वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-13, verse-13

ते राजवचनात्तत्र समवेता महीपतिम् ।
अपश्यन्तो ऽब्रुवन् को नु राज्ञो नः प्रतिवेदयेत् ॥१३॥

13. te rājavacanāttatra samavetā mahīpatim ,
apaśyanto'bruvan ko nu rājño naḥ prativedayet.

13. te rājavacanāt tatra samavetāḥ mahīpatim
apaśyantaḥ abruvan kaḥ nu rājñaḥ naḥ prativedayet

13. te rājavacanāt tatra samavetāḥ mahīpatim apaśyantaḥ abruvan,
"kaḥ nu naḥ rājñaḥ prativedayet?"

13. They, having assembled there by the king's command, not seeing the king, said, "Who indeed would inform the king about us?"

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• राजवचनात् (rājavacanāt) - by the king's command/word

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• समवेताः (samavetāḥ) - assembled, gathered

• महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the king, lord of the earth

• अपश्यन्तः (apaśyantaḥ) - not seeing, not beholding

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke, they said

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• नु (nu) - indeed, then (interrogative/exclamatory particle)

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - to the king (to the king (dative) OR of the king (genitive))

• नः (naḥ) - about us (to us, for us, us)

• प्रतिवेदयेत् (prativedayet) - would inform, would convey, would announce

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजवचनात् (rājavacanāt) - by the king's command/word

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rājavacana

rājavacana - king's word, royal command

Compound of rājan (king) and vacana (word, command).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+vacana)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• vacana – word, speech, command
  noun (neuter)
  From √vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -tra suffix.

समवेताः (samavetāḥ) - assembled, gathered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samaveta

samaveta - assembled, gathered, met

Past Passive Participle

From sam-ava-√i (to go together, assemble).

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: i (class 2)

महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound of mahī (earth) and pati (lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

अपश्यन्तः (apaśyantaḥ) - not seeing, not beholding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apaśyat

apaśyat - not seeing

Present Active Participle (negative)

Negative compound of 'a' (not) and 'paśyat' (seeing), which is the present participle stem of √dṛś (to see).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+paśyat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• paśyat – seeing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present participle of √dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

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

Imperfect, active voice, 3rd person plural.

Root: brū (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

नु (nu) - indeed, then (interrogative/exclamatory particle)

(indeclinable)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - to the king (to the king (dative) OR of the king (genitive))

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Note: Used here in the dative case to indicate the recipient of the information.

नः (naḥ) - about us (to us, for us, us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Contextually dative, referring to 'about us'.

प्रतिवेदयेत् (prativedayet) - would inform, would convey, would announce

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of prativeday

Optative, active voice, 3rd person singular, causative of prati-√vid.

Prefix: prati

Root: vid (class 2)