वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-44, verse-2

सर्वे शृणुत भद्रं वो मा कुरुध्वं मनो ऽन्यथा ।
पौराणां मम सीतायां यादृशी वर्तते कथा ॥२॥

2. sarve śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo mā kurudhvaṃ mano'nyathā ,
paurāṇāṃ mama sītāyāṃ yādṛśī vartate kathā.

2. sarve śṛṇuta bhadram vaḥ mā kurudhvam manaḥ
anyathā paurāṇām mama sītāyām yādṛśī vartate kathā

2. sarve śṛṇuta vaḥ bhadram manaḥ anyathā mā kurudhvam
mama sītāyām paurāṇām yādṛśī kathā vartate

2. All of you listen; may good fortune be yours. Do not let your minds dwell on anything else. (I will tell you) the kind of talk that exists among the citizens concerning my Sītā.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• शृणुत (śṛṇuta) - listen, hear (you all)

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness

• वः (vaḥ) - to you, your (plural)

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• कुरुध्वम् (kurudhvam) - do, make (you all)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought, intellect

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - focused on other things, not on this matter (otherwise, differently, in another way)

• पौराणाम् (paurāṇām) - of the citizens, of the townspeople

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• सीतायाम् (sītāyām) - regarding Sītā, concerning Sītā

• यादृशी (yādṛśī) - of what kind, such as, like what

• वर्तते (vartate) - is, exists, prevails

• कथा (kathā) - story, talk, report, narration

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Functions as a vocative here, addressing the assembled people.

शृणुत (śṛṇuta) - listen, hear (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative mood, 2nd person plural, active voice.

Root: śru (class 5)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, fortunate, good, excellent; welfare, good fortune

Note: Part of an idiomatic expression 'may good fortune be to you'.

वः (vaḥ) - to you, your (plural)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Can also be genitive, but here dative for 'to you'.

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

कुरुध्वम् (kurudhvam) - do, make (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative mood, 2nd person plural, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought, intellect

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, spirit

Note: Direct object of 'kurudhvam'.

अन्यथा (anyathā) - focused on other things, not on this matter (otherwise, differently, in another way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'kurudhvam'.

पौराणाम् (paurāṇām) - of the citizens, of the townspeople

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, townsman, inhabitant of a city

Derived from 'pura' (city).

Note: Connects with 'kathā' (talk of the citizens).

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

सीतायाम् (sītāyām) - regarding Sītā, concerning Sītā

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rama's wife)

यादृशी (yādṛśī) - of what kind, such as, like what

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - of what kind or nature, such as

Correlative pronoun/adjective, related to 'tādṛś' (of that kind).

Note: Agrees with 'kathā'.

वर्तते (vartate) - is, exists, prevails

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कथा (kathā) - story, talk, report, narration

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, talk, conversation, narration

Note: Subject of 'vartate'.