वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-51, verse-15

एवमेतन्नरश्रेष्ठ यथा वदसि लक्ष्मण ।
परितोषश्च मे वीर मम कार्यानुशासने ॥१५॥

15. evametannaraśreṣṭha yathā vadasi lakṣmaṇa ,
paritoṣaśca me vīra mama kāryānuśāsane.

15. evam etat naraśreṣṭha yathā vadasi lakṣmaṇa
paritoṣaḥ ca me vīra mama kāryānuśāsane

15. lakṣmaṇa naraśreṣṭha etat evam yathā vadasi
ca vīra me paritoṣaḥ mama kāryānuśāsane

15. O best among men, Lakṣmaṇa, it is exactly as you say. And, O hero, I am pleased with your adherence to my instructions.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - exactly (thus, so, exactly, in this manner)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this matter, this thing)

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)

• वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

• परितोषः (paritoṣaḥ) - satisfaction, contentment, pleasure

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero, O valiant one

• मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

• कार्यानुशासने (kāryānuśāsane) - in my instructions (in the instruction of duty, in the command concerning a task)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - exactly (thus, so, exactly, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this matter, this thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best among men, pre-eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of vad

root class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: vad (class 1)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (Rama's brother)

परितोषः (paritoṣaḥ) - satisfaction, contentment, pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paritoṣa

paritoṣa - satisfaction, contentment, pleasure

from pari + tuṣ (to be pleased)

Prefix: pari

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

Note: Can also be genitive.

वीर (vīra) - O hero, O valiant one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

कार्यानुशासने (kāryānuśāsane) - in my instructions (in the instruction of duty, in the command concerning a task)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāryānuśāsana

kāryānuśāsana - instruction of duty, command concerning a task, performance of duty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārya+anuśāsana)

• kārya – duty, task, action, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ + ya (kṛtya, kārya)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• anuśāsana – instruction, command, teaching, discipline
  noun (neuter)
  from anu + śās (to rule, teach)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: śās (class 2)