वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-114, verse-2

कल्याणी बत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मे ।
एति जीवन्तमानन्दो नरं वर्षशतादपि ॥२॥

2. kalyāṇī bata gātheyaṃ laukikī pratibhāti me ,
eti jīvantamānando naraṃ varṣaśatādapi.

2. kalyāṇī bata gāthā iyam laukikī pratibhāti
me eti jīvantam ānandaḥ naram varṣaśatāt api

2. bata iyam laukikī gāthā me kalyāṇī pratibhāti
jīvantam naram ānandaḥ varṣaśatāt api eti

2. Indeed, this popular saying seems very auspicious to me: 'Joy comes to a living person, even after a hundred years.'

Words meanings summery:

• कल्याणी (kalyāṇī) - auspicious (auspicious, blessed, good, beautiful)

• बत (bata) - indeed (indeed, alas, oh)

• गाथा (gāthā) - a saying (a verse, a song, a saying)

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• लौकिकी (laukikī) - popular (worldly, popular, common, conventional)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - seems (appears, seems, shines forth)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

• एति (eti) - comes (comes, goes)

• जीवन्तम् (jīvantam) - living (living, alive)

• आनन्दः (ānandaḥ) - joy (joy, happiness, bliss)

• नरम् (naram) - person (person, man)

• वर्षशतात् (varṣaśatāt) - after a hundred years (from a hundred years, after a hundred years)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

कल्याणी (kalyāṇī) - auspicious (auspicious, blessed, good, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalyāṇī

kalyāṇī - auspicious, blessed, good, beautiful

बत (bata) - indeed (indeed, alas, oh)

(indeclinable)

गाथा (gāthā) - a saying (a verse, a song, a saying)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gāthā

gāthā - a verse, a song, a saying, a stanza

Root: gāi (class 1)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

लौकिकी (laukikī) - popular (worldly, popular, common, conventional)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laukika

laukika - worldly, popular, common, conventional, mundane

Derived from loka (world) + ṭhak (suffix indicating relation to)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - seems (appears, seems, shines forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Present active indicative

From prati (prefix) + root bhā (to shine)

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Enclitic dative/genitive singular of aham.

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits the context "seems to me".

एति (eti) - comes (comes, goes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present active indicative

From root iṇ (to go)

Root: iṇ (class 2)

जीवन्तम् (jīvantam) - living (living, alive)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies naram.

आनन्दः (ānandaḥ) - joy (joy, happiness, bliss)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ānanda

ānanda - joy, happiness, bliss, delight

From ā (prefix) + root nand (to rejoice)

Prefix: ā

Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Subject of eti.

नरम् (naram) - person (person, man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

Note: Object to which joy comes.

वर्षशतात् (varṣaśatāt) - after a hundred years (from a hundred years, after a hundred years)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years

Compound of varṣa (year) and śata (hundred).

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Denotes origin or "after".

अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes varṣaśatāt.