वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-48, verse-19

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि मम जातस्य रावण ।
पितृपैतामहं राज्यं यथावदनुतिष्ठतः ॥१९॥

19. ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi mama jātasya rāvaṇa ,
pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ yathāvadanutiṣṭhataḥ.

19. ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi mama jātasya rāvaṇa
pitṛpaitāmaham rājyam yathāvat anutiṣṭhataḥ

19. rāvaṇa mama ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi jātasya
pitṛpaitāmaham rājyam yathāvat anutiṣṭhataḥ

19. O Rāvaṇa, I am sixty thousand years old, and I have been ruling my ancestral kingdom appropriately all this time.

Words meanings summery:

• षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि (ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi) - sixty thousand years

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• जातस्य (jātasya) - of me who has existed (of one who is born, of one who has been born)

• रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

• पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - ancestral, inherited from father and grandfather

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, duly, according to rule

• अनुतिष्ठतः (anutiṣṭhataḥ) - of me who has been ruling (of one who has been administering/ruling, performing)

Words meanings and morphology

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि (ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi) - sixty thousand years

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasra

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasra - sixty thousand years

Compound of ṣaṣṭi (sixty), varṣa (year), and sahasra (thousand)

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṣṭi+varṣa+sahasra)

• ṣaṣṭi – sixty
  indeclinable
• varṣa – year
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Referring to the duration of Jaṭāyu's existence, implicitly indicating his age.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जातस्य (jātasya) - of me who has existed (of one who is born, of one who has been born)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened, become, existed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan- 'to be born, produce'

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Jaṭāyu, agreeing with `mama` (implicitly 'of me, a male')

रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Lanka)

पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - ancestral, inherited from father and grandfather

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛpaitāmaha

pitṛpaitāmaha - ancestral, inherited from father and grandfather, paternal and grandfatherly

Compound of pitṛ (father) and paitāmaha (from paternal grandfather)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+paitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• paitāmaha – belonging to the paternal grandfather, paternal, ancestral
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from pitāmaha (paternal grandfather)

Note: Agrees with `rājyam`

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty, rule

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, duly, according to rule

(indeclinable)

अनुतिष्ठतः (anutiṣṭhataḥ) - of me who has been ruling (of one who has been administering/ruling, performing)

(nominal form)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anutiṣṭhat

anutiṣṭhat - administering, performing, following, abiding by

Present Active Participle

From root sthā- (to stand, remain) with upasarga anu- (after, along)

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `mama` and `jātasya`