वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-7, verse-19

मया च यदनुष्ठेयं विस्रब्धेन तदुच्यताम् ।
वर्षास्विव च सुक्षेत्रे सर्वं संपद्यते तव ॥१९॥

19. mayā ca yadanuṣṭheyaṃ visrabdhena taducyatām ,
varṣāsviva ca sukṣetre sarvaṃ saṃpadyate tava.

19. mayā ca yat anuṣṭheyam visrabdhena tat ucyatām
varṣāsu iva ca sukṣetre sarvam saṃpadyate tava

19. ca yat mayā anuṣṭheyam tat visrabdhena ucyatām
ca varṣāsu sukṣetre iva sarvam tava saṃpadyate

19. And whatever duty is to be performed by me, let that be told to me confidently. For all your endeavors will succeed, just as everything prospers in a fertile field during the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

• मया (mayā) - by me (Sugriva) (by me)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

• अनुष्ठेयम् (anuṣṭheyam) - duty to be performed (to be performed, to be done, proper to be done)

• विस्रब्धेन (visrabdhena) - confidently (trustingly, confidently, with confidence)

• तत् (tat) - that (duty) (that)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be told (to me) (let it be said, let it be spoken)

• वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy season (in the rainy season, in the rains)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• च (ca) - for, and (and, also)

• सुक्षेत्रे (sukṣetre) - in a fertile field (in a good field, in fertile soil)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, all your endeavors (all, whole, entire, everything)

• संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - succeeds, prospers (succeeds, prospers, is accomplished, comes to pass)

• तव (tava) - for you (your, of you, for you)

Words meanings and morphology

मया (mayā) - by me (Sugriva) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Agent of anuṣṭheyam.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this sentence to the previous sentiment.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to an action.

अनुष्ठेयम् (anuṣṭheyam) - duty to be performed (to be performed, to be done, proper to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuṣṭheya

anuṣṭheya - to be performed, to be done, proper to be done

Gerundive

From anu-ṣṭhā (to perform) with suffix -eya

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies yat.

विस्रब्धेन (visrabdhena) - confidently (trustingly, confidently, with confidence)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of visrabdha

visrabdha - confided, trusted, confident, fearless

Past Passive Participle

From vi-śrambh (to trust), past passive participle

Prefix: vi

Root: śrambh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial instrumental, meaning 'confidently'.

तत् (tat) - that (duty) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Correlative to yat.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be told (to me) (let it be said, let it be spoken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy season (in the rainy season, in the rains)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of varṣā

varṣā - rain, rainy season, year

From root vṛṣ (to rain)

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the time when growth is abundant.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - for, and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can introduce a causal clause here.

सुक्षेत्रे (sukṣetre) - in a fertile field (in a good field, in fertile soil)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sukṣetra

sukṣetra - good field, fertile soil

Compound of su (good) and kṣetra (field)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+kṣetra)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• kṣetra – field, soil, land, area
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the favorable conditions for success.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, all your endeavors (all, whole, entire, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Subject of saṃpadyate.

संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - succeeds, prospers (succeeds, prospers, is accomplished, comes to pass)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of saṃpad

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Intransitive verb.

तव (tava) - for you (your, of you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

Note: Expresses possession or benefit.

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