वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-2, verse-22

भगवंस्तनयां मे त्वं गुणैः स्वैरेव भूषिताम् ।
भिक्षां प्रतिगृहाणेमां महर्षे स्वयमुद्यताम् ॥२२॥

22. bhagavaṃstanayāṃ me tvaṃ guṇaiḥ svaireva bhūṣitām ,
bhikṣāṃ pratigṛhāṇemāṃ maharṣe svayamudyatām.

22. bhagavan tanayām me tvam guṇaiḥ svaiḥ eva bhūṣitām
bhikṣām pratigṛhāṇa imām maharṣe svayam udyatām

22. O revered one, O great sage, please accept this daughter of mine, adorned by her own virtues, as an offering (bhikṣā), who has herself come forward.

Words meanings summery:

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Pulastya (O revered one, O blessed one)

• तनयाम् (tanayām) - daughter

• मे (me) - my, of me, to me

• त्वम् (tvam) - Pulastya (you)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by virtues

• स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by her own

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• भूषिताम् (bhūṣitām) - adorned, decorated

• भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - an offering of his daughter (alms, offering, charity)

• प्रतिगृहाण (pratigṛhāṇa) - please accept

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• महर्षे (maharṣe) - O Pulastya (O great sage)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by herself

• उद्यताम् (udyatām) - having come forward, self-offered (prepared, offered, ready)

Words meanings and morphology

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Pulastya (O revered one, O blessed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, revered, Lord

Present active participle of root bhuj (to enjoy) or bhaj (to receive portion), here used as an adjective/noun in vocative.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

तनयाम् (tanayām) - daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanayā

tanayā - daughter, female child

From tan (to stretch, to procreate)

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of pratigṛhāṇa.

मे (me) - my, of me, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic pronominal form.

त्वम् (tvam) - Pulastya (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

Note: Subject of pratigṛhāṇa.

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by virtues

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, strand, thread

Note: Instrument of bhūṣitām.

स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by her own

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Possessive adjective.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'svaiḥ'.

भूषिताम् (bhūṣitām) - adorned, decorated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūṣita

bhūṣita - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

From root bhūṣ (to adorn) with suffix -ta.

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Describes tanayām.

भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - an offering of his daughter (alms, offering, charity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhikṣā

bhikṣā - alms, begging, charity, offering

From root bhikṣ (to beg)

Root: bhikṣ (class 1)

Note: Direct object.

प्रतिगृहाण (pratigṛhāṇa) - please accept

(verb)

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

Imperative active

Root grah (to take) with prefix prati, imperative mood, 2nd person singular.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

महर्षे (maharṣe) - O Pulastya (O great sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - a great sage, venerable seer

Karmadhāraya compound: mahat (great) + ṛṣi (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ṛṣi)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct address to Pulastya.

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by herself

(indeclinable)

Reflexive pronoun in adverbial usage.

Note: Modifies udyatām.

उद्यताम् (udyatām) - having come forward, self-offered (prepared, offered, ready)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udyata

udyata - prepared, ready, offered, risen

Past Passive Participle

From root yam (to restrain, to offer) with prefix ud (up, forth) and suffix -ta.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Describes tanayām.