वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-14, verse-13

देवि देवश्च देवी च समागम्य मदन्तरे ।
मन्त्रेयेते ध्रुवं किं चिदभिषेचनसंहितम् ॥१३॥

13. devi devaśca devī ca samāgamya madantare ,
mantreyete dhruvaṃ kiṃ cidabhiṣecanasaṃhitam.

13. devi devaḥ ca devī ca samāgamya mat antare
mantrayete dhruvam kim cit abhiṣecanasaṃhitam

13. devi devaḥ ca devī ca mat antare samāgamya
dhruvam kim cit abhiṣecanasaṃhitam mantrayete

13. O goddess, the King and the Queen, having met in my absence, are certainly consulting about something related to the consecration (abhiṣecana).

Words meanings summery:

• देवि (devi) - O goddess (addressing Sita) (goddess, queen)

• देवः (devaḥ) - the King (Dasharatha) (god, king)

• च (ca) - and

• देवी (devī) - the Queen (Kaikeyi) (queen, goddess)

• च (ca) - and

• समागम्य (samāgamya) - having met, having come together

• मत् (mat) - my, of me

• अन्तरे (antare) - in my absence (in the middle, between, in the absence)

• मन्त्रयेते (mantrayete) - they two are consulting

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixed

• किम् (kim) - what, something

• चित् (cit) - renders 'kim' as 'something' (an indefinite particle)

• अभिषेचनसंहितम् (abhiṣecanasaṁhitam) - connected with consecration

Words meanings and morphology

देवि (devi) - O goddess (addressing Sita) (goddess, queen)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

देवः (devaḥ) - the King (Dasharatha) (god, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine one, king, lord

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

देवी (devī) - the Queen (Kaikeyi) (queen, goddess)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समागम्य (samāgamya) - having met, having come together

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root gam with sam and ā prefixes + lyap suffix

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

मत् (mat) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Often appears as the first member in a compound to mean 'my' or 'in my'.

अन्तरे (antare) - in my absence (in the middle, between, in the absence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, interior, middle, absence

मन्त्रयेते (mantrayete) - they two are consulting

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present (lat) of mantr

denominal verb from mantra

Root: mantr (class 10)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixed

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, something

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

चित् (cit) - renders 'kim' as 'something' (an indefinite particle)

(indeclinable)

अभिषेचनसंहितम् (abhiṣecanasaṁhitam) - connected with consecration

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhiṣecanasaṃhita

abhiṣecanasaṁhita - connected with anointing or consecration, relating to installation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhiṣecana+saṃhita)

• abhiṣecana – anointing, consecration, installation
  noun (neuter)
  agent noun/action noun
  root sic (to sprinkle) with abhi prefix + ana suffix
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: sic (class 6)
• saṃhita – joined, connected, united, composed
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  root dhā (to place) with sam prefix + kta suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Previous Verse Next Verse