वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-10, verse-27

या या मे जायते बुद्धिर्येषु येष्वाश्रमेष्विह ।
सा सा भवतु धर्मिष्ठा तं तं धर्मं च पालये ॥२७॥

27. yā yā me jāyate buddhiryeṣu yeṣvāśrameṣviha ,
sā sā bhavatu dharmiṣṭhā taṃ taṃ dharmaṃ ca pālaye.

27. yā yā me jāyate buddhiḥ yeṣu yeṣu āśrameṣu iha sā
sā bhavatu dharm-iṣṭhā tam tam dharmam ca pālaye

27. iha yeṣu yeṣu āśrameṣu me yā yā buddhiḥ jāyate,
sā sā dharm-iṣṭhā bhavatu,
ca tam tam dharmam pālaye

27. Whatever type of understanding (buddhi) arises in me in whichever stages of life (āśrama) here on Earth, may that understanding always be supremely rooted in natural law (dharma), and may I uphold that particular natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

• या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• जायते (jāyate) - arises, is born, happens

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which (masculine/neuter plural)

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which (masculine/neuter plural)

• आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu) - in stages of life (āśrama), in hermitages

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be

• धर्म्-इष्ठा (dharm-iṣṭhā) - supremely righteous, most devoted to natural law (dharma)

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine)

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine)

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

• च (ca) - and

• पालये (pālaye) - may I protect, may I observe

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself (first person pronoun)

जायते (jāyate) - arises, is born, happens

(verb)

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

Root: jan (class 4)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, reason

Derived from the root budh (to know, understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

येषु (yeṣu) - in which (masculine/neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

येषु (yeṣu) - in which (masculine/neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu) - in stages of life (āśrama), in hermitages

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, stage of life (e.g., student, householder, forest dweller, renunciant)

From root śram (to toil, exert) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative/anaphoric pronoun)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative/anaphoric pronoun)

भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

धर्म्-इष्ठा (dharm-iṣṭhā) - supremely righteous, most devoted to natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharma-iṣṭha

dharma-iṣṭha - most righteous, deeply rooted in dharma, strictly adherent to dharma

Superlative

Superlative suffix -iṣṭha added to dharma.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+iṣṭha)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, constitution, duty
  noun (masculine)
• iṣṭha – most desired, best, superlative suffix
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix
  Suffix -iṣṭha is used to form the superlative degree of adjectives.

तम् (tam) - that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it (demonstrative/anaphoric pronoun)

तम् (tam) - that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it (demonstrative/anaphoric pronoun)

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पालये (pālaye) - may I protect, may I observe

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pāl

Derived from the root pā (to protect) or a denominative from pāla.

Root: pāl (class 10)