वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-55, verse-2

अवश्यं करणीयं च शासनं पुरुषर्षभ ।
तव चैव महाभाग शासनं दुरतिक्रमम् ।
अयं कामकरो राजंस्तवास्मि पुरुषर्षभ ॥२॥

2. avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca śāsanaṃ puruṣarṣabha ,
tava caiva mahābhāga śāsanaṃ duratikramam ,
ayaṃ kāmakaro rājaṃstavāsmi puruṣarṣabha.

2. avaśyam karaṇīyam ca śāsanam
puruṣa-ṛṣabha | tava ca eva mahā-bhāga
śāsanam duratikramam | ayam kāma-karaḥ
rājan tava asmi puruṣa-ṛṣabha

2. puruṣa-ṛṣabha,
(mama) śāsanam ca avaśyam karaṇīyam mahā-bhāga,
tava śāsanam eva ca duratikramam rājan,
puruṣa-ṛṣabha,
ayam tava kāma-karaḥ asmi

2. And O best among men (puruṣa-ṛṣabha), your command must certainly be carried out. Indeed, O greatly fortunate one (mahābhāga), your command is difficult to transgress. O king, O best among men, I am your obedient servant.

Words meanings summery:

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, indispensably)

• करणीयम् (karaṇīyam) - must be carried out (to be done, should be done, duty)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - command (command, instruction, rule)

• पुरुष-ऋषभ (puruṣa-ṛṣabha) - O best among men (puruṣa-ṛṣabha) (best among men, chief of men)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• महा-भाग (mahā-bhāga) - O greatly fortunate one (mahābhāga) (greatly fortunate, highly esteemed)

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - command (command, instruction, rule)

• दुरतिक्रमम् (duratikramam) - difficult to transgress (difficult to transgress, impossible to overcome)

• अयम् (ayam) - I (referring to himself) (this, this one)

• काम-करः (kāma-karaḥ) - obedient servant (literally: 'doer of your will') (wish-fulfiller, obedient, one who does what is desired)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (king)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• पुरुष-ऋषभ (puruṣa-ṛṣabha) - O best among men (best among men, chief of men)

Words meanings and morphology

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, indispensably)

(indeclinable)

करणीयम् (karaṇīyam) - must be carried out (to be done, should be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karaṇīya

karaṇīya - to be done, proper to be done, duty

Gerundive

Root kṛ (to do) + anīya (suffix for gerundive)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies śāsanam.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शासनम् (śāsanam) - command (command, instruction, rule)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - instruction, command, rule, teaching

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

पुरुष-ऋषभ (puruṣa-ṛṣabha) - O best among men (puruṣa-ṛṣabha) (best among men, chief of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣa-ṛṣabha

puruṣa-ṛṣabha - bull among men, best of men, chief of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Rāma.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

महा-भाग (mahā-bhāga) - O greatly fortunate one (mahābhāga) (greatly fortunate, highly esteemed)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-bhāga

mahā-bhāga - greatly fortunate, highly esteemed, illustrious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bhāga – portion, share, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Epithet for Rāma.

शासनम् (śāsanam) - command (command, instruction, rule)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - instruction, command, rule, teaching

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

दुरतिक्रमम् (duratikramam) - difficult to transgress (difficult to transgress, impossible to overcome)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duratikrama

duratikrama - difficult to transgress, hard to overcome, inviolable

Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+atikrama)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  prefix
• atikrama – transgression, overstepping
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Predicate for śāsanam.

अयम् (ayam) - I (referring to himself) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the speaker (Śatrughna).

काम-करः (kāma-karaḥ) - obedient servant (literally: 'doer of your will') (wish-fulfiller, obedient, one who does what is desired)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma-kara

kāma-kara - doer of what is desired, obedient, willing

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+kara)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• kara – doer, maker, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do/make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate for ayam.

राजन् (rājan) - O king (king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Refers to Rāma.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun for kāma-karaḥ.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present tense, 1st person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate verb.

पुरुष-ऋषभ (puruṣa-ṛṣabha) - O best among men (best among men, chief of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣa-ṛṣabha

puruṣa-ṛṣabha - bull among men, best of men, chief of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Rāma.