वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-48, verse-9

तदा प्रभृति काकुत्स्थ पितृदेवाः समागताः ।
अफलान्भुञ्जते मेषान्फलैस्तेषामयोजयन् ॥९॥

9. tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ ,
aphalānbhuñjate meṣānphalaisteṣāmayojayan.

9. tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
afalān bhuñjate meṣān phalaiḥ teṣām ayojayan

9. kākutstha tadā prabhṛti pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
afalān meṣān bhuñjate teṣām phalaiḥ ayojayan

9. From that time onwards, O scion of Kakutstha, the ancestral deities (pitṛdevas) gathered. They partake of rams that are devoid of generative power (castrated), (even though) they (the ancestral deities) themselves had associated these rams with 'fruits' (i.e., the generative power or testicles, symbolically or ritually).

Words meanings summery:

• तदा (tadā) - from that time (in conjunction with prabhṛti) (then, at that time)

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, since, beginning with

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rāma (O descendant of Kakutstha)

• पितृदेवाः (pitṛdevāḥ) - ancestral deities, divine ancestors

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - having gathered, assembled

• अfअलान् (afalān) - castrated (referring to rams) (fruitless, barren, without generative power, castrated)

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they partake, they consume

• मेषान् (meṣān) - rams

• फलैः (phalaiḥ) - with generative power / testicles (as an offering) (with fruits, with results, with generative power/testicles)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them (the rams) (of them, to them)

• अयोजयन् (ayojayan) - they (the ancestral deities) endowed (the rams with generative power) (they joined, they connected, they endowed)

Words meanings and morphology

तदा (tadā) - from that time (in conjunction with prabhṛti) (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, since, beginning with

(indeclinable)

From pra- + root bhṛ (to bear, carry), often used as an adverbial or postpositional particle.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Acts as a postposition with tadā to mean "from that time".

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rāma (O descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha, an epithet of Rāma

Derived from Kakutstha, an ancient king of the Solar Dynasty.

Note: Refers to Rāma.

पितृदेवाः (pitṛdevāḥ) - ancestral deities, divine ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛdeva

pitṛdeva - ancestral deity, divine ancestor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+deva)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - having gathered, assembled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, met, arrived, gathered

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with upasargas sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'pitṛdevāḥ'.

अfअलान् (afalān) - castrated (referring to rams) (fruitless, barren, without generative power, castrated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of afala

afala - fruitless, barren, useless, without result

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'phala' (fruit).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+phala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, generative power, testicle
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'meṣān'.

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they partake, they consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Present Tense

Root bhuj (to eat, enjoy) in ātmanepada.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: The subject is 'pitṛdevāḥ'.

मेषान् (meṣān) - rams

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of meṣa

meṣa - ram, sheep

Note: Object of 'bhuñjate'.

फलैः (phalaiḥ) - with generative power / testicles (as an offering) (with fruits, with results, with generative power/testicles)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, generative power, testicle

Note: Denotes the means or accompanying factor.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them (the rams) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the rams ('meṣān').

अयोजयन् (ayojayan) - they (the ancestral deities) endowed (the rams with generative power) (they joined, they connected, they endowed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of yuj

Imperfect Tense

Root yuj (to join) in causative (yojayati) or with direct meaning, third person plural, active voice. Here from causative 'yojayati' (to cause to join, to connect) in imperfect.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Subject is 'pitṛdevāḥ'.

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