वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-47, verse-12

यत्त्वं पौरजनं राजन्धर्मेण समवाप्नुयाः ।
अहं तु नानुशोचामि स्वशरीरं नरर्षभ ।
यथापवादं पौराणां तथैव रघुनन्दन ॥१२॥

12. yattvaṃ paurajanaṃ rājandharmeṇa samavāpnuyāḥ ,
ahaṃ tu nānuśocāmi svaśarīraṃ nararṣabha ,
yathāpavādaṃ paurāṇāṃ tathaiva raghunandana.

12. yat tvam paurajanam rājan dharmeṇa
samavāpnuyāḥ | aham tu na anuśocāmi
svaśarīram nararṣabha | yathā apavādam
paurāṇām tathā eva raghunandana

12. rājan,
yat tvam dharmeṇa paurajanam samavāpnuyāḥ.
tu nararṣabha,
aham svaśarīram na anuśocāmi.
raghunandana,
yathā paurāṇām apavādam tathā eva.

12. O King, may you always govern your citizens in accordance with natural law (dharma). As for myself, O best among men (nararṣabha), I do not grieve for my own body; rather, it is just as the citizens' reproach (apavāda) dictates, O delight of Raghu (raghunandana).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that, which, what

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पौरजनम् (paurajanam) - the citizenry, the people of the city

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (by natural law, by righteousness)

• समवाप्नुयाः (samavāpnuyāḥ) - you may attain, you may win over, you may obtain

• अहम् (aham) - I

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

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुशोचामि (anuśocāmi) - I grieve for, I lament

• स्वशरीरम् (svaśarīram) - my own body

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men (Lakshmana) (O best among men, O bull among men)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

• अपवादम् (apavādam) - reproach (slander, blame, reproach)

• पौराणाम् (paurāṇām) - of the citizens

• तथा (tathā) - so too, likewise, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O delight of Raghu (Lakshmana) (O delight of Raghu, O descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that, which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun), that (conjunction)

Note: Used here as a conjunction 'that' introducing a purpose or wish.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पौरजनम् (paurajanam) - the citizenry, the people of the city

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paurajana

paurajana - citizenry, city-folk

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (paura+jana)

• paura – citizen, city-dweller
  noun (masculine)
• jana – person, people, folk
  noun (masculine)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (by natural law, by righteousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

समवाप्नुयाः (samavāpnuyāḥ) - you may attain, you may win over, you may obtain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of samavāp

Root class 5, active voice, optative mood

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: āp (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुशोचामि (anuśocāmi) - I grieve for, I lament

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anuśuc

Root class 1, active voice, present tense

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)

स्वशरीरम् (svaśarīram) - my own body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaśarīra

svaśarīra - one's own body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+śarīra)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• śarīra – body, physical form
  noun (neuter)

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men (Lakshmana) (O best among men, O bull among men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best among men, bull among men (an epithet of excellence)

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

अपवादम् (apavādam) - reproach (slander, blame, reproach)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apavāda

apavāda - slander, blame, reproach, censure

पौराणाम् (paurāṇām) - of the citizens

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, city-dweller

तथा (tathā) - so too, likewise, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O delight of Raghu (Lakshmana) (O delight of Raghu, O descendant of Raghu)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - delight of Raghu, son of Raghu (an epithet)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – name of an ancient king (ancestor of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, gladdener
  noun (masculine)

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