वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-33, verse-12

इदं राज्यमिमे पुत्रा इमे दारा इमे वयम् ।
ब्रह्मन् किं कुर्म किं कार्यमाज्ञापयतु नो भवान् ॥१२॥

12. idaṃ rājyamime putrā ime dārā ime vayam ,
brahman kiṃ kurma kiṃ kāryamājñāpayatu no bhavān.

12. idam rājyam ime putrāḥ ime dārāḥ ime vayam
brahman kim kurma kim kāryam ājñāpayatu naḥ bhavān

12. brahman ime rājyam ime putrāḥ ime dārāḥ ime
vayam kim kurma kim kāryam bhavān naḥ ājñāpayatu

12. This is our kingdom, these are our sons, these are our wives, and here we stand. O brahmin (brahman), what should we do? What is our task? Please command us.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (kingdom) (this, here)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - (our) kingdom (kingdom, rule)

• इमे (ime) - these (sons) (these)

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - (our) sons (sons, children)

• इमे (ime) - these (wives) (these)

• दाराः (dārāḥ) - (our) wives (wives, women)

• इमे (ime) - here (we) (these)

• वयम् (vayam) - we (ourselves) (we)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin (addressed to a sage) (O brahmin, O Brahman, O holy one)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

• कुर्म (kurma) - what should we do (we do, we make, we perform)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - what is our task (work, duty, what is to be done)

• आज्ञापयतु (ājñāpayatu) - may you command (may he command, order)

• नः (naḥ) - us (to us, our, us)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (O brahmin) (you (honorific), Sir)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (kingdom) (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

राज्यम् (rājyam) - (our) kingdom (kingdom, rule)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, rule, sovereignty

From rāj- (to rule) + -ya suffix

Root: rāj (class 1)

इमे (ime) - these (sons) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - (our) sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

इमे (ime) - these (wives) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

दाराः (dārāḥ) - (our) wives (wives, women)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife, consort

Always used in masculine plural for 'wife'.

इमे (ime) - here (we) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

वयम् (vayam) - we (ourselves) (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I, we

Pronominal root 'mad' (asmad)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin (addressed to a sage) (O brahmin, O Brahman, O holy one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - brahmin, holy man; the absolute (brahman)

Root: bṛh

किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

कुर्म (kurma) - what should we do (we do, we make, we perform)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

optative mood

1st person plural, Atmanepada, Optative

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

कार्यम् (kāryam) - what is our task (work, duty, what is to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive (kṛtya)

From root kṛ (to do) + -ya suffix, forming a gerundive. Can also be used as a noun.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can be interpreted as a substantive (noun) here.

आज्ञापयतु (ājñāpayatu) - may you command (may he command, order)

(verb)

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

Causative from ājñā (noun) or ā + jñā. Imperative mood.

Root jñā (to know), with prefix ā, in the causative form 'jñāpay'.

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

नः (naḥ) - us (to us, our, us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form of 1st person plural pronoun.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (O brahmin) (you (honorific), Sir)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present active participle of bhū (to be). Used as a polite second-person pronoun.

From root bhū (to be), present participle, masculine nominative singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Though it refers to the second person, it takes a third person verb form ('ājñāpayatu').