वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-53, verse-16

यदिदं राज्यतन्त्रं मे त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
जीवितं च विशालाक्षि त्वं मे प्राणैर्गरीयसी ॥१६॥

16. yadidaṃ rājyatantraṃ me tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ,
jīvitaṃ ca viśālākṣi tvaṃ me prāṇairgarīyasī.

16. yat idam rājyatantram me tvayi sarvam pratiṣṭhitam
jīvitam ca viśālākṣi tvam me prāṇaiḥ garīyasī

16. viśālākṣi yat idam me rājyatantram sarvam
tvayi pratiṣṭhitam ca tvam me prāṇaiḥ garīyasī

16. O wide-eyed one, whatever administration of my kingdom is established in you, all of it is. And you are dearer to me than my very life.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, here)

• राज्यतन्त्रम् (rājyatantram) - administration of the kingdom (system of government, kingdom's administration)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (all, every)

• प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - established (established, founded, standing)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O wide-eyed one (addressing Sītā) (O wide-eyed one)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मे (me) - my (in 'dearer to me') (my, to me)

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than my life/breaths (used in ablative sense with comparative) (by breaths, by lives)

• गरीयसी (garīyasī) - dearer, more important (heavier, more important, dearer)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

इदम् (idam) - this (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

राज्यतन्त्रम् (rājyatantram) - administration of the kingdom (system of government, kingdom's administration)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājyatantra

rājyatantra - system of government, kingdom's administration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājya+tantra)

• rājya – kingdom, rule, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)
  from rājan (king) + ya (suffix)
• tantra – system, rule, doctrine, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  from tan (to stretch, extend)
  Root: tan (class 8)

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Also dative singular.

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Can also be used as an adjective. Here it modifies "rājyatantram" implicitly.

प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - established (established, founded, standing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, founded, fixed

Past Passive Participle

from prati-√sthā (to stand, fix, establish)

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate adjective here.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence

Past Passive Participle

from √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O wide-eyed one (addressing Sītā) (O wide-eyed one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of viśālākṣī

viśālākṣī - wide-eyed (feminine)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśāla+akṣi)

• viśāla – wide, extensive, large
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मे (me) - my (in 'dearer to me') (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Also dative singular.

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than my life/breaths (used in ablative sense with comparative) (by breaths, by lives)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life-force, vital air

from pra-√an (to breathe forth)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: The instrumental case is used here to denote comparison, meaning 'compared to lives' or 'more than lives'.

गरीयसी (garīyasī) - dearer, more important (heavier, more important, dearer)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of garīyas

garīyas - heavier, more important, superior

Comparative

Comparative form of guru (heavy, important, revered)

Note: Refers to 'tvam'.

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