वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-24

तस्मात् कलत्रवत्तात प्रतिपाल्यः सदा भवान् ।
अपि चैतस्य कार्यस्य भवान्मूलमरिंदम ॥२४॥

24. tasmāt kalatravattāta pratipālyaḥ sadā bhavān ,
api caitasya kāryasya bhavānmūlamariṃdama.

24. tasmāt kalatravat tāta pratipālyaḥ sadā bhavān
api ca etasya kāryasya bhavān mūlam ariṃdama

24. tasmāt tāta bhavān sadā kalatravat pratipālyaḥ
api ca ariṃdama bhavān etasya kāryasya mūlam

24. Therefore, O dear one, you must always be protected like dependents. Moreover, you are the very foundation of this mission, O subduer of enemies.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• कलत्रवत् (kalatravat) - requiring protection, like dependents (like a wife/family, like dependents, like something to be protected)

• तात (tāta) - an affectionate address, 'O dear one' (O dear one, O father)

• प्रतिपाल्यः (pratipālyaḥ) - should be guarded and cared for (to be protected, to be guarded)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• एतस्य (etasya) - of this

• कार्यस्य (kāryasya) - of the current mission or enterprise (of the task, of the undertaking)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - the essential basis or core element (root, origin, foundation, source)

• अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - an address to Hanumān, praising his prowess (O subduer of enemies, O destroyer of foes)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

कलत्रवत् (kalatravat) - requiring protection, like dependents (like a wife/family, like dependents, like something to be protected)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation from noun 'kalatra' with the suffix '-vat' (like, similar to).

तात (tāta) - an affectionate address, 'O dear one' (O dear one, O father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son

प्रतिपाल्यः (pratipālyaḥ) - should be guarded and cared for (to be protected, to be guarded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratipālya

pratipālya - to be protected, to be guarded, to be preserved

Gerundive

Derived from prati-√pāl (to protect, to guard) with the suffix -ya.

Prefix: prati

Root: pāl (class 10)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific)

Present participle of √bhū, often used as an honorific second-person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एतस्य (etasya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

कार्यस्य (kāryasya) - of the current mission or enterprise (of the task, of the undertaking)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, business, work, task, undertaking

Gerundive

Derived from √kṛ (to do) with the suffix -ya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific)

Present participle of √bhū, often used as an honorific second-person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मूलम् (mūlam) - the essential basis or core element (root, origin, foundation, source)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, foundation, source, cause, basis

अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - an address to Hanumān, praising his prowess (O subduer of enemies, O destroyer of foes)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ariṃdama

ariṁdama - subduer of enemies, destroyer of foes

Compound type : tatpurusha (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduer, tamer, controller
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from √dam (to subdue, to tame).
  Root: dam (class 1)

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