वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-62, verse-19

तव चेदं सुसदृशं वाक्यं नान्यस्य कस्य चित् ।
संनतिर्हि तवाख्याति भविष्यच्छुभभाग्यताम् ॥१९॥

19. tava cedaṃ susadṛśaṃ vākyaṃ nānyasya kasya cit ,
saṃnatirhi tavākhyāti bhaviṣyacchubhabhāgyatām.

19. tava ca idam su-sadṛśam vākyam na anyasya kasya cit
| sannatiḥ hi tava ākhyāti bhaviṣyat-śubha-bhāgyatām

19. ca idam tava vākyam su-sadṛśam anyasya kasya cit na
hi tava sannatiḥ bhaviṣyat-śubha-bhāgyatām ākhyāti

19. This statement of yours is indeed very appropriate, belonging to no one else. For your humility (sannati) certainly proclaims your future auspicious destiny.

Words meanings summery:

• तव (tava) - belonging to you, spoken by you (your, of you)

• च (ca) - connecting the current statement to a previous one (and, also)

• इदम् (idam) - referring to the preceding statement (implied from the previous verse) (this)

• सु-सदृशम् (su-sadṛśam) - extremely suitable to your character or position (very similar, very appropriate, very fitting)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - the specific words spoken earlier (statement, word, speech)

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - not belonging to any other person (of another, of someone else)

• कस्य (kasya) - of any person (of whom, of what)

• चित् (cit) - adds indefiniteness to 'kasya' (anyone) (a certain, some, any)

• सन्नतिः (sannatiḥ) - a humble attitude or disposition (humility, reverence, bending low, obeisance)

• हि (hi) - emphasizes the reason for the appropriateness of the statement (indeed, for, because)

• तव (tava) - pertaining to your humility (your, of you)

• आख्याति (ākhyāti) - indicates, foreshadows (proclaims, declares, narrates)

• भविष्यत्-शुभ-भाग्यताम् (bhaviṣyat-śubha-bhāgyatām) - destiny of positive outcomes in the future (future good fortune, auspicious destiny)

Words meanings and morphology

तव (tava) - belonging to you, spoken by you (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternate form of yuṣmākam, less formal.

च (ca) - connecting the current statement to a previous one (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - referring to the preceding statement (implied from the previous verse) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Refers to the 'vākyam'.

सु-सदृशम् (su-sadṛśam) - extremely suitable to your character or position (very similar, very appropriate, very fitting)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of su-sadṛśa

su-sadṛśa - very similar, very appropriate, very fitting

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+sadṛśa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• sadṛśa – similar, like, equal, fit, proper
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - the specific words spoken earlier (statement, word, speech)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - statement, speech, word, sentence

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - not belonging to any other person (of another, of someone else)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Genitive singular, agreeing with kasyacit.

कस्य (kasya) - of any person (of whom, of what)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Genitive singular, often used with 'cit' to form indefinite pronoun.

चित् (cit) - adds indefiniteness to 'kasya' (anyone) (a certain, some, any)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms 'kasyacit' meaning 'of anyone'.

सन्नतिः (sannatiḥ) - a humble attitude or disposition (humility, reverence, bending low, obeisance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sannati

sannati - humility, bending low, reverence, obeisance

Derived from sam-nam (to bow down)

Prefix: sam

Root: nam (class 1)

हि (hi) - emphasizes the reason for the appropriateness of the statement (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - pertaining to your humility (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying 'sannatiḥ' and 'bhāgyatām'.

आख्याति (ākhyāti) - indicates, foreshadows (proclaims, declares, narrates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-khyā

present active

root khyā (to tell), with prefix ā, present tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

भविष्यत्-शुभ-भाग्यताम् (bhaviṣyat-śubha-bhāgyatām) - destiny of positive outcomes in the future (future good fortune, auspicious destiny)

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaviṣyat+śubha+bhāgyatā)

• bhaviṣyat – future, that which will be
  adjective (feminine)
  future active participle
  Root bhū (to be), future active participle
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious
  adjective (feminine)
• bhāgyatā – state of being fortunate, good fortune, destiny
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from bhāgya (fortune) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of 'ākhyāti'.

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