वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-75, verse-9

तस्य बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना तपः कुर्यामनुत्तमम् ।
तपो हि परमं श्रेयस्तपो हि परमं सुखम् ॥९॥

9. tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā tapaḥ kuryāmanuttamam ,
tapo hi paramaṃ śreyastapo hi paramaṃ sukham.

9. tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā tapaḥ kuryām anuttamam
tapaḥ hi paramam śreyaḥ tapaḥ hi paramam sukham

9. tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā anuttamam tapaḥ kuryām
hi tapaḥ paramam śreyaḥ hi tapaḥ paramam sukham

9. An idea arose in him: 'I should undertake supreme austerity (tapas).' For austerity (tapas) is indeed the ultimate welfare, and austerity (tapas) is indeed the supreme happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - an idea, a thought (intellect, understanding, thought, idea)

• समुत्पन्ना (samutpannā) - arisen, produced, appeared

• तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic practice, penance (austerity, penance, heat)

• कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I should do, may I do

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, excellent, supreme

• तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic practice, penance (austerity, penance, heat)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - ultimate welfare, supreme good (good, welfare, ultimate benefit, better)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic practice, penance (austerity, penance, heat)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, referring to the king/mahātman.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - an idea, a thought (intellect, understanding, thought, idea)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, idea

From root budh (to know, understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of samutpannā.

समुत्पन्ना (samutpannā) - arisen, produced, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samutpanna

samutpanna - arisen, produced, occurred, born

Past Passive Participle

From root pad (to go) with prefixes sam and ud.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for buddhiḥ.

तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic practice, penance (austerity, penance, heat)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Object of kuryām.

कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I should do, may I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Optative mood, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses a wish or intention.

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, unexcelled, supreme

Compound: an (not) + uttama (highest).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+uttama)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Describes tapaḥ.

तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic practice, penance (austerity, penance, heat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best

Note: Describes śreyaḥ.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - ultimate welfare, supreme good (good, welfare, ultimate benefit, better)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, ultimate benefit, prosperity

Note: Predicate noun.

तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic practice, penance (austerity, penance, heat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best

Note: Describes sukham.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure

Note: Predicate noun.