वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-10, verse-14

शीघ्रं वरय धर्मज्ञ वरो यस्ते ऽभिकाङ्क्षितः ।
किं ते कामं करोम्यद्य न वृथा ते परिश्रमः ॥१४॥

14. śīghraṃ varaya dharmajña varo yaste'bhikāṅkṣitaḥ ,
kiṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ.

14. śīghram varaya dharmajña varaḥ yaḥ te abhikāṅkṣitaḥ
| kim te kāmam karomi adya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ

14. dharmajña,
yaḥ varaḥ te abhikāṅkṣitaḥ,
(tam) śīghram varaya adya te kim kāmam karomi? te pariśramaḥ na vṛthā (asti).

14. O knower of natural law (dharma), quickly choose the boon that you desire. What wish shall I fulfill for you today? Your effort has not been in vain.

Words meanings summery:

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• वरय (varaya) - choose, select, ask for, request (a boon)

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma, righteous, virtuous)

• वरः (varaḥ) - boon, blessing, choice, excellent

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

• ते (te) - to you, your (enclitic dative/genitive of 'you')

• अभिकाङ्क्षितः (abhikāṅkṣitaḥ) - desired, wished for, longed for

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• ते (te) - to you, your (enclitic dative/genitive of 'you')

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, object of desire

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• न (na) - not, no

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• ते (te) - your (enclitic dative/genitive of 'you')

• परिश्रमः (pariśramaḥ) - effort, exertion, labor, fatigue

Words meanings and morphology

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverb here

वरय (varaya) - choose, select, ask for, request (a boon)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (loṭ) of vṛ

Causative or 10th class derivative

Imperative 2nd singular active. Stem 'varaya' from √vṛ (to choose/ask for) 10th class or causative.

Root: vṛ (class 9)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma, righteous, virtuous)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, righteous

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root √jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

वरः (varaḥ) - boon, blessing, choice, excellent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, excellent, choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

ते (te) - to you, your (enclitic dative/genitive of 'you')

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (personal pronoun)

अभिकाङ्क्षितः (abhikāṅkṣitaḥ) - desired, wished for, longed for

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhikāṅkṣita

abhikāṅkṣita - desired, wished for

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kāṅkṣ with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used here interrogatively, modifying 'kāmam'

ते (te) - to you, your (enclitic dative/genitive of 'you')

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (personal pronoun)

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, object of desire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, object of desire

Root: kam (class 1)

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Present Indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (enclitic dative/genitive of 'you')

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (personal pronoun)

परिश्रमः (pariśramaḥ) - effort, exertion, labor, fatigue

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pariśrama

pariśrama - effort, exertion, labor, fatigue

Prefix: pari

Root: śram (class 1)