वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-39

युक्ता रामस्य भवती धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनी ।
प्रतिसंदिश मां देवि गमिष्ये यत्र राघवः ॥३९॥

39. yuktā rāmasya bhavatī dharmapatnī yaśasvinī ,
pratisaṃdiśa māṃ devi gamiṣye yatra rāghavaḥ.

39. yuktā rāmasya bhavatī dharmapatnī yaśasvinī
pratisaṃdiśa mām devi gamiṣye yatra rāghavaḥ

39. devi bhavatī rāmasya yuktā yaśasvinī dharmapatnī
mām pratisaṃdiśa yatra rāghavaḥ gamiṣye

39. O Goddess, you are Rama's devoted and glorious lawful wife (dharmapatnī). Please instruct me where Rāghava (Rama) is, and I will go there.

Words meanings summery:

• युक्ता (yuktā) - joined, endowed with, suitable, fit, devoted

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• भवती (bhavatī) - your honorable self, you (polite address, feminine)

• धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī) - Sītā, as the legitimate wife of Rama according to (dharma) (lawful wife, righteous wife, constitutional wife)

• यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - glorious, famous, illustrious, renowned

• प्रतिसंदिश (pratisaṁdiśa) - instruct, tell, give a message, reply

• माम् (mām) - me

• देवि (devi) - Referring to Sītā. (O goddess, O lady)

• गमिष्ये (gamiṣye) - I shall go

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

युक्ता (yuktā) - joined, endowed with, suitable, fit, devoted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed with, suitable, fit, proper, attentive, absorbed in (yoga), devoted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `yuj` (to join, connect, unite) with suffix `kta`.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Matches `bhavatī`, `dharmapatnī`, `yaśasvinī`.

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a celebrated king, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu)

भवती (bhavatī) - your honorable self, you (polite address, feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, your ladyship, being, present

Present Active Participle

From root `bhū` (to be) with suffix `śatṛ`. Feminine form `bhavatī`.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Sītā.

धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī) - Sītā, as the legitimate wife of Rama according to (dharma) (lawful wife, righteous wife, constitutional wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmapatnī

dharmapatnī - lawful wife, wife by (dharma), legitimate wife

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+patnī)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom
  noun (masculine)
  From root `dhṛ` (to hold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• patnī – wife, mistress of a house, female owner
  noun (feminine)

यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - glorious, famous, illustrious, renowned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yaśasvin

yaśasvin - glorious, famous, illustrious, possessing glory

From `yaśas` (glory, fame) with possessive suffix `vin`.

Note: Matches `bhavatī`, `dharmapatnī`, `yuktā`.

प्रतिसंदिश (pratisaṁdiśa) - instruct, tell, give a message, reply

(verb)

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

Imperative

2nd person singular.

Prefixes: prati+sam

Root: diś (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun.

देवि (devi) - Referring to Sītā. (O goddess, O lady)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Note: Refers to Sītā.

गमिष्ये (gamiṣye) - I shall go

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future Tense

1st person singular, middle voice (or active with middle endings).

Root: gam (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

Patronymic from Raghu.

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