वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-31, verse-61

ब्रवीमि त्वां हितं वाक्यं क्रियतामौर्ध्वदेकिकम् ।
सुदृष्टा क्रियतां लङ्का जीवितं ते मयि स्थितम् ॥६१॥

61. bravīmi tvāṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ kriyatāmaurdhvadekikam ,
sudṛṣṭā kriyatāṃ laṅkā jīvitaṃ te mayi sthitam.

61. bravīmi tvām hitam vākyam kriyatām aurdhvadehikam
| sudṛṣṭā kriyatām laṅkā jīvitam te mayi sthitam

61. tvām hitam vākyam bravīmi aurdhvadehikam kriyatām
laṅkā sudṛṣṭā kriyatām te jīvitam mayi sthitam

61. I speak a beneficial word to you: let the rites for the departed be performed. Let Lanka be thoroughly inspected. Your life depends on me.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I tell, I say

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, good, advantageous, friendly

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement, speech, sentence

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, it should be done, may it be done

• और्ध्वदेहिकम् (aurdhvadehikam) - funeral rites, rites for the deceased (pertaining to the afterlife, relating to what is after death, post-mortem rites)

• सुदृष्टा (sudṛṣṭā) - well-seen, well-observed, thoroughly examined, carefully inspected

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, it should be done, may it be done

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (name of an island city)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence, livelihood

• ते (te) - your, to you

• मयि (mayi) - in me, on me, with me

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, placed, standing, resting, dependent

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I tell, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, good, advantageous, friendly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, advantageous, friendly, suitable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place) or 'hi' (to send). In this context, it means 'placed well', 'beneficial'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, statement, speech, sentence, discourse

From 'vac' (to speak) + 'ya' suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, it should be done, may it be done

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

और्ध्वदेहिकम् (aurdhvadehikam) - funeral rites, rites for the deceased (pertaining to the afterlife, relating to what is after death, post-mortem rites)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aurdhvadehika

aurdhvadehika - pertaining to the next world, relating to what is after death, post-mortem

From 'ūrdhvadeha' (the body after death or the spiritual body) + 'ika' suffix.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ūrdhva+deha)

• ūrdhva – upwards, higher, subsequent
  adjective (neuter)
• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)

Note: Implied noun is 'karma' (action) or 'vidhi' (rite).

सुदृष्टा (sudṛṣṭā) - well-seen, well-observed, thoroughly examined, carefully inspected

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sudṛṣṭa

sudṛṣṭa - well-seen, thoroughly observed, carefully inspected

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'su' (well) and 'dṛṣṭa' (seen, from root 'dṛś').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+dṛṣṭa)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating goodness or ease.
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, observed
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'laṅkā'.

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, it should be done, may it be done

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (name of an island city)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (the capital city of Rāvaṇa)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence, livelihood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood, animating principle

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Note: Can also be dative. Here, 'your life'.

मयि (mayi) - in me, on me, with me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, placed, standing, resting, dependent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, dependent

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jīvitam'.