक (dharmika) - Addressing the deceased son, emphasizing his adherence to natural law (dharma). (O righteous one, O dutiful one (vocative))

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmika

dharmika - righteous, dutiful, virtuous, adhering to natural law (dharma)

Derived from dharma with suffix ika.

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

नु (nu) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

आलिङ्गसे (āliṅgase) - you embrace, you cling to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of liṅg

present tense (laṭ)

Root liṅg with prefix ā. Second person singular present middle voice.

Prefix: ā

Root: liṅg (class 1)

Note: Subject is the implied "you" (son).

पुत्र (putra) - Addressing the deceased son. (son (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Repetition for emphasis/pathos.

सुकुमार (sukumāra) - Addressing the deceased son. (O tender one, O delicate one (vocative))

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sukumāra

sukumāra - very tender, delicate, soft, handsome

Karmadhāraya compound; 'su' (good, well, very) + 'kumāra' (young, tender).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (su+kumāra)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  prefix intensifying meaning
• kumāra – youth, young man, boy
  noun (masculine)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

S-stem neuter noun.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Sandhi vaco from vacaḥ.

वद (vada) - speak, say (imperative)

(verb)

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

imperative (loṭ)

Second person singular imperative of root vad.

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Subject is the implied "you" (son).