वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-52

कच्चिद्गुरूंश्च वृद्धांश्च तापसान्देवतातिथीन् ।
चैत्यांश्च सर्वान् सिद्धार्थान्ब्राह्मणांश्च नमस्यसि ॥५२॥

52. kaccidgurūṃśca vṛddhāṃśca tāpasāndevatātithīn ,
caityāṃśca sarvān siddhārthānbrāhmaṇāṃśca namasyasi.

52. kaccit gurūn ca vṛddhān ca tāpasān devatātithīn
caityān ca sarvān siddhārthān brāhmaṇān ca namasyasi

52. rāghava kaccit gurūn ca vṛddhān ca tāpasān devatātithīn
caityān ca sarvān siddhārthān brāhmaṇān ca namasyasi

52. O Rāghava, I hope you honor your teachers (guru), elders, ascetics, deities, guests, all accomplished individuals, and Brahmins.

Words meanings summery:

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

• गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, spiritual guides, venerable persons

• च (ca) - and, also

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old people

• च (ca) - and, also

• तापसान् (tāpasān) - ascetics, hermits

• देवतातिथीन् (devatātithīn) - deities and guests

• चैत्यान् (caityān) - sacred persons or venerable objects (sacred objects/places/persons, places of worship)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

• सिद्धार्थान् (siddhārthān) - accomplished individuals (those who have achieved their aims, successful ones, accomplished individuals)

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins, members of the priestly class

• च (ca) - and, also

• नमस्यसि (namasyasi) - you honor, you venerate (you salute, you worship, you venerate)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, spiritual guides, venerable persons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, venerable, heavy

च (ca) - and, also

(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)

तापसान् (tāpasān) - ascetics, hermits

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit, one who performs tapas (austerity)

Derived from tapas (austerity)

देवतातिथीन् (devatātithīn) - deities and guests

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of devatātithi

devatātithi - gods and guests, deities and visitors

Compound type : dvandva (devatā+atithi)

• devatā – deity, divinity, god
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• atithi – guest, stranger, visitor
  noun (masculine)

चैत्यान् (caityān) - sacred persons or venerable objects (sacred objects/places/persons, places of worship)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of caitya

caitya - sacred place, sanctuary, shrine, monument, sacred tree, revered person

Derived from citi (funeral pile, heap)

Root: ci (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Adjective for 'siddhārthān' and 'brāhmaṇān'

सिद्धार्थान् (siddhārthān) - accomplished individuals (those who have achieved their aims, successful ones, accomplished individuals)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of siddhārtha

siddhārtha - one whose object is accomplished, successful, prosperous, fulfilled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (siddha+artha)

• siddha – accomplished, achieved, perfected, successful
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root sidh (to succeed)
  Root: sidh (class 1)
• artha – aim, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used substantively

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins, members of the priestly class

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class, related to Brahman

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नमस्यसि (namasyasi) - you honor, you venerate (you salute, you worship, you venerate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of namasya

Present Active

2nd person singular, present tense, active voice, P-class conjugation. Denominative verb formed from the noun namas.

Root: namas

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