वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-73, verse-15

वसिष्ठ ऋषयश्चान्ये राजा च ससुतस्तदा ।
ससंज्ञा इव तत्रासन् सर्वमन्यद्विचेतनम् ॥१५॥

15. vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaścānye rājā ca sasutastadā ,
sasaṃjñā iva tatrāsan sarvamanyadvicetanam.

15. vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaḥ ca anye rājā ca sasutaḥ tadā
sasaṃjñā iva tatra āsan sarvam anyat vicetanam

15. tadā vasiṣṭhaḥ ca anye ṛṣayaḥ ca sasutaḥ rājā
tatra sasaṃjñā iva āsan anyat sarvam vicetanam

15. At that moment, Vasiṣṭha and other sages, along with the king and his son, were as if conscious there. Everything else was inanimate.

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, a celebrated sage))

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages (sages, seers)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अन्ये (anye) - other (others)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ससुतः (sasutaḥ) - along with his son (with son, accompanied by son)

• तदा (tadā) - at that moment (then, at that time)

• ससंज्ञा (sasaṁjñā) - conscious (conscious, with consciousness)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• आसन् (āsan) - were (they were, they sat)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything, whole)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - else (other, another)

• विचेतनम् (vicetanam) - inanimate (unconscious, inanimate, senseless)

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, a celebrated sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, a celebrated sage)

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages (sages, seers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - other (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Agrees with ṛṣayaḥ.

राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ससुतः (sasutaḥ) - along with his son (with son, accompanied by son)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sasuta

sasuta - with son, accompanied by son

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+suta)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  indeclinable
  prefix/indeclinable meaning 'with'
• suta – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle of √sū (to give birth)
  Derived from root √sū
  Root: sū (class 4)

Note: This adjective modifies 'rājā'.

तदा (tadā) - at that moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

ससंज्ञा (sasaṁjñā) - conscious (conscious, with consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sasaṃjñā

sasaṁjñā - conscious, having consciousness

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+saṃjñā)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  indeclinable
  prefix/indeclinable meaning 'with'
• saṃjñā – consciousness, knowledge, sign, name
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the plural subject (Vasiṣṭha, other sages, king and son).

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - were (they were, they sat)

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root: as (class 2)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything, whole)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

अन्यत् (anyat) - else (other, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Modifies sarvam.

विचेतनम् (vicetanam) - inanimate (unconscious, inanimate, senseless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vicetana

vicetana - unconscious, inanimate, senseless

Prefix: vi

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvam anyat'.

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