वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-51

कच्चिद्वृधांश्च बालांश्च वैद्यमुख्यांश्च राघव ।
दानेन मनसा वाचा त्रिभिरेतैर्बुभूषसे ॥५१॥

51. kaccidvṛdhāṃśca bālāṃśca vaidyamukhyāṃśca rāghava ,
dānena manasā vācā tribhiretairbubhūṣase.

51. kaccit vṛddhān ca bālān ca vaidyamukhyān ca
rāghava dānena manasā vācā tribhiḥ etaiḥ bubhūṣase

51. rāghava kaccit dānena manasā vācā etaiḥ tribhiḥ
vṛddhān ca bālān ca vaidyamukhyān ca bubhūṣase

51. O Rāghava, I hope you strive to nourish and protect the elders, children, and chief physicians through these three means: generosity (dāna), your thoughts, and your words.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, perhaps, surely (interrogative particle implying hope/doubt)

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old people

• च (ca) - and, also

• बालान् (bālān) - children, young ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• वैद्यमुख्यान् (vaidyamukhyān) - chief physicians, leading doctors

• च (ca) - and, also

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama))

• दानेन (dānena) - by giving, by generosity, by charity

• मनसा (manasā) - by mind, by thought

• वाचा (vācā) - by speech, by word

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

• एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these

• बुभूषसे (bubhūṣase) - you strive to nourish and protect (you wish to cherish, you wish to nourish, you wish to protect)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, perhaps, surely (interrogative particle implying hope/doubt)

(indeclinable)

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old people

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, wise, an elder

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Used substantively

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बालान् (bālān) - children, young ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - child, young boy, ignorant person, young

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वैद्यमुख्यान् (vaidyamukhyān) - chief physicians, leading doctors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vaidyamukhya

vaidyamukhya - chief physician, eminent doctor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaidya+mukhya)

• vaidya – physician, doctor, learned
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 4)
• mukhya – chief, principal, eminent
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama

दानेन (dānena) - by giving, by generosity, by charity

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, gift, charity, generosity

Root: dā (class 3)

मनसा (manasā) - by mind, by thought

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention

Root: man (class 4)

वाचा (vācā) - by speech, by word

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(numeral)

Note: Adjective for 'etaiḥ'

एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'dānena manasā vācā'

बुभूषसे (bubhūṣase) - you strive to nourish and protect (you wish to cherish, you wish to nourish, you wish to protect)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhūṣ

Desiderative, Present Middle

2nd person singular, present tense, middle voice. Desiderative form of the root bhū (to be) with a causative sense, or directly from the root bhūṣ.

Root: bhū (class 1)

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