वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-104, verse-24

यथा मे हृदयं नित्यं नापसर्पति राघवात् ।
तथा लोकस्य साक्षी मां सर्वतः पातु पावकः ॥२४॥

24. yathā me hṛdayaṃ nityaṃ nāpasarpati rāghavāt ,
tathā lokasya sākṣī māṃ sarvataḥ pātu pāvakaḥ.

24. yatʰā me hṛdayaṃ nityaṃ na apasarpati rāgʰavāt
tatʰā lokasya sākṣī māṃ sarvataḥ pātu pāvakaḥ

24. yatʰā me hṛdayaṃ nityaṃ rāgʰavāt na apasarpati
tatʰā lokasya sākṣī pāvakaḥ māṃ sarvataḥ pātu

24. Just as my heart never deviates from Rāghava, so may Pāvaka, the witness of the world, protect me completely.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्ʰआ (yatʰā) - as, just as, according to

• मे (me) - my, of me, to me

• हृदयं (hṛdayaṁ) - heart, mind

• नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always, constantly, perpetually

• न (na) - not, no

• अपसर्पति (apasarpati) - deviates, moves away, departs

• राग्ʰअवात् (rāgʰavāt) - from Rama, descendant of Raghu (from Rāghava)

• तत्ʰआ (tatʰā) - so, in that manner, thus

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

• साक्षी (sākṣī) - witness

• मां (māṁ) - me

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

• पातु (pātu) - may protect, let him protect

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - Agni, the god of fire, acting as a purifier (fire, the purifier)

Words meanings and morphology

यत्ʰआ (yatʰā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, of me, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic form of asmad

हृदयं (hṛdayaṁ) - heart, mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core

नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Also functions as an adverb

Note: Used as an adverb here.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपसर्पति (apasarpati) - deviates, moves away, departs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of apasṛp

Present tense

Root √sṛp (class 1) with upasarga apa-, 3rd person singular present active

Prefix: apa

Root: sṛp (class 1)

राग्ʰअवात् (rāgʰavāt) - from Rama, descendant of Raghu (from Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāgʰava

rāgʰava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

तत्ʰआ (tatʰā) - so, in that manner, thus

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

साक्षी (sākṣī) - witness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sākṣin

sākṣin - witness, observer

Nominative singular of masculine noun sākṣin

मां (māṁ) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Accusative singular of asmad

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Formed from sarva with -tas suffix

पातु (pātu) - may protect, let him protect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of pā

Imperative mood

Root √pā (class 2), 3rd person singular imperative active

Root: pā (class 2)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - Agni, the god of fire, acting as a purifier (fire, the purifier)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, sacred fire

From root √pū (to purify) with -aka suffix

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Agni.