वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-22, verse-9

मम प्राणैः प्रियतरं पुत्रं पुत्रमिवौरसं ।
मया हीनमहीनार्थं सर्वतः परिपालय ॥९॥

9. mama prāṇaiḥ priyataraṃ putraṃ putramivaurasaṃ ,
mayā hīnamahīnārthaṃ sarvataḥ paripālaya.

9. mama prāṇaiḥ priyataram putram putram iva
aurasam mayā hīnam ahīnārtham sarvataḥ paripālaya

9. (tvam) mama prāṇaiḥ priyataram putram aurasam putram
iva mayā hīnam ahīnārtham sarvataḥ paripālaya

9. Protect this son, who is dearer to me than my own life, as if he were your own legitimate son. Now deprived of me, he is not diminished in his worth; protect him completely.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than my own life (used for comparison) (by lives, by breaths, than life)

• प्रियतरम् (priyataram) - dearer, more beloved

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• औरसम् (aurasam) - legitimate (son), born of the body/breast

• मया (mayā) - by me

• हीनम् (hīnam) - deprived of, abandoned by, devoid of

• अहीनार्थम् (ahīnārtham) - not diminished in worth, not wanting, not destitute

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

• परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, guard, cherish

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than my own life (used for comparison) (by lives, by breaths, than life)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, living being

प्रियतरम् (priyataram) - dearer, more beloved

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of priyatara

priyatara - dearer, more beloved, more pleasing

comparative form of 'priya' (dear) with suffix -tara

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

औरसम् (aurasam) - legitimate (son), born of the body/breast

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aurasa

aurasa - legitimate (son), born of the chest/body

derived from 'uras' (chest/breast) indicating direct lineage

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

हीनम् (hīnam) - deprived of, abandoned by, devoid of

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hīna

hīna - left, abandoned, deficient, deprived

Past Passive Participle

Root: hā (class 3)

अहीनार्थम् (ahīnārtham) - not diminished in worth, not wanting, not destitute

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahīnārtha

ahīnārtha - not diminished in purpose/wealth/welfare, not destitute, having great purpose

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+hīna+artha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hīna – diminished, deficient, wanting
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: hā (class 3)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, welfare, object
  noun (masculine)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

(indeclinable)

derived from 'sarva' (all) with the suffix -tas

परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, guard, cherish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paripāl

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)