वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-22, verse-29

जानासि हि यथा भीरु स्त्रीणां यौवनमध्रुवम् ।
यावन्न ते व्यतिक्रामेत्तावत् सुखमवाप्नुहि ॥२९॥

29. jānāsi hi yathā bhīru strīṇāṃ yauvanamadhruvam ,
yāvanna te vyatikrāmettāvat sukhamavāpnuhi.

29. jānāsi hi yathā bhīru strīṇām yauvanam adhruvam
yāvat na te vyatikrāmet tāvat sukham avāpnuhi

29. Indeed, timid one, you know well how women's youth is impermanent. As long as it does not pass you by, attain happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know well (you know)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how, according to)

• भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (timid, fearful; O timid one)

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth (youth, youthfulness)

• अध्रुवम् (adhruvam) - impermanent (impermanent, transient, unstable)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as, until)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• ते (te) - you (as in, pass you by) (to you, for you, your)

• व्यतिक्रामेत् (vyatikrāmet) - it passes by (may it pass by, may it elapse)

• तावत् (tāvat) - then (meaning 'for that much time') (so long, thus long, then)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, comfort)

• अवाप्नुहि (avāpnuhi) - attain (obtain, attain, reach)

Words meanings and morphology

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know well (you know)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present Indicative Mood, Paras.pada, 2nd Person, Singular

Root verb `jñā` (class 9, P), present active 2nd singular.

Root: jñā (class 9)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how, according to)

(indeclinable)

भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (timid, fearful; O timid one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, coward

Root: bhī

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth (youth, youthfulness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, youthfulness, adolescence

Derived from `yuvan` (young).

अध्रुवम् (adhruvam) - impermanent (impermanent, transient, unstable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhruva

adhruva - not firm, unstable, transient, impermanent

Negative particle `a-` + `dhruva` (firm, constant).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dhruva)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• dhruva – firm, constant, fixed, permanent, certain
  adjective

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as, until)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - you (as in, pass you by) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Can be dative or genitive singular. Here implies 'from you' or 'to you'.

व्यतिक्रामेत् (vyatikrāmet) - it passes by (may it pass by, may it elapse)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vyati-kram

Optative Mood, Paras.pada, 3rd Person, Singular

Root verb `kram` (class 1, P) with upasargas `vi-ati`. Optative active 3rd singular.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: kram (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - then (meaning 'for that much time') (so long, thus long, then)

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, comfort)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure

अवाप्नुहि (avāpnuhi) - attain (obtain, attain, reach)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ava-āp

Imperative Mood, Paras.pada, 2nd Person, Singular

Root verb `āp` (class 5, P) with upasarga `ava`. Imperative active 2nd singular.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)