वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-2, verse-29

तमुवाच ततो ब्रह्मा प्रहसन्मुनिपुंगवम् ।
श्लोक एव त्वया बद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥२९॥

29. tamuvāca tato brahmā prahasanmunipuṃgavam ,
śloka eva tvayā baddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā.

29. tam uvāca tataḥ brahmā prahasan munipuṅgavam
ślokaḥ eva tvayā baddhaḥ na atra kāryā vicāraṇā

29. tataḥ brahmā prahasan tam munipuṅgavam uvāca: "tvayā ślokaḥ eva baddhaḥ.
atra vicāraṇā na kāryā"

29. Then Brahmā, smiling, said to that foremost among sages (Vālmīki): "Indeed, a verse has been composed by you. No further deliberation is needed in this matter."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to that (sage) (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon, then (then, thence, thereafter)

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Lord Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator god))

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling (at Valmiki's spontaneous creation) (laughing, smiling)

• मुनिपुङ्गवम् (munipuṅgavam) - to Valmiki, the chief among sages (to the chief of sages, to the best of sages)

• श्लोकः (ślokaḥ) - a specific type of verse (the Anushtubh meter) (verse, stanza, fame, sound)

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (only, just, indeed)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - formed as a verse (composed, bound, formed)

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (of the verse) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• कार्या (kāryā) - is necessary (to be done, proper to be done, necessary)

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, consideration, inquiry

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to that (sage) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Mood

3rd person singular active perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon, then (then, thence, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Lord Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator god))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling (at Valmiki's spontaneous creation) (laughing, smiling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

derived from root has (to laugh) with prefix pra (forth, forward)

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

मुनिपुङ्गवम् (munipuṅgavam) - to Valmiki, the chief among sages (to the chief of sages, to the best of sages)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of munipuṅgava

munipuṅgava - chief among sages, excellent sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+puṅgava)

• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

श्लोकः (ślokaḥ) - a specific type of verse (the Anushtubh meter) (verse, stanza, fame, sound)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame, celebrity, sound

Root: śru (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - formed as a verse (composed, bound, formed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, formed, composed, fixed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (of the verse) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

कार्या (kāryā) - is necessary (to be done, proper to be done, necessary)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done, an action, duty

Gerundive

derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, consideration, inquiry

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - deliberation, consideration, investigation, reflection

verbal noun from vi-car

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

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