वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-12, verse-20

सकृदेव प्रपन्नाय तवास्मीति च याचते ।
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो ददाम्येतद्व्रतं मम ॥२०॥

20. sakṛdeva prapannāya tavāsmīti ca yācate ,
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dadāmyetadvrataṃ mama.

20. sakṛt eva prapannāya tava asmi iti ca yācate
abhayam sarvabhūtebhyaḥ dadāmi etat vratam mama

20. sakṛt eva prapannāya tava asmi iti ca yācate
sarvabhūtebhyaḥ abhayam dadāmi etat mama vratam

20. To one who, having surrendered just once, requests 'I am yours,' I grant freedom from fear from all beings. This is my vow.

Words meanings summery:

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - just once (once, one time, at once)

• एव (eva) - just (emphasizing 'once') (only, indeed, just, precisely)

• प्रपन्नाय (prapannāya) - to one who has surrendered (to one who has surrendered, to one who has sought refuge)

• तव (tava) - yours (your, of you)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marks the quoted phrase) (thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation))

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• याचते (yācate) - requests (he asks, he begs, he requests)

• अभयम् (abhayam) - freedom from fear (fearlessness, safety, security, freedom from fear)

• सर्वभूतेभ्यः (sarvabhūtebhyaḥ) - from all beings (from all beings, to all beings)

• ददामि (dadāmi) - I grant (I give, I grant)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow (vow, sacred observance, religious practice)

• मम (mama) - my (my, mine, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

सकृत् (sakṛt) - just once (once, one time, at once)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just (emphasizing 'once') (only, indeed, just, precisely)

(indeclinable)

प्रपन्नाय (prapannāya) - to one who has surrendered (to one who has surrendered, to one who has sought refuge)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of prapanna

prapanna - surrendered, sought refuge, approached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√pad (to go, fall, approach) + kta suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'him' or 'person'.

तव (tava) - yours (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Used here in a possessive sense, 'belonging to you'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the quoted phrase) (thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation))

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

याचते (yācate) - requests (he asks, he begs, he requests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

अभयम् (abhayam) - freedom from fear (fearlessness, safety, security, freedom from fear)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhaya

abhaya - fearlessness, safety, security, freedom from fear

Compound of a (negative prefix) and bhaya (fear)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+bhaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• bhaya – fear, dread, terror
  noun (neuter)
  From √bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Direct object of 'dadāmi'.

सर्वभूतेभ्यः (sarvabhūtebhyaḥ) - from all beings (from all beings, to all beings)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, everything

Compound of sarva (all) and bhūta (being/creature)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole, complete
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, ghost, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used with abhayam to mean 'freedom from'.

ददामि (dadāmi) - I grant (I give, I grant)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Qualifies 'vratam'.

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow (vow, sacred observance, religious practice)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious practice, rule, resolution

Note: Predicate nominative for 'etat'.

मम (mama) - my (my, mine, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive pronoun.

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