वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-21, verse-19

साधु ते तत्त्वतो देवि कथितं साधु भामिनि ।
गृहाण सुस्मिते वाक्यमन्यथा न भविष्यसि ॥१९॥

19. sādhu te tattvato devi kathitaṃ sādhu bhāmini ,
gṛhāṇa susmite vākyamanyathā na bhaviṣyasi.

19. sādhu te tattvataḥ devi kathitam sādhu bhāmini
gṛhāṇa susmite vākyam anyathā na bhaviṣyasi

19. devi bhāmini susmite te tattvataḥ sādhu kathitam
sādhu vākyam gṛhāṇa anyathā na bhaviṣyasi

19. O goddess (devī), truly, it has been properly told to you, O beautiful lady (bhāminī). Accept this statement, O woman with a beautiful smile, otherwise you will not survive.

Words meanings summery:

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, good

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, in essence

• देवि (devi) - O Sītā (addressed as a goddess) (O goddess, O divine lady)

• कथितम् (kathitam) - spoken, told

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, good

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O Sītā (addressed as a beautiful woman) (O beautiful woman, O passionate woman)

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take, accept

• सुस्मिते (susmite) - O Sītā (addressed as having a beautiful smile) (O woman with a beautiful smile)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, else, in a different manner

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will exist, you will survive

Words meanings and morphology

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, good

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of tvam

yusmad - you

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, in essence

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tattva' (reality, truth) with the suffix 'tas' indicating 'from' or 'in respect of'.

देवि (devi) - O Sītā (addressed as a goddess) (O goddess, O divine lady)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman, queen

कथितम् (kathitam) - spoken, told

(verbal derivative)

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, good

(indeclinable)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O Sītā (addressed as a beautiful woman) (O beautiful woman, O passionate woman)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - beautiful woman, passionate woman, angry woman

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take, accept

(verb)

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

Root: grah (class 9)

सुस्मिते (susmite) - O Sītā (addressed as having a beautiful smile) (O woman with a beautiful smile)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of susmitā

susmitā - woman with a beautiful smile

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+smita)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'good' or 'well'.
• smita – smile, smiling
  verbal derivative (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'smi' (to smile).
  Root: smi (class 1)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence

From 'vāc' (speech) + suffix '-ya'.

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, else, in a different manner

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will exist, you will survive

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

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