वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-32, verse-23

रोचते यदि ते वाक्यं ममैतद् राक्षसेश्वर ।
क्रियतां निर्विशङ्केन वचनं मम राघव ॥२३॥

23. rocate yadi te vākyaṃ mamaitad rākṣaseśvara ,
kriyatāṃ nirviśaṅkena vacanaṃ mama rāghava.

23. rocate yadi te vākyam mama etat rākṣaseśvara
kriyatām nirviśaṅkena vacanam mama rāghava

23. rākṣaseśvara,
yadi etat mama vākyam te rocate,
mama vacanam nirviśaṅkena kriyatām,
rāghava

23. O lord of Rākṣasas, if this counsel of mine pleases you, then let my instruction be carried out without hesitation, O scion of Raghu.

Words meanings summery:

• रोचते (rocate) - it pleases, it shines

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ते (te) - to you

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, counsel

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• एतत् (etat) - this

• राक्षसेश्वर (rākṣaseśvara) - O lord of Rākṣasas (addressed to Rāvaṇa) (O lord of Rākṣasas)

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be made

• निर्विशङ्केन (nirviśaṅkena) - by you, without hesitation/fear (by the fearless one, without doubt)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - instruction (word, command, statement)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• राघव (rāghava) - O scion of Raghu

Words meanings and morphology

रोचते (rocate) - it pleases, it shines

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Present Tense (laṭ) of ruc

Present Tense

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: The object of pleasure (vākyam) is nominative, the person who is pleased (te) is dative.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits 'rocate'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, counsel

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, declaration

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of rocate.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Qualifies etat vākyam.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Qualifies vākyam.

राक्षसेश्वर (rākṣaseśvara) - O lord of Rākṣasas (addressed to Rāvaṇa) (O lord of Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣaseśvara

rākṣaseśvara - lord of Rākṣasas, king of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+īśvara)

• rākṣasa – demon, Rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Address to Rāvaṇa.

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, Imperative Mood (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative Mood, Passive Voice

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निर्विशङ्केन (nirviśaṅkena) - by you, without hesitation/fear (by the fearless one, without doubt)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nirviśaṅka

nirviśaṅka - fearless, undoubting, confident

Prefix: nir

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: Refers to the agent, here Rāvaṇa, implying 'by you, fearlessly'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - instruction (word, command, statement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, utterance, saying

Gerundive

from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of kriyatām.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Qualifies vacanam.

राघव (rāghava) - O scion of Raghu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

patronymic from Raghu

Note: Textual ambiguity exists here, as this address typically refers to Rāma, but the speaker (Śūrpaṇakhā) is addressing Rāvaṇa. Some editions emend to 'Rāvaṇa'.