वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-5, verse-7

भवता सख्यकामौ तौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
प्रतिगृह्यार्चयस्वेमौ पूजनीयतमाव् उभौ ॥७॥

7. bhavatā sakhyakāmau tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ,
pratigṛhyārcayasvemau pūjanīyatamāv ubhau.

7. bhavatā sakhyakāmau tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
| pratigṛhya arcayasva imau pūjanīyatamau ubhau

7. bhavatā sakhyakāmau tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
pratigṛhya imau ubhau pūjanīyatamau arcayasva

7. You should accept these two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana, who seek friendship, and honor both of them, as they are most worthy of reverence.

Words meanings summery:

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectfully)

• सख्यकामौ (sakhyakāmau) - desiring friendship, wishing for amity

• तौ (tau) - those two, they two

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - two brothers

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received, having accepted

• अर्चयस्व (arcayasva) - you should honor/worship (honor, worship)

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• पूजनीयतमौ (pūjanīyatamau) - most worthy of worship, most honorable, most revered

• उभौ (ubhau) - both, two

Words meanings and morphology

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectfully)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present active participle of √bhū, used as an honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सख्यकामौ (sakhyakāmau) - desiring friendship, wishing for amity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sakhyakāma

sakhyakāma - desiring friendship

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sakhya+kāma)

• sakhya – friendship, intimacy, alliance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'sakhi' (friend).
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √kam (to desire).
  Root: kam (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two, they two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - two brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rama and Lakshmana

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rama (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received, having accepted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root √grah (to seize, accept) with the prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

अर्चयस्व (arcayasva) - you should honor/worship (honor, worship)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of arc

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular imperative, middle voice, of the root √arc (to honor, worship).

Root: arc (class 1)

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

पूजनीयतमौ (pūjanīyatamau) - most worthy of worship, most honorable, most revered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pūjanīyatama

pūjanīyatama - most worthy of honor/reverence/worship

Superlative of Gerundive

Superlative degree (-tama) of 'pūjanīya' (worthy of worship/honor), which is a gerundive derived from the root √pūj (to worship, honor).

Root: pūj (class 10)

उभौ (ubhau) - both, two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

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