वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-30, verse-21

इत्येवं विविधा वाचो नानाजनसमीरिताः ।
शुश्राव रामः श्रुत्वा च न विचक्रे ऽस्य मानसं ॥२१॥

21. ityevaṃ vividhā vāco nānājanasamīritāḥ ,
śuśrāva rāmaḥ śrutvā ca na vicakre'sya mānasaṃ.

21. iti evam vividhāḥ vācaḥ nānājanasamīritāḥ
śuśrāva rāmaḥ śrutvā ca na vicakre asya mānasam

21. rāmaḥ iti evam nānājanasamīritāḥ vividhāḥ
vācaḥ śuśrāva ca śrutvā asya mānasam na vicakre

21. Thus, Rāma heard various words uttered by many people. And having heard them, his mind did not waver.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, voices

• नानाजनसमीरिताः (nānājanasamīritāḥ) - uttered by various people

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• विचक्रे (vicakre) - wavered, was disturbed, turned away

• अस्य (asya) - Rāma's (his, of this)

• मानसम् (mānasam) - mind, heart, intellect

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects with 'evam'.

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

Note: Feminine plural to agree with 'vācaḥ'.

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, voices

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice, sound

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śuśrāva'.

नानाजनसमीरिताः (nānājanasamīritāḥ) - uttered by various people

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nānājanasamīrita

nānājanasamīrita - uttered by various people

Past Passive Participle

Compound adjective. samīrita is past passive participle of sam-īr (to utter).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānājana+samīrita)

• nānājana – various people, many people
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of nānā (various) and jana (person/people).
• samīrita – uttered, spoken, pronounced
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'īr' (to move, to utter) with prefix 'sam' and kta suffix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vācaḥ'.

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of śru

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active

Root: śru (class 5)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of root 'śru' (to hear) with -tvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विचक्रे (vicakre) - wavered, was disturbed, turned away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of vicakr

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect middle

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्य (asya) - Rāma's (his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāma.

मानसम् (mānasam) - mind, heart, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mind, heart, intellect

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'vicakre'.

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