वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-39

शुभं वा यदि वा पापं यो हि वाक्यमुदीरितम् ।
सत्येन परिगृह्णाति स वीरः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥३९॥

39. śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpaṃ yo hi vākyamudīritam ,
satyena parigṛhṇāti sa vīraḥ puruṣottamaḥ.

39. śubham vā yadi vā pāpam yaḥ hi vākyam udīritam
satyena parigṛhṇāti saḥ vīraḥ puruṣottamaḥ

39. yaḥ hi udīritam vākyam śubham vā yadi vā pāpam
satyena parigṛhṇāti saḥ vīraḥ puruṣottamaḥ

39. Indeed, he who truthfully accepts a spoken word, whether it is good or bad, he is a hero, the supreme person (puruṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• शुभम् (śubham) - good, auspicious

• वा (vā) - or

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or

• पापम् (pāpam) - bad, evil, sinful

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, promise

• उदीरितम् (udīritam) - spoken, uttered, said

• सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, with truth, truthfully

• परिगृह्णाति (parigṛhṇāti) - accepts, takes, fulfills

• सः (saḥ) - he

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man

• पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣottamaḥ) - best of men, supreme person

Words meanings and morphology

शुभम् (śubham) - good, auspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, fortunate

Note: Used predicatively as 'is good'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - bad, evil, sinful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sin

Note: Used predicatively as 'is bad'.

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, promise

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

उदीरितम् (udīritam) - spoken, uttered, said

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udīrita

udīrita - uttered, spoken, said, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `īr` (to stir, to utter) with upasarga `ud`.

Prefix: ud

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vākyam'.

सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, with truth, truthfully

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, truthful

परिगृह्णाति (parigṛhṇāti) - accepts, takes, fulfills

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pari-grah

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Third person singular present tense, active voice.

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for 'yaḥ'.

वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣottamaḥ) - best of men, supreme person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - best of men, highest person, supreme being

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – person, man, male
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective (masculine)