वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-97, verse-17

एवं विनिश्चयं कृत्वा तस्मिन्नहनि राघवः ।
कोसलेषु कुशं वीरमुत्तरेषु तथा लवम् ॥१७॥

17. evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā tasminnahani rāghavaḥ ,
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīramuttareṣu tathā lavam.

17. evam viniścayam kṛtvā tasmin ahani rāghavaḥ
kosaleṣu kuśam vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam

17. rāghavaḥ evam viniścayam kṛtvā tasmin ahani
kosaleṣu vīram kuśam tathā uttareṣu lavam

17. Having thus made this firm decision, on that very day, Rama (rāghava) appointed the heroic Kusha over the Kosala kingdom and Lava over the northern territories.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• विनिश्चयम् (viniścayam) - this firm decision (firm decision, resolve, ascertainment)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (having done, having made)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - on that (day) (on that, in that)

• अहनि (ahani) - on that day (on the day, in the day)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (rāghava) (descendant of Raghu (Rama))

• कोसलेषु (kosaleṣu) - over the Kosala kingdom (in Kosala, among the Kosalas)

• कुशम् (kuśam) - Kusha (Kusha (proper name))

• वीरम् (vīram) - the heroic (heroic, brave, a hero)

• उत्तरेषु (uttareṣu) - over the northern territories (in the northern, in the northern regions)

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, thus, in the same way)

• लवम् (lavam) - Lava (Lava (proper name))

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

विनिश्चयम् (viniścayam) - this firm decision (firm decision, resolve, ascertainment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viniścaya

viniścaya - firm decision, resolve, ascertainment

Prefixes: vi+niḥ

Root: ci (class 5)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root kṛ (8th class) with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - on that (day) (on that, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहनि (ahani) - on that day (on the day, in the day)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (rāghava) (descendant of Raghu (Rama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

descendant patronymic from Raghu

कोसलेषु (kosaleṣu) - over the Kosala kingdom (in Kosala, among the Kosalas)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kosala

kosala - Kosala (name of a country or its people)

Note: Plural locative sometimes implies 'in the region of' or 'among the people of'

कुशम् (kuśam) - Kusha (Kusha (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuśa

kuśa - Kusha (one of Rama's sons)

वीरम् (vīram) - the heroic (heroic, brave, a hero)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant

Note: This is accusative singular masculine, agreeing with kuśam and lavam.

उत्तरेषु (uttareṣu) - over the northern territories (in the northern, in the northern regions)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of uttara

uttara - northern, upper, later

Note: Plural locative masculine implies 'in the northern lands/regions'.

तथा (tathā) - and (and, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

लवम् (lavam) - Lava (Lava (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lava

lava - Lava (one of Rama's sons)