वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-73, verse-5

राज्यं गृहाण भरत पितृपैतामहं महत् ।
अभिषेचय चात्मानं पाहि चास्मान्नरर्षभ ॥५॥

5. rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat ,
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmānnararṣabha.

5. rājyam gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmaham mahat |
abhiṣecaya ca ātmānam pāhi ca asmān nararṣabha

5. bharata nararṣabha,
mahat pitṛpaitāmaham rājyam gṛhāṇa ca ātmānam abhiṣecaya ca asmān pāhi.

5. O Bharata, take this great ancestral (inherited from father and paternal grandfather) kingdom. Anoint your self (ātman) (as king) and protect us, O best of men.

Words meanings summery:

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, dominion

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take, seize, accept

• भरत (bharata) - O Bharata

• पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - ancestral, inherited from father and grandfather

• महत् (mahat) - great, vast

• अभिषेचय (abhiṣecaya) - anoint, consecrate

• च (ca) - and

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - yourself (self, soul)

• पाहि (pāhi) - protect, guard

• च (ca) - and

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men

Words meanings and morphology

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, dominion

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingship, sovereignty, kingdom, dominion

Note: also nominative singular

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take, seize, accept

(verb)

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

imperative 2nd singular

Root: grah (class 9)

भरत (bharata) - O Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name); maintained, cherished

पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - ancestral, inherited from father and grandfather

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛpaitāmaha

pitṛpaitāmaha - belonging to a father and grandfather, ancestral

Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+pitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather
  noun (masculine)

Note: also nominative singular

महत् (mahat) - great, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, eminent

Note: also nominative singular

अभिषेचय (abhiṣecaya) - anoint, consecrate

(verb)

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

causative imperative 2nd singular

root sic with prefix abhi, causative stem, imperative mood

Prefix: abhi

Root: sic (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - yourself (self, soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

पाहि (pāhi) - protect, guard

(verb)

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

imperative 2nd singular

Root: pā (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmān

asmad - I, we

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best of men, chief of men (lit. 'bull among men')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)