वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-41, verse-22

अपत्यलाभो वैदेहि ममायं समुपस्थितः ।
किमिच्छसि हि तद्ब्रूहि कः कामः क्रियतां तव ॥२२॥

22. apatyalābho vaidehi mamāyaṃ samupasthitaḥ ,
kimicchasi hi tadbrūhi kaḥ kāmaḥ kriyatāṃ tava.

22. apatyalābhaḥ vaidehi mama ayam samupasthitaḥ
kim icchasi hi tat brūhi kaḥ kāmaḥ kriyatām tava

22. vaidehi mama ayam apatyalābhaḥ samupasthitaḥ hi
kim icchasi tat brūhi kaḥ kāmaḥ tava kriyatām

22. O Vaidehī, this attainment of progeny has now come to me. What is it that you truly wish? Tell me that. What desire should be fulfilled for you?

Words meanings summery:

• अपत्यलाभः (apatyalābhaḥ) - gain of offspring, progeny

• वैदेहि (vaidehi) - Sītā, addressed directly by Rāma (O Vaidehī (Sītā, princess of Videha))

• मम (mama) - has come to me (to me, my)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - has come, arrived, is present

• किम् (kim) - What specific thing or desire (what, what thing)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

• हि (hi) - Used for emphasis: 'what do you *truly* desire' (indeed, surely, because)

• तत् (tat) - that (desire/thing) (that)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• कः (kaḥ) - what kind of desire (what, which)

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire, wish

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, may it be fulfilled

• तव (tava) - for your sake, for you (your, for you)

Words meanings and morphology

अपत्यलाभः (apatyalābhaḥ) - gain of offspring, progeny

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apatyalābha

apatyalābha - obtaining offspring, progeny

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+lābha)

• apatya – offspring, child
  noun (neuter)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, obtainment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Subject of samupasthitaḥ.

वैदेहि (vaidehi) - Sītā, addressed directly by Rāma (O Vaidehī (Sītā, princess of Videha))

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sītā

Derived from Videha (the kingdom of Sītā's father)

मम (mama) - has come to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Used here with a dative sense of interest or possession.

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to apatyalābhaḥ.

समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - has come, arrived, is present

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samupasthita

samupasthita - arrived, present, standing by

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with sam-upa

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies apatyalābhaḥ.

किम् (kim) - What specific thing or desire (what, what thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun, object of icchasi.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present 2nd singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Root iṣ (6th class, parasmaipada).

हि (hi) - Used for emphasis: 'what do you *truly* desire' (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (desire/thing) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Object of brūhi.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

imperative 2nd singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Root brū (2nd class, parasmaipada).

कः (kaḥ) - what kind of desire (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun, agreeing with kāmaḥ.

कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Subject of kriyatām.

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, may it be fulfilled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

imperative 3rd singular passive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Root kṛ (8th class, parasmaipada).

तव (tava) - for your sake, for you (your, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Genitive case, often used with passive imperatives to indicate the beneficiary.