वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-11, verse-6

सुयज्ञं वामदेवं च जाबालिमथ काश्यपम् ।
पुरोहितं वसिष्ठं च ये चान्ये द्विजसत्तमाः ॥६॥

6. suyajñaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālimatha kāśyapam ,
purohitaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca ye cānye dvijasattamāḥ.

6. suyajñam vāmadevam ca jābālim atha kāśyapam
purohitam vasiṣṭham ca ye ca anye dvijasattamāḥ

6. suyajñam vāmadevam ca jābālim atha kāśyapam
purohitam vasiṣṭham ca ye ca anye dvijasattamāḥ

6. (He assembled) Suyajña, Vāmadeva, Jābāli, and Kāśyapa; also the chief priest (purohita) Vasiṣṭha, and other excellent Brahmins (dvijasattama).

Words meanings summery:

• सुयज्ञम् (suyajñam) - Suyajña (proper name)

• वामदेवम् (vāmadevam) - Vāmadeva (proper name)

• च (ca) - and

• जाबालिम् (jābālim) - Jābāli (proper name)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and, moreover

• काश्यपम् (kāśyapam) - Kāśyapa (proper name)

• पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - family priest, chaplain

• वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

• च (ca) - and

• ये (ye) - who, which (masculine plural nominative)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• द्विजसत्तमाः (dvijasattamāḥ) - excellent Brahmins, best of the twice-born

Words meanings and morphology

सुयज्ञम् (suyajñam) - Suyajña (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suyajña

suyajña - good sacrifice; name of a sage

वामदेवम् (vāmadevam) - Vāmadeva (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāmadeva

vāmadeva - a name of Shiva; name of a sage

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जाबालिम् (jābālim) - Jābāli (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jābāli

jābāli - name of a sage

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

काश्यपम् (kāśyapam) - Kāśyapa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāśyapa

kāśyapa - name of an ancient sage, a descendant of Kaśyapa

पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - family priest, chaplain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - placed foremost, appointed; a family priest, chaplain

Prefix: puras

Root: dhā (class 3)

वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, which (masculine plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

द्विजसत्तमाः (dvijasattamāḥ) - excellent Brahmins, best of the twice-born

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born; a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of sat (good).

Previous Verse Next Verse