वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-93, verse-17

यत्ते मनीषितं वाक्यं येन वासि समाहितः ।
कथयस्व विशङ्कस्त्वं ममापि हृदि वर्तते ॥१७॥

17. yatte manīṣitaṃ vākyaṃ yena vāsi samāhitaḥ ,
kathayasva viśaṅkastvaṃ mamāpi hṛdi vartate.

17. yat te manīṣitam vākyam yena vā asi samāhitaḥ
kathayasva viśaṅkaḥ tvam mama api hṛdi vartate

17. yat te manīṣitam vākyam vā yena tvam samāhitaḥ
asi viśaṅkaḥ tvam kathayasva mama hṛdi api vartate

17. “Whatever words you desire to speak, or whatever purpose you are intent upon, please speak fearlessly. It (that same thought) is also present in my heart.”

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

• ते (te) - your, to you

• मनीषितम् (manīṣitam) - desired, intended, thought, wished

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• वा (vā) - or

• असि (asi) - you are

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - intent, absorbed, composed, concentrated

• कथयस्व (kathayasva) - please tell, speak

• विशङ्कः (viśaṅkaḥ) - fearless, without doubt, confident

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अपि (api) - also, even

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

• वर्तते (vartate) - it exists, it is present, it turns

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun

Note: Used here adjectivally with vākyam, or adverbially meaning 'that which'.

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Personal pronoun (enclitic)

Note: Enclitic form of tava or tubhyam. Here, genitive 'your'.

मनीषितम् (manīṣitam) - desired, intended, thought, wished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manīṣita

manīṣita - desired, intended, thought, wished

Past Passive Participle

From root √man (to think) with suffix -īṣita

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies vākyam or stands as a neuter noun.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to the purpose or thought.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √as

Present tense

Present indicative, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - intent, absorbed, composed, concentrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - intent, absorbed, composed, concentrated

Past Passive Participle

From root √dhā (to place) with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies tvam.

कथयस्व (kathayasva) - please tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of √kath

Imperative mood

Causal stem of √kath, Middle voice

Root: kath (class 10)

विशङ्कः (viśaṅkaḥ) - fearless, without doubt, confident

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśaṅka

viśaṅka - fearless, without doubt, confident

Compound formed with vi- (privative) and śaṅkā (doubt, fear)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+śaṅkā)

• vi – without, apart, negation
  indeclinable
  Negative/separative prefix
• śaṅkā – doubt, fear, apprehension
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies tvam.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Personal pronoun

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Personal pronoun

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Particle

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind

Root noun

वर्तते (vartate) - it exists, it is present, it turns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of √vṛt

Present tense

Present indicative, middle voice

Root: vṛt (class 1)