वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-76, verse-5

रामस्तथा सत्यधृतिः सतां धर्ममनुस्मरन् ।
नाजहात् पितुरादेशं शशी ज्योत्स्नामिवोदितः ॥५॥

5. rāmastathā satyadhṛtiḥ satāṃ dharmamanusmaran ,
nājahāt piturādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnāmivoditaḥ.

5. rāmaḥ tathā satyadhṛtiḥ satām dharmam anusmaran
na ajahāt pituḥ ādeśam śaśī jyotsnām iva uditaḥ

5. tathā satyadhṛtiḥ rāmaḥ satām dharmam anusmaran
pituḥ ādeśam na ajahāt śaśī uditaḥ jyotsnām iva

5. Likewise, Rama, who was firm in truth and remembered the (natural) law (dharma) of the righteous, did not abandon his father's command, just as the moon, when it rises, does not abandon its moonlight.

Words meanings summery:

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (Rama (proper name))

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

• सत्यधृतिः (satyadhṛtiḥ) - firm in truth (firm in truth, having true resolve)

• सताम् (satām) - of the righteous (of the good, of the righteous)

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

• अनुस्मरन् (anusmaran) - remembered (remembering, recollecting)

• न (na) - did not (not, no)

• अजहात् (ajahāt) - abandon (he abandoned, he gave up)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - his father's (of the father)

• आदेशम् (ādeśam) - command (command, instruction, order)

• शशी (śaśī) - the moon (moon)

• ज्योत्स्नाम् (jyotsnām) - its moonlight (moonlight, starlight)

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

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - having risen (risen, appeared)

Words meanings and morphology

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (Rama (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the seventh incarnation of Vishnu)

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

(indeclinable)

सत्यधृतिः (satyadhṛtiḥ) - firm in truth (firm in truth, having true resolve)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyadhṛti

satyadhṛti - firm in truth, of true resolve

Compound type : bahuvrihi (satya+dhṛti)

• satya – truth, real, true
  noun (neuter)
• dhṛti – firmness, constancy, resolve, courage
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √dhṛ (to hold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rāmaḥ'.

सताम् (satām) - of the righteous (of the good, of the righteous)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, righteous

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Genitive plural of 'sat', referring to righteous people.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the (natural) law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'anusmaran'.

अनुस्मरन् (anusmaran) - remembered (remembering, recollecting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anusmarat

anusmarat - remembering, recollecting

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √smṛ (to remember) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'rāmaḥ'.

न (na) - did not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

अजहात् (ajahāt) - abandon (he abandoned, he gave up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of hā

Imperfect 3rd person singular active.

Root: hā (class 3)

पितुः (pituḥ) - his father's (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Possessive for 'ādeśam'.

आदेशम् (ādeśam) - command (command, instruction, order)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ādeśa

ādeśa - command, instruction, order, injunction

Derived from √diś (to point, to show) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Object of 'ajahāt'.

शशी (śaśī) - the moon (moon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon, rabbit-marked (referring to the moon spots)

Note: Subject of the simile.

ज्योत्स्नाम् (jyotsnām) - its moonlight (moonlight, starlight)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jyotsnā

jyotsnā - moonlight, starlight

Note: Object in the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

उदितः (uditaḥ) - having risen (risen, appeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of √i (to go) with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'śaśī'.