वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-67, verse-7

तथा ज्येष्ठा हि मे माता कौसल्या दीर्घदर्शिनी ।
त्वयि धर्मं समास्थाय भगिन्यामिव वर्तते ॥७॥

7. tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī ,
tvayi dharmaṃ samāsthāya bhaginyāmiva vartate.

7. tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī
tvayi dharmam samāsthāya bhaginyām iva vartate

7. tathā hi me jyeṣṭhā mātā dīrghadarśinī kausalyā
tvayi dharmam samāsthāya bhaginyām iva vartate

7. Similarly, my eldest mother, the far-sighted Kausalya, maintains proper conduct (dharma) towards you and behaves as if you were her own sister.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest (eldest, chief, most excellent)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, of me)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya (Kausalya (proper noun))

• दीर्घदर्शिनी (dīrghadarśinī) - far-sighted (far-sighted, sagacious)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - towards you (Kaikeyi) (in you, on you, towards you)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - proper conduct (dharma) (righteousness, duty, natural law)

• समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having established, maintaining (having established, having adopted, having observed)

• भगिन्याम् (bhaginyām) - as if to a sister (in a sister, towards a sister)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• वर्तते (vartate) - she behaves (she behaves, she acts, she exists)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest (eldest, chief, most excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, chief, principal, best, most excellent

superlative of 'vṛddha'

Note: agrees with 'mātā'

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: enclitic form

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya (Kausalya (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya (Rama's mother)

दीर्घदर्शिनी (dīrghadarśinī) - far-sighted (far-sighted, sagacious)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīrghadarśin

dīrghadarśin - far-sighted, sagacious, prudent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīrgha+darśin)

• dīrgha – long, extensive, profound
  adjective (masculine)
• darśin – seeing, perceiving, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  derived from root dṛś- 'to see'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: agrees with 'kausalyā'

त्वयि (tvayi) - towards you (Kaikeyi) (in you, on you, towards you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

धर्मम् (dharmam) - proper conduct (dharma) (righteousness, duty, natural law)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, natural law, duty, constitution, virtue

समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having established, maintaining (having established, having adopted, having observed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from root sthā- with prefix sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

भगिन्याम् (bhaginyām) - as if to a sister (in a sister, towards a sister)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhaginī

bhaginī - sister

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वर्तते (vartate) - she behaves (she behaves, she acts, she exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

present indicative

root vṛt, ātmanepada, 1st conjugation

Root: vṛt (class 1)