वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-10, verse-37

प्रजापतिस्तु तां प्राप्तां प्राह वाक्यं सरस्वतीम् ।
वाणि त्वं राक्षसेन्द्रस्य भव या देवतेप्सिता ॥३७॥

37. prajāpatistu tāṃ prāptāṃ prāha vākyaṃ sarasvatīm ,
vāṇi tvaṃ rākṣasendrasya bhava yā devatepsitā.

37. prajāpatiḥ tu tām prāptām prāha vākyam sarasvatīm
vāṇi tvam rākṣasendrasya bhava yā devatā īpsitā

37. tu prajāpatiḥ tām prāptām sarasvatīm vākyam prāha
vāṇi tvam rākṣasendrasya yā īpsitā devatā bhava

37. Lord Brahmā then said to Sarasvati, who had arrived, "O Vāṇī, you shall be the deity desired by the king of rākṣasas."

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Lord Brahmā (Lord of creatures, creator god)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• ताम् (tām) - to Sarasvati (her, to her)

• प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - who had arrived (having reached, having obtained, having arrived)

• प्राह (prāha) - he said, he spoke

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, words, statement

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, music)

• वाणि (vāṇi) - O Vāṇī (another name for Sarasvati) (O speech, O goddess of speech)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of rākṣasas (demons)

• भव (bhava) - be, become, exist

• या (yā) - who, which (feminine singular nominative)

• देवता (devatā) - deity, goddess

• ईप्सिता (īpsitā) - desired, wished for

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Lord Brahmā (Lord of creatures, creator god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, progenitor, Prajāpati (often identified with Brahmā)

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, progeny, subjects, creatures
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - to Sarasvati (her, to her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - who had arrived (having reached, having obtained, having arrived)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra- and suffix -kta.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

प्राह (prāha) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of prāha

Perfect (Lit) form of pra-ah (from brū/vac)

Intensive/Reduplicated perfect form of the root ah (from brū/vac) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, words, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence

Derived from vac (to speak) + ṇyaT suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, music)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati (a river, a goddess of speech and learning)

वाणि (vāṇi) - O Vāṇī (another name for Sarasvati) (O speech, O goddess of speech)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vāṇī

vāṇī - speech, voice, language, Sarasvati (as goddess of speech)

Derived from root vaṇ (to sound) + -ī pratyaya.

Root: vaṇ (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - king of rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpurusha (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – belonging to rākṣasas, a demon, evil spirit
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, king (often used as a suffix)
  noun (masculine)

भव (bhava) - be, become, exist

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

या (yā) - who, which (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

देवता (devatā) - deity, goddess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, godhead

Derived from deva (god) + -tā (abstract suffix).

ईप्सिता (īpsitā) - desired, wished for

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished, aimed at, suitable

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from the desiderative stem īpsa- (from āp, to obtain).

Root: āp (class 5)