वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-9, verse-17

दारुणायां तु वेलायां यस्मात्त्वं मामुपस्थिता ।
शृणु तस्मात् सुतान्भद्रे यादृशाञ्जनयिष्यसि ॥१७॥

17. dāruṇāyāṃ tu velāyāṃ yasmāttvaṃ māmupasthitā ,
śṛṇu tasmāt sutānbhadre yādṛśāñjanayiṣyasi.

17. dāruṇāyām tu velāyām yasmāt tvam mām upasthitā
śṛṇu tasmāt sutān bhadre yādṛśān janayiṣyasi

17. bhadre yasmāt tvam dāruṇāyām velāyām mām
upasthitā tasmāt yādṛśān sutān janayiṣyasi śṛṇu

17. Because you approached me at this dreadful hour, O auspicious one, listen now to the kind of sons you will bear.

Words meanings summery:

• दारुणायाम् (dāruṇāyām) - in this dreadful (time) (in a terrible, dreadful, cruel (feminine))

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, yet)

• वेलायाम् (velāyām) - at this time, hour (at the time, at the hour, at the opportunity)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since (from which, because, since)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Kaikasī) (you)

• माम् (mām) - me (the sage) (me)

• उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - approached (feminine singular) (approached, stood near, present)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (from that, therefore, for that reason)

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one (vocative address to Kaikasī) (O good lady, O auspicious one)

• यादृशान् (yādṛśān) - of what kind (referring to sons) (of what kind, such as, like whom)

• जनयिष्यसि (janayiṣyasi) - you will give birth to (you will give birth, you will produce)

Words meanings and morphology

दारुणायाम् (dāruṇāyām) - in this dreadful (time) (in a terrible, dreadful, cruel (feminine))

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of dāruṇā

dāruṇā - dreadful, terrible, cruel, harsh (feminine)

Feminine form of `dāruṇa`

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

वेलायाम् (velāyām) - at this time, hour (at the time, at the hour, at the opportunity)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - time, hour, opportunity, tide

`ā`-stem feminine noun

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since (from which, because, since)

(indeclinable)

Relative pronoun

Note: Connects clauses, 'since'

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Kaikasī) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Pronominal stem for 2nd person singular

Note: Subject of `upasthitā`

माम् (mām) - me (the sage) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Pronominal stem for 1st person singular

Note: Object of `upasthitā`

उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - approached (feminine singular) (approached, stood near, present)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - approached, stood near, present, ready

Past Passive Participle

From root `sthā` with prefix `upa`

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with `tvam`

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative 2nd singular of root `śru` (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (from that, therefore, for that reason)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Connects clauses, 'therefore'

सुतान् (sutān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

From root `sū` (to give birth)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of `śṛṇu` and `janayiṣyasi`

भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one (vocative address to Kaikasī) (O good lady, O auspicious one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - good, auspicious, fortunate; a good woman

Feminine form of `bhadra`

Root: bhad (class 1)

यादृशान् (yādṛśān) - of what kind (referring to sons) (of what kind, such as, like whom)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - such, of what kind, like whom

From `yad` + `dṛś` (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `sutān`

जनयिष्यसि (janayiṣyasi) - you will give birth to (you will give birth, you will produce)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of jan

Future 2nd singular of causative of root `jan` (class 4)

Root: jan (class 4)