वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-8, verse-4

प्राप्तां सुमहतीं प्रीतिं प्रतीतां तां हतद्विषम् ।
उपस्थास्यसि कौसल्यां दासीव त्वं कृताञ्जलिः ॥४॥

4. prāptāṃ sumahatīṃ prītiṃ pratītāṃ tāṃ hatadviṣam ,
upasthāsyasi kausalyāṃ dāsīva tvaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ.

4. prāptām sumahatīm prītim pratītām tām hatadviṣam
upasthāsyasi kausalyām dāsī iva tvam kṛtāñjaliḥ

4. tvam kṛtāñjaliḥ dāsī iva tām prāptām sumahatīm
pratītām hatadviṣam kausalyām upasthāsyasi

4. With folded hands (kṛtāñjaliḥ), you will attend upon Kausalya, just like a maidservant. Kausalya, who has attained immense joy, is now confident, and whose enemies are vanquished.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - obtained, gained, achieved

• सुमहतीम् (sumahatīm) - very great, exceedingly great, immense

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - joy, pleasure, affection

• प्रतीताम् (pratītām) - confident, pleased, renowned, understood

• ताम् (tām) - Refers to Kausalya (her, that (feminine))

• हतद्विषम् (hatadviṣam) - whose enemies are slain, having vanquished enemies

• उपस्थास्यसि (upasthāsyasi) - you will attend, you will serve, you will stand near

• कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - Kausalya (Rama's mother)

• दासी (dāsī) - female servant, maidservant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

• कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - having made an añjali (gesture of reverence), with folded hands

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - obtained, gained, achieved

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, gained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with upasarga pra, forming a past passive participle.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'prītim' and implicitly with 'kausalyām'.

सुमहतीम् (sumahatīm) - very great, exceedingly great, immense

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very powerful

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'prītim'.

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - joy, pleasure, affection

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - joy, pleasure, love, affection

Root: prī (class 9)

प्रतीताम् (pratītām) - confident, pleased, renowned, understood

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratīta

pratīta - known, understood, confident, pleased, renowned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with upasarga prati, forming a past passive participle.

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kausalyām'.

ताम् (tām) - Refers to Kausalya (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one (feminine)

Note: Refers to Kausalya.

हतद्विषम् (hatadviṣam) - whose enemies are slain, having vanquished enemies

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hatadviṣa

hatadviṣa - whose enemies are slain/vanquished

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+dviṣa)

• hata – slain, killed, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root han (to strike, kill), forming a past passive participle.
  Root: han (class 2)
• dviṣa – enemy, hater
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kausalyām'.

उपस्थास्यसि (upasthāsyasi) - you will attend, you will serve, you will stand near

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of upasthā

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - Kausalya (Rama's mother)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya (name of Rama's mother)

दासी (dāsī) - female servant, maidservant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāsī

dāsī - female servant, maidservant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - having made an añjali (gesture of reverence), with folded hands

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtāñjali

kṛtāñjali - having made the añjali gesture, with folded hands

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+añjali)

• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make), forming a past passive participle.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• añjali – the gesture of reverence with folded hands
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam', which is implicitly masculine or common gender here as Kaikeyi.

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