वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-65, verse-7

बलं बुद्धिश्च तेजश्च सत्त्वं च हरिसत्तम ।
विशिष्टं सर्वभूतेषु किमात्मानं न बुध्यसे ॥७॥

7. balaṃ buddhiśca tejaśca sattvaṃ ca harisattama ,
viśiṣṭaṃ sarvabhūteṣu kimātmānaṃ na budhyase.

7. balam buddhiḥ ca tejaḥ ca sattvam ca harisattama
viśiṣṭam sarvabhūteṣu kim ātmānam na budhyase

7. harisattama balam buddhiḥ ca tejaḥ ca sattvam ca
sarvabhūteṣu viśiṣṭam kim ātmānam na budhyase

7. O best among monkeys, strength, intelligence, valor, and courage are preeminent in all beings. Why do you not comprehend your own true nature (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, might

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intelligence, intellect, understanding

• च (ca) - and, also

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, splendor, valor, fiery energy

• च (ca) - and, also

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - courage, inner strength (goodness, courage, essence, reality, being)

• च (ca) - and, also

• हरिसत्तम (harisattama) - Addressing Hanumān (or a prominent monkey) (O best among monkeys)

• विशिष्टम् (viśiṣṭam) - preeminent (preeminent, distinguished, excellent, superior)

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, among all creatures

• किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your own true nature (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, nature)

• न (na) - not, no

• बुध्यसे (budhyase) - you comprehend (you understand, you know)

Words meanings and morphology

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, might

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Here it functions as a subject in a list.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intelligence, intellect, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception

From root 'budh' (to know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, splendor, valor, fiery energy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, brilliance, energy, valor, spiritual power

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Here it functions as a subject in a list.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - courage, inner strength (goodness, courage, essence, reality, being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, essence, being, existence, reality, courage, vitality

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Here it functions as a subject in a list.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हरिसत्तम (harisattama) - Addressing Hanumān (or a prominent monkey) (O best among monkeys)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of harisattama

harisattama - best among monkeys

Superlative compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+sattama)

• hari – monkey, lion, Viṣṇu
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of 'sat' (good, excellent)

विशिष्टम् (viśiṣṭam) - preeminent (preeminent, distinguished, excellent, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśiṣṭa

viśiṣṭa - distinguished, peculiar, special, preeminent, excellent

Past Passive Participle

From root śiṣ (to distinguish, specify) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with the collective sense of 'balam, buddhiḥ, tejas, sattvam' which are often treated as neuter singular here implicitly, or 'preeminence' as an abstract quality.

सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, among all creatures

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your own true nature (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, vital breath, mind

Note: Object of 'budhyase'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

बुध्यसे (budhyase) - you comprehend (you understand, you know)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of budh

Present Tense

root 'budh', 4th class (Divādi), Ātmanepada

Root: budh (class 4)