वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-1, verse-7

बहवो दुर्लभाश्चैव ये त्वया कीर्तिता गुणाः ।
मुने वक्ष्याम्यहं बुद्ध्वा तैर्युक्तः श्रूयतां नरः ॥७॥

7. bahavo durlabhāścaiva ye tvayā kīrtitā guṇāḥ ,
mune vakṣyāmyahaṃ buddhvā tairyuktaḥ śrūyatāṃ naraḥ.

7. bahavaḥ durlabhāḥ ca eva ye tvayā kīrtitāḥ guṇāḥ |
mune vakṣyāmi aham buddhvā taiḥ yuktaḥ śrūyatām naraḥ

7. mune,
tvayā ye bahavaḥ ca eva durlabhāḥ guṇāḥ kīrtitāḥ,
aham buddhvā vakṣyāmi taiḥ yuktaḥ naraḥ śrūyatām

7. O sage, having considered (buddhvā) those many and rare qualities which you have enumerated, I will now speak about the person endowed with them. Let that person be heard!

Words meanings summery:

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (many, numerous)

• दुर्लभाः (durlabhāḥ) - rare (difficult to obtain, rare, hard to find)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• ये (ye) - which (who, which)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कीर्तिताः (kīrtitāḥ) - enumerated (enumerated, described, praised)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities (qualities, virtues, attributes)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak (I will tell, I will speak)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having considered (having understood, having known, having considered)

• तैः (taiḥ) - with those (qualities) (by them, with them)

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with (endowed with, joined, connected, engaged in (yoga))

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let that person be heard, listen (to him) (let him be heard, let it be heard)

• नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)

Words meanings and morphology

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (many, numerous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

दुर्लभाः (durlabhāḥ) - rare (difficult to obtain, rare, hard to find)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durlabha

durlabha - difficult to obtain, rare

from √labh with prefix dur-

Prefix: dur

Root: √labh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects adjectives.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

ये (ye) - which (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to 'guṇāḥ'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'kīrtitāḥ'.

कीर्तिताः (kīrtitāḥ) - enumerated (enumerated, described, praised)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kīrtita

kīrtita - enumerated, described, praised

Past Passive Participle

from √kīrt

Root: √kīrt (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities (qualities, virtues, attributes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute

Note: Subject of the relative clause.

मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic

Note: Addresses Valmiki.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak (I will tell, I will speak)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √vac

future active

2nd class verb

Root: √vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'vakṣyāmi'.

बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having considered (having understood, having known, having considered)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with -tvā suffix

Root: √budh (class 1)

Note: Indicates action prior to 'vakṣyāmi'.

तैः (taiḥ) - with those (qualities) (by them, with them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'guṇāḥ'. Used with 'yuktaḥ'.

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with (endowed with, joined, connected, engaged in (yoga))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged in (yoga)

Past Passive Participle

from √yuj

Root: √yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'naraḥ'.

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let that person be heard, listen (to him) (let him be heard, let it be heard)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of √śru

imperative passive

5th class verb, formed with imperative ātmanepada suffix

Root: √śru (class 5)

Note: Implies listening to the description of the man.

नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: The subject of 'yuktaḥ' and the implied subject of 'śrūyatām'.