वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-61, verse-24

जीवत्यपि महाराजे तवैव वचनं वयम् ।
नातिक्रमामहे सर्वे वेलां प्राप्येव सागरः ॥२४॥

24. jīvatyapi mahārāje tavaiva vacanaṃ vayam ,
nātikramāmahe sarve velāṃ prāpyeva sāgaraḥ.

24. jīvati api mahārāje tava eva vacanam vayam na
atikramāmahe sarve velām prāpya iva sāgaraḥ

24. mahārāje jīvati api vayam sarve tava eva
vacanam na atikramāmahe sāgaraḥ velām prāpya iva

24. Even while the great king is alive, we all obey your command. We do not transgress, just as the ocean, even when it reaches its shore, does not overflow it.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवति (jīvati) - is alive (lives, is alive)

• अपि (api) - even (while) (also, even, too)

• महाराजे (mahārāje) - when the great king (in/on the great king, when the great king)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - command (word, speech, command, saying)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अतिक्रमामहे (atikramāmahe) - we transgress (we transgress, we overstep, we disobey)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, everyone)

• वेलाम् (velām) - its shore (shore, bank, boundary, limit, time)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having obtained, having reached, having achieved)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

Words meanings and morphology

जीवति (jīvati) - is alive (lives, is alive)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root verb

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with 'mahārāje'.

अपि (api) - even (while) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conveys a concessive sense with the locative absolute.

महाराजे (mahārāje) - when the great king (in/on the great king, when the great king)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with 'jīvati'.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एव (eva) - indeed, very (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - command (word, speech, command, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, word, speech, command

From root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., 'pālayāmaḥ' - we protect/obey).

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'atikramāmahe'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'atikramāmahe'.

अतिक्रमामहे (atikramāmahe) - we transgress (we transgress, we overstep, we disobey)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kram

From root 'kram' with prefix 'ati-'. Middle voice (ātmanepada) ending.

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies 'vayam'.

वेलाम् (velām) - its shore (shore, bank, boundary, limit, time)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - boundary, limit, shore, bank; time, season

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having obtained, having reached, having achieved)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (gerund) from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Functions adverbially.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the simile.