वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-38, verse-23

कारणानि च वक्ष्यामि महान्ति सदृशानि च ।
यथेमौ जीवतो देवि भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥२३॥

23. kāraṇāni ca vakṣyāmi mahānti sadṛśāni ca ,
yathemau jīvato devi bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau.

23. kāraṇāni ca vakṣyāmi mahānti sadṛśāni ca yathā
imau jīvataḥ devi bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau

23. devi aham mahānti sadṛśāni ca kāraṇāni vakṣyāmi
yathā imau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau jīvataḥ

23. O goddess, I will tell you great and appropriate reasons as to how these two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, are still alive.

Words meanings summery:

• कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - reasons (reasons, causes, motives)

• च (ca) - and

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell you (I shall speak, I shall tell)

• महान्ति (mahānti) - great (great, mighty, extensive)

• सदृशानि (sadṛśāni) - appropriate (appropriate, suitable, similar)

• च (ca) - and

• यथा (yathā) - as to how (as, how, just as)

• इमौ (imau) - these two (these two (masculine dual))

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - are alive (they two live)

• देवि (devi) - O goddess (O goddess, O lady)

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers (two brothers)

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - reasons (reasons, causes, motives)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

From root kṛ + ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of vakṣyāmi.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell you (I shall speak, I shall tell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future tense form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

महान्ति (mahānti) - great (great, mighty, extensive)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Modifies kāraṇāni.

सदृशानि (sadṛśāni) - appropriate (appropriate, suitable, similar)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - like, similar, suitable, appropriate, becoming

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+dṛśa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dṛśa – appearance, sight
  noun (masculine)
  From root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies kāraṇāni.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as to how (as, how, just as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a subordinate clause.

इमौ (imau) - these two (these two (masculine dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

Note: Refers to rāmalakṣmaṇau.

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - are alive (they two live)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present tense dual form of root jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject is rāmalakṣmaṇau.

देवि (devi) - O goddess (O goddess, O lady)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Note: Addressed to Sītā.

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers (two brothers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: In apposition to rāmalakṣmaṇau.

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Dvaṃdva compound of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rāma (name of the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rāma's brother)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of jīvataḥ.