वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-34, verse-9

अर्हसे च कपिश्रेष्ठ मया समभिभाषितुम् ।
यद्यसि प्रेषितस्तेन रामेण विदितात्मना ॥९॥

9. arhase ca kapiśreṣṭha mayā samabhibhāṣitum ,
yadyasi preṣitastena rāmeṇa viditātmanā.

9. arhase ca kapiśreṣṭha mayā samabhibhāṣitum
yadi asi preṣitaḥ tena rāmeṇa viditātmanā

9. kapiśreṣṭha yadi tena rāmeṇa viditātmanā
preṣitaḥ asi ca mayā samabhibhāṣitum arhase

9. O best of monkeys, you are worthy to be addressed by me, if you have truly been sent by that Rama, who understands his own nature (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• अर्हसे (arhase) - you are worthy, you deserve, you are fit

• च (ca) - and, also

• कपिश्रेष्ठ (kapiśreṣṭha) - O best of monkeys, chief of apes

• मया (mayā) - by me

• समभिभाषितुम् (samabhibhāṣitum) - to speak with, to address

• यदि (yadi) - if

• असि (asi) - you are

• प्रेषितः (preṣitaḥ) - sent, dispatched

• तेन (tena) - by Rama (by him, by that)

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

• विदितात्मना (viditātmanā) - by Rama, who understands his own nature (ātman) (by one who knows the self, by one whose nature is known/understood, by the enlightened one)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्हसे (arhase) - you are worthy, you deserve, you are fit

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कपिश्रेष्ठ (kapiśreṣṭha) - O best of monkeys, chief of apes

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kapiśreṣṭha

kapiśreṣṭha - best of monkeys, chief of apes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kapi+śreṣṭha)

• kapi – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  superlative of praśasya

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

समभिभाषितुम् (samabhibhāṣitum) - to speak with, to address

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of samabhibhāṣ

infinitive

dhatv-arthaka (infinitive) from root bhāṣ with prefix sam- and abhi-

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

प्रेषितः (preṣitaḥ) - sent, dispatched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of preṣita

preṣita - sent, dispatched

past passive participle

from root iṣ (to go) with prefix pra- (and secondary root eṣayati)

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: participle used as an adjective

तेन (tena) - by Rama (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: refers to Rama

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, delightful

विदितात्मना (viditātmanā) - by Rama, who understands his own nature (ātman) (by one who knows the self, by one whose nature is known/understood, by the enlightened one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viditātman

viditātman - one who knows the self, one whose nature is understood, enlightened

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidita+ātman)

• vidita – known, understood, perceived
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: qualifies Rāmeṇa