वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-32, verse-9

एवं ब्रुवति काकुत्स्थे कैकेय्या भयमागतम् ।
मुखं चाप्यगमाच्छोषं स्वरश्चापि न्यरुध्यत ॥९॥

9. evaṃ bruvati kākutsthe kaikeyyā bhayamāgatam ,
mukhaṃ cāpyagamācchoṣaṃ svaraścāpi nyarudhyata.

9. evam bruvati kākutsthe kaikeyyā bhayam āgatam mukham
ca api agamat śoṣam svaraḥ ca api nyarudhyata

9. evam kākutsthe bruvati kaikeyyā bhayam āgatam ca
api mukham śoṣam agamat ca api svaraḥ nyarudhyata

9. As Kakutstha (Rāma) spoke thus, fear seized Kaikeyi. Her face dried up, and her voice became choked.

Words meanings summery:

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

• ब्रुवति (bruvati) - speaking, while speaking

• काकुत्स्थे (kākutsthe) - in Kakutstha, while Kakutstha

• कैकेय्या (kaikeyyā) - fear came to Kaikeyi (by Kaikeyi, to Kaikeyi)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, terror

• आगतम् (āgatam) - came, arrived

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अगमत् (agamat) - went, reached

• शोषम् (śoṣam) - dryness, desiccation

• स्वरः (svaraḥ) - voice, sound

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• न्यरुध्यत (nyarudhyata) - was obstructed, was choked, was suppressed

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

ब्रुवति (bruvati) - speaking, while speaking

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'brū' (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

काकुत्स्थे (kākutsthe) - in Kakutstha, while Kakutstha

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet of Rāma)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

कैकेय्या (kaikeyyā) - fear came to Kaikeyi (by Kaikeyi, to Kaikeyi)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (proper name), daughter of the king of Kekaya

Note: Instrumental case used to denote the experiencer of the emotion 'fear'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, terror

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

आगतम् (āgatam) - came, arrived

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, principal

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अगमत् (agamat) - went, reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Aorist form (luṅ) with augment 'a'

Root: gam (class 1)

शोषम् (śoṣam) - dryness, desiccation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoṣa

śoṣa - dryness, withering, emaciation

स्वरः (svaraḥ) - voice, sound

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svara

svara - voice, sound, tone, accent

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

न्यरुध्यत (nyarudhyata) - was obstructed, was choked, was suppressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of rudh

Imperfect passive form of root 'rudh' with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: rudh (class 7)

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