वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-26, verse-9

तन्मह्यं रोचते संधिः सह रामेण रावण ।
यदर्थमभियुक्ताः स्म सीता तस्मै प्रदीयताम् ॥९॥

9. tanmahyaṃ rocate saṃdhiḥ saha rāmeṇa rāvaṇa ,
yadarthamabhiyuktāḥ sma sītā tasmai pradīyatām.

9. tat mahyam rocate sandhiḥ saha rāmeṇa rāvaṇa
yat artham abhiyuktāḥ sma sīta tasmai pradīyatām

9. rāvaṇa,
tat sandhiḥ rāmeṇa saha mahyam rocate.
yat artham (vayam) abhiyuktāḥ sma,
tasmai sīta pradīyatām.

9. O Rāvaṇa, an alliance with Rāma seems appropriate to me. Sītā, for whom we are embroiled in conflict, should be returned to him.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the proposal of alliance) (that, it)

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me (to me, for me)

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, appeals (is pleasing, shines, appears)

• सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - alliance (alliance, treaty, union, peace)

• सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rāma (by Rāma, with Rāma)

• रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

• यत् (yat) - for which (purpose) (which, that)

• अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of (purpose, meaning, object, sake)

• अभियुक्ताः (abhiyuktāḥ) - involved (in conflict) (engaged, attacked, accused)

• स्म (sma) - (implies present action for emphasis) 'we are indeed engaged' ((particle indicating past tense with present verb, or intensifier))

• सीत (sīta) - Sītā

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Rāma) (to him, for that)

• प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let her be given (back) (let it be given, may it be presented)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the proposal of alliance) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, he, she

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

First person pronoun stem

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, appeals (is pleasing, shines, appears)

(verb)

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

ātmanepada verb, 1st class (bhvādi)

Root: ruc (class 1)

सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - alliance (alliance, treaty, union, peace)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhi

sandhi - union, junction, peace, treaty, alliance, compact

From sam-dhā (to put together)

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing instrumental case

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rāma (by Rāma, with Rāma)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a celebrated king, son of Daśaratha, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

यत् (yat) - for which (purpose) (which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun

अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of (purpose, meaning, object, sake)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, object, aim, meaning, wealth, thing

अभियुक्ताः (abhiyuktāḥ) - involved (in conflict) (engaged, attacked, accused)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhiyukta

abhiyukta - engaged in, devoted to, attacked, accused

Past Passive Participle

From prefix abhi + root √yuj (to join, to yoke)

Prefix: abhi

Root: yuj (class 7)

स्म (sma) - (implies present action for emphasis) 'we are indeed engaged' ((particle indicating past tense with present verb, or intensifier))

(indeclinable)

सीत (sīta) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sīta

sīta - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, Rāma's wife)

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Rāma) (to him, for that)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, him

Demonstrative pronoun

प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let her be given (back) (let it be given, may it be presented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of pradā

Passive imperative form of pra + √dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)