वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-32, verse-18

गुणान् रामस्य कथय प्रियस्य मम वानर ।
चित्तं हरसि मे सौम्य नदीकूलं यथा रयः ॥१८॥

18. guṇān rāmasya kathaya priyasya mama vānara ,
cittaṃ harasi me saumya nadīkūlaṃ yathā rayaḥ.

18. guṇān rāmasya kathaya priyasya mama vānara |
cittam harasi me saumya nadīkūlam yathā rayaḥ

18. vānara mama priyasya rāmasya guṇān kathaya
saumya yathā rayaḥ nadīkūlam me cittam harasi

18. O monkey, recount the noble qualities of my beloved Rāma. O gentle one, you captivate my mind just as a strong current erodes a riverbank.

Words meanings summery:

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, speak

• प्रियस्य (priyasya) - Modifies 'Rāmasya', indicating Rāma is beloved. (of the dear one, of the beloved)

• मम (mama) - Refers to Sītā speaking. (my, of me)

• वानर (vānara) - Addressing Hanumān. (O monkey, O (vānara))

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, heart, thought

• हरसि (harasi) - you steal, you seize, you captivate

• मे (me) - Refers to Sītā's mind. (my, of me)

• सौम्य (saumya) - Addressing Hanumān with respect and affection. (O gentle one, O tranquil one)

• नदीकूलम् (nadīkūlam) - riverbank

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• रयः (rayaḥ) - current, flow, stream, impetuosity

Words meanings and morphology

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, merit

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, speak

(verb)

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

From root 'kath' (to tell), classified as a 10th class verb.

Root: kath (class 10)

प्रियस्य (priyasya) - Modifies 'Rāmasya', indicating Rāma is beloved. (of the dear one, of the beloved)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable

मम (mama) - Refers to Sītā speaking. (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

वानर (vānara) - Addressing Hanumān. (O monkey, O (vānara))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, forest-dweller

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, heart, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, heart

हरसि (harasi) - you steal, you seize, you captivate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मे (me) - Refers to Sītā's mind. (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

सौम्य (saumya) - Addressing Hanumān with respect and affection. (O gentle one, O tranquil one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, tranquil, benevolent, lunar

नदीकूलम् (nadīkūlam) - riverbank

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nadīkūla

nadīkūla - riverbank

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+kūla)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• kūla – bank, shore, slope
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

रयः (rayaḥ) - current, flow, stream, impetuosity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raya

raya - current, stream, flow, speed, impetuosity

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