वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-11

रामो भामिनि लोकस्य चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता ।
मर्यादानां च लोकस्य कर्ता कारयिता च सः ॥११॥

11. rāmo bhāmini lokasya cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā ,
maryādānāṃ ca lokasya kartā kārayitā ca saḥ.

11. rāmaḥ bhāmini lokasya cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā
maryādānām ca lokasya kartā kārayitā ca saḥ

11. O radiant lady, Rama is the protector of the people and of the four social orders (varṇa). He is also the one who establishes and causes to be observed the conventions of the world.

Words meanings summery:

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (a proper name)

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady, O angry lady, O radiant lady

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

• चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four social orders (varṇa) (of the four social orders, of the four (varṇa)s)

• रक्षिता (rakṣitā) - protector, guardian

• मर्यादानाम् (maryādānām) - of the established conventions (of the boundaries, of the limits, of the established conventions/rules)

• च (ca) - and, also

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

• कर्ता (kartā) - establisher (doer, creator, agent, maker, establisher)

• कारयिता (kārayitā) - enforcer (one who causes to be done, initiator, enforcer)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

Words meanings and morphology

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, hero of Ramayana)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady, O angry lady, O radiant lady

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - beautiful woman, radiant woman, passionate woman, angry woman

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

Root: lok (class 1)

चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four social orders (varṇa) (of the four social orders, of the four (varṇa)s)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya

cāturvarṇya - the system of four social orders, the four (varṇa)s

derived from caturvarṇa + ṣyaN suffix

Compound type : bahuvrihi (catur+varṇa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• varṇa – color, class, social order, letter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

रक्षिता (rakṣitā) - protector, guardian

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣitṛ

rakṣitṛ - protector, guardian

agent noun

derived from root rakṣ with agent suffix -tṛ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

मर्यादानाम् (maryādānām) - of the established conventions (of the boundaries, of the limits, of the established conventions/rules)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of maryādā

maryādā - boundary, limit, established rule, convention, custom

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

Root: lok (class 1)

कर्ता (kartā) - establisher (doer, creator, agent, maker, establisher)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, creator, maker, agent

agent noun

derived from root kṛ with agent suffix -tṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कारयिता (kārayitā) - enforcer (one who causes to be done, initiator, enforcer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārayitṛ

kārayitṛ - one who causes to be done, instigator, initiator

agent noun from causative

derived from causative of root kṛ with agent suffix -tṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as a demonstrative pronoun.

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