वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-13

अष्टादश सहस्राणि सुवर्णस्य महात्मनोः ।
ददस्व शीघ्रं काकुत्स्थ बालयोर्मा वृथा श्रमः ॥१३॥

13. aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi suvarṇasya mahātmanoḥ ,
dadasva śīghraṃ kākutstha bālayormā vṛthā śramaḥ.

13. aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi suvarṇasya mahātmanoḥ dadasva
śīghraṃ kākutstha bālayoḥ mā vṛthā śramaḥ

13. kākutstha aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi suvarṇasya mahātmanoḥ
bālayoḥ śīghraṃ dadasva mā śramaḥ vṛthā

13. O Rama (kākutstha), give eighteen thousand [coins] of gold quickly to the two great-souled boys; let their effort not be in vain.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• सुवर्णस्य (suvarṇasya) - of gold

• महात्मनोः (mahātmanoḥ) - referring to Kuśa and Lava (of the two great-souled ones)

• ददस्व (dadasva) - give (thou)

• शीघ्रं (śīghraṁ) - quickly, swiftly

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rama (descendant of Kakutstha)

• बालयोः (bālayoḥ) - for Kuśa and Lava (for the two boys)

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly

• श्रमः (śramaḥ) - effort, toil

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

(adjective)

of aṣṭādaśa

aṣṭādaśa - eighteen

Compound of aṣṭan (eight) and daśan (ten)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

सुवर्णस्य (suvarṇasya) - of gold

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, good color

महात्मनोः (mahātmanoḥ) - referring to Kuśa and Lava (of the two great-souled ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble

Compound of mahat (great) and ātman (soul)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

ददस्व (dadasva) - give (thou)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

शीघ्रं (śīghraṁ) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Often used as an adverb

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rama (descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha, Rama

From Kakutstha + aṇ suffix

बालयोः (bālayoḥ) - for Kuśa and Lava (for the two boys)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, dual of bāla

bāla - boy, child

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Prohibitive particle

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly

(indeclinable)

श्रमः (śramaḥ) - effort, toil

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - effort, toil, fatigue

From root śram (to be weary)

Root: śram (class 4)

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