वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-7, verse-3

सत्यं तु प्रतिजानामि त्यज शोकमरिंदम ।
करिष्यामि तथा यत्नं यथा प्राप्स्यसि मैथिलीम् ॥३॥

3. satyaṃ tu pratijānāmi tyaja śokamariṃdama ,
kariṣyāmi tathā yatnaṃ yathā prāpsyasi maithilīm.

3. satyam tu pratijānāmi tyaja śokam arimdam
kariṣyāmi tathā yatnam yathā prāpsyasi maithilīm

3. arimdam tu satyam pratijānāmi śokam tyaja.
tathā yatnam kariṣyāmi yathā maithilīm prāpsyasi

3. But I truly pledge, O vanquisher of foes (arimdam)! Abandon your sorrow. I will make such an effort that you will certainly regain Maithilī.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truly, indeed

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I promise, I pledge

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, leave

• शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, grief, anguish

• अरिम्दम् (arimdam) - O vanquisher of foes, O subduer of enemies

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will make

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will regain

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithilī (Sītā)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truly, indeed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real, sincere

From sat (being, existing, true)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as an adverb here, 'truly'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I promise, I pledge

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratijñā

Present Tense, Active Voice

From prati + jñā (to know, to acknowledge)

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, leave

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Imperative Mood, Active Voice

Root tyaj (class 1)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, grief, anguish

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation, anguish

From root śuc (to burn, to grieve)

Root: śuc (class 1)

अरिम्दम् (arimdam) - O vanquisher of foes, O subduer of enemies

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arimdama

arimdama - subduer of enemies, vanquisher of foes

From ari (enemy) + dama (subduing)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduing, taming
  noun (masculine)
  From root dam (to tame, subdue)
  Root: dam (class 4)

Note: Addressing Rāma.

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Tense, Active Voice

Root kṛ (class 8), future stem kariṣya-

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from tad (that)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

From root yat (to strive)

Root: yat (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from yad (which)

Note: Conjunction introducing a purpose clause.

प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will regain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prāp

Future Tense, Active Voice

From pra + āp (to obtain)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithilī (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithilī, a princess of Mithilā (Sītā)

Patronymic from mithilā (name of a kingdom).

Note: Object of prāpsyasi.

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