वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-26, verse-20

एतत्ते सदृशं वाक्यमुक्तं शत्रुनिबर्हण ।
इदानीमसि काकुत्स्थ प्रकृतिं स्वामुपागतः ॥२०॥

20. etatte sadṛśaṃ vākyamuktaṃ śatrunibarhaṇa ,
idānīmasi kākutstha prakṛtiṃ svāmupāgataḥ.

20. etat te sadṛśam vākyam uktam śatrunibarhaṇa
idānīm asi kākutstha prakṛtim svām upāgataḥ

20. śatrunibarhaṇa! te etat sadṛśam vākyam uktam.
kākutstha! idānīm svām prakṛtim upāgataḥ asi.

20. O destroyer of enemies, this statement uttered by you is indeed appropriate. Now, O descendant of Kakutstha, you have returned to your true intrinsic nature (prakṛti).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the speech) (this (neuter))

• ते (te) - by you (by you, to you, of you)

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - appropriate (similar, fitting, appropriate)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement (word, speech, sentence)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - uttered (spoken, said, uttered)

• शत्रुनिबर्हण (śatrunibarhaṇa) - O destroyer of enemies

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

• असि (asi) - you are

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma) (O descendant of Kakutstha)

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - intrinsic nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, fundamental principle (prakṛti))

• स्वाम् (svām) - your own (your own, his/her own, one's own (feminine))

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - returned to (approached, attained, returned to)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the speech) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (near the speaker)

Note: Qualifies vākyam

ते (te) - by you (by you, to you, of you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Used here with a passive participle 'uktam' to denote the agent.

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - appropriate (similar, fitting, appropriate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, resembling, fitting, appropriate

sa- + dṛś

Note: Qualifies vākyam

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, declaration

from vac with suffix -ya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the passive construction.

उक्तम् (uktam) - uttered (spoken, said, uttered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for vākyam.

शत्रुनिबर्हण (śatrunibarhaṇa) - O destroyer of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatrunibarhaṇa

śatrunibarhaṇa - destroyer of foes, slayer of enemies

from śatru + nibarhaṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+nibarhaṇa)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• nibarhaṇa – destroying, crushing, slaying
  noun (masculine)
  from root bṛh with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bṛh (class 6)

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

(indeclinable)

temporal adverb

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root as, 2nd class, Parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Implies subject "you" (Rāma)

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma) (O descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet of Rāma)

patronymic

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - intrinsic nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, fundamental principle (prakṛti))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, original form, fundamental principle, primary matter (prakṛti)

from pra + kṛ (to make)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of upāgataḥ

स्वाम् (svām) - your own (your own, his/her own, one's own (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, personal, self

Note: Qualifies prakṛtim

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - returned to (approached, attained, returned to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, attained, reached, returned to

Past Passive Participle

from root gam with prefixes upa + ā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative for the implied subject.