वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-56, verse-12

स वसिष्ठं समाहूय कथयामास चिन्तितम् ।
अशक्यमिति चाप्युक्तो वसिष्ठेन महात्मना ॥१२॥

12. sa vasiṣṭhaṃ samāhūya kathayāmāsa cintitam ,
aśakyamiti cāpyukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā.

12. sa vasiṣṭham samāhūya kathayāmāsa cintitam
aśakyam iti ca api uktaḥ vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā

12. sa vasiṣṭham samāhūya cintitam kathayāmāsa ca
api mahātmanā vasiṣṭhena iti aśakyam uktaḥ

12. He summoned Vasiṣṭha and told him what he had planned (or his concern). And he was even told by the great-souled (mahātman) Vasiṣṭha that "this is impossible."

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Triśaṅku (the king) (he, that)

• वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - the sage Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha)

• समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned, having called together

• कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he told, he narrated

• चिन्तितम् (cintitam) - his (Triśaṅku's) plan or concern (what was thought, contemplated, a plan, a concern)

• अशक्यम् (aśakyam) - impossible, unattainable

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, told

• वसिष्ठेन (vasiṣṭhena) - by the sage Vasiṣṭha (by Vasiṣṭha)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (mahātman) Vasiṣṭha (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Triśaṅku (the king) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - the sage Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best; a celebrated Vedic sage

समाहूय (samāhūya) - having summoned, having called together

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root hū (to call) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hū (class 3)

कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he told, he narrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of kathay

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Desiderative/causative stem from kath, perfect form of the auxiliary verb ās with preceding stem

Root: kath (class 10)

चिन्तितम् (cintitam) - his (Triśaṅku's) plan or concern (what was thought, contemplated, a plan, a concern)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cintita

cintita - thought, considered, worried, a thought, a concern

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root cint (to think)

Root: cint (class 10)

अशक्यम् (aśakyam) - impossible, unattainable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśakya

aśakya - impossible, impracticable, not to be done

Gerundive/Kṛtya

Derived from root śak (to be able) with negative prefix 'a'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śakya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śakya – possible, practicable, capable of being done
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Kṛtya
  Derived from root śak (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, told

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

वसिष्ठेन (vasiṣṭhena) - by the sage Vasiṣṭha (by Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best; a celebrated Vedic sage

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (mahātman) Vasiṣṭha (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, the Supreme Soul

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the individual soul, the Supreme Soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

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