वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-9, verse-22

त्यजस्व कोपं सुखधर्मनाशनं भजस्व धर्मं रतिकीर्तिवर्धनम् ।
प्रसीद जीवेम सपुत्रबान्धवाः प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली ॥२२॥

22. tyajasva kopaṃ sukhadharmanāśanaṃ bhajasva dharmaṃ ratikīrtivardhanam ,
prasīda jīvema saputrabāndhavāḥ pradīyatāṃ dāśarathāya maithilī.

22. tyajasva kopam sukha-dharma-nāśanam
bhajasva dharmam rati-kīrti-vardhanam
prasīda jīvema sa-putra-bāndhavāḥ
pradīyatām dāśarathāya maithilī

22. kopam sukha-dharma-nāśanam tyajasva.
dharmam rati-kīrti-vardhanam bhajasva.
prasīda.
sa-putra-bāndhavāḥ jīvema.
maithilī dāśarathāya pradīyatām.

22. Abandon anger, which destroys happiness and natural law (dharma). Embrace natural law (dharma), which increases pleasure and fame. Be gracious, so that we may live with our sons and relatives. Let Maithilī (Sita) be returned to Dasharatha's son (Rama).

Words meanings summery:

• त्यजस्व (tyajasva) - abandon, give up, forsake

• कोपम् (kopam) - anger, wrath, fury

• सुख-धर्म-नाशनम् (sukha-dharma-nāśanam) - destroyer of happiness and natural law

• भजस्व (bhajasva) - embrace, resort to, worship, serve

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature

• रति-कीर्ति-वर्धनम् (rati-kīrti-vardhanam) - increasing pleasure and fame

• प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious, be pleased, be tranquil, bestow favor

• जीवेम (jīvema) - may we live

• स-पुत्र-बान्धवाः (sa-putra-bāndhavāḥ) - with sons and kinsmen/relatives

• प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let her be returned

• दाशरथाय (dāśarathāya) - to Rama (to the son of Dasharatha)

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita (princess of Mithila)

Words meanings and morphology

त्यजस्व (tyajasva) - abandon, give up, forsake

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कोपम् (kopam) - anger, wrath, fury

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kopa

kopa - anger, wrath, fury

Derived from root √kup

Root: kup (class 4)

सुख-धर्म-नाशनम् (sukha-dharma-nāśanam) - destroyer of happiness and natural law

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sukha-dharma-nāśana

sukha-dharma-nāśana - destroying happiness and righteousness/natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+dharma+nāśana)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• nāśana – destroying, causing to perish, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √naś
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'kopam'

भजस्व (bhajasva) - embrace, resort to, worship, serve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, virtue

Derived from root √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

रति-कीर्ति-वर्धनम् (rati-kīrti-vardhanam) - increasing pleasure and fame

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rati-kīrti-vardhana

rati-kīrti-vardhana - increasing delight/love/pleasure and fame/glory

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rati+kīrti+vardhana)

• rati – pleasure, delight, love, attachment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• kīrti – fame, glory, renown
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• vardhana – increasing, promoting, causing to grow
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √vṛdh
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'

प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious, be pleased, be tranquil, bestow favor

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-sad

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

जीवेम (jīvema) - may we live

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

स-पुत्र-बान्धवाः (sa-putra-bāndhavāḥ) - with sons and kinsmen/relatives

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-putra-bāndhava

sa-putra-bāndhava - accompanied by sons and kinsmen

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+putra+bāndhava)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'with'
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• bāndhava – relative, kinsman
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied 'vayam' (we)

प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let her be returned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of pra-dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

दाशरथाय (dāśarathāya) - to Rama (to the son of Dasharatha)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dāśaratha

dāśaratha - son of Dasharatha

Taddhita derivation from Dasharatha

मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita (princess of Mithila)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila, daughter of the king of Mithila

Taddhita derivation from Mithila

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