वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-21

इच्छ मां क्रियतामद्य प्रतिकर्म तवोत्तमम् ।
सप्रभाण्यवसज्जन्तां तवाङ्गे भूषणानि च ।
साधु पश्यामि ते रूपं संयुक्तं प्रतिकर्मणा ॥२१॥

21. iccha māṃ kriyatāmadya pratikarma tavottamam ,
saprabhāṇyavasajjantāṃ tavāṅge bhūṣaṇāni ca ,
sādhu paśyāmi te rūpaṃ saṃyuktaṃ pratikarmaṇā.

21. iccha mām kriyatām adya pratikarma
tava uttamam saprabhāṇi avasajjantām
tava aṅge bhūṣaṇāni ca sādhu paśyāmi
te rūpam saṃyuktam pratikarmaṇā

21. mām iccha tava uttamam pratikarma
adya kriyatām saprabhāṇi bhūṣaṇāni ca
tava aṅge avasajjantām sādhu te
rūpam pratikarmaṇā saṃyuktam paśyāmi

21. Wish for me! Let your finest embellishment be done today. Let gleaming ornaments be placed upon your body. I truly see your beauty, adorned with such decoration.

Words meanings summery:

• इच्छ (iccha) - wish, desire

• माम् (mām) - me

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• प्रतिकर्म (pratikarma) - adornment, embellishment, decoration

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, finest

• सप्रभाणि (saprabhāṇi) - resplendent, shining, gleaming

• अवसज्जन्ताम् (avasajjantām) - let them be placed/attached

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अङ्गे (aṅge) - on the body, on the limb

• भूषणानि (bhūṣaṇāni) - ornaments, jewels

• च (ca) - and

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, truly, rightly

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• ते (te) - your, of you

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, beauty

• संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - endowed with, joined with, adorned with

• प्रतिकर्मणा (pratikarmaṇā) - by adornment, by decoration

Words meanings and morphology

इच्छ (iccha) - wish, desire

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd Singular Parasmaipada

From root iṣ (class 6, icchati). Here imperative form of present stem.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative 3rd Singular Ātmanepada (passive)

From root kṛ (class 8). Passive construction with the suffix -ya-.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

प्रतिकर्म (pratikarma) - adornment, embellishment, decoration

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratikarma

pratikarma - adornment, decoration, embellishment, counter-action

Prefix: prati

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'kriyatām'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, finest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, excellent, finest

Superlative degree derived from 'ud' (up).

Note: Agrees with 'pratikarma'.

सप्रभाणि (saprabhāṇi) - resplendent, shining, gleaming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saprabhā

saprabhā - shining, splendid, luminous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+prabhā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūṣaṇāni'.

अवसज्जन्ताम् (avasajjantām) - let them be placed/attached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperative (loṭ) of sajj

Imperative 3rd Plural Ātmanepada (passive)

From root sajj (class 1) with prefix ava. Passive construction.

Prefix: ava

Root: sajj (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

अङ्गे (aṅge) - on the body, on the limb

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of aṅga

aṅga - body, limb, part

भूषणानि (bhūṣaṇāni) - ornaments, jewels

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūṣaṇa

bhūṣaṇa - ornament, decoration, jewel

Derived from root bhūṣ (to adorn, decorate).

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'avasajjantām'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, truly, rightly

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

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

Present Indicative 1st Singular Parasmaipada

From root dṛś (class 1) in its strengthened stem 'paśya'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of 'tava'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, beauty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, image

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'.

संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - endowed with, joined with, adorned with

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃyukta

saṁyukta - joined, united, connected, endowed with, adorned with

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'rūpam'.

प्रतिकर्मणा (pratikarmaṇā) - by adornment, by decoration

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pratikarma

pratikarma - adornment, decoration, embellishment, counter-action

Prefix: prati

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Instrument for 'saṃyuktam'.

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