वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-89, verse-15

त्वं पौरजनवद्व्यालानयोध्यामिव पर्वतम् ।
मन्यस्व वनिते नित्यं सरयूवदिमां नदीम् ॥१५॥

15. tvaṃ paurajanavadvyālānayodhyāmiva parvatam ,
manyasva vanite nityaṃ sarayūvadimāṃ nadīm.

15. tvam paurajanavat vyālān ayodhyām iva parvatam
manyasva vanite nityam sarayūvat imām nadīm

15. vanite,
tvam nityam vyālān paurajanavat,
parvatam ayodhyām iva,
imām nadīm sarayūvat manyasva

15. O wife, always consider these wild animals as citizens, this mountain as Ayodhya, and this river as the Sarayū.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पौरजनवत् (paurajanavat) - like citizens, as citizens

• व्यालान् (vyālān) - wild animals, fierce beasts

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya (the city)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

• मन्यस्व (manyasva) - you should consider, regard

• वनिते (vanite) - O wife, O woman

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• सरयूवत् (sarayūvat) - like the Sarayū (river)

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

Words meanings and morphology

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पौरजनवत् (paurajanavat) - like citizens, as citizens

(indeclinable)

Derived from paurajana (citizen) + vat (suffix for similarity).

व्यालान् (vyālān) - wild animals, fierce beasts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyāla

vyāla - wild animal, beast, snake

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya (the city)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (capital city of Kosala, Rāma's kingdom)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

मन्यस्व (manyasva) - you should consider, regard

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of man

imperative, middle voice

2nd person singular imperative, middle voice of √man.

Root: man (class 4)

वनिते (vanite) - O wife, O woman

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vanitā

vanitā - woman, wife, beloved

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of nitya.

सरयूवत् (sarayūvat) - like the Sarayū (river)

(indeclinable)

Derived from sarayū (name of a river) + vat (suffix for similarity).

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

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