वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-52, verse-9

किमुवाच वचो रामः किमुवाच च लक्ष्मणः ।
सुमन्त्र वनमासाद्य किमुवाच च मैथिली ।
आसितं शयितं भुक्तं सूत रामस्य कीर्तय ॥९॥

9. kimuvāca vaco rāmaḥ kimuvāca ca lakṣmaṇaḥ ,
sumantra vanamāsādya kimuvāca ca maithilī ,
āsitaṃ śayitaṃ bhuktaṃ sūta rāmasya kīrtaya.

9. kim uvāca vacaḥ rāmaḥ kim uvāca ca
lakṣmaṇaḥ sumantra vanam āsādya
kim uvāca ca maithilī āsitam
śayitam bhuktam sūta rāmasya kīrtaya

9. sūta,
sumantra,
rāmaḥ kim vacaḥ uvāca? ca lakṣmaṇaḥ kim uvāca? ca vanam āsādya maithilī kim uvāca? rāmasya āsitam śayitam bhuktam kīrtaya

9. O Sumantra, what did Rāma say? What did Lakṣmaṇa say? And what did Maithilī (Sītā) say after reaching the forest? O charioteer, recount all of Rāma's actions – his sitting, sleeping, and eating.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, what kind of

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• किम् (kim) - what, what kind of

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• च (ca) - and

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa

• सुमन्त्र (sumantra) - O Sumantra

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - after reaching (the forest) (having reached, having obtained)

• किम् (kim) - what, what kind of

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• च (ca) - and

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Maithilī (Sītā, daughter of the king of Mithila)

• आसितम् (āsitam) - the act of Rāma sitting (sitting, having sat (act of sitting))

• शयितम् (śayitam) - the act of Rāma sleeping (sleeping, having slept (act of sleeping))

• भुक्तम् (bhuktam) - the act of Rāma eating (eating, having eaten (act of eating))

• सूत (sūta) - O charioteer

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• कीर्तय (kīrtaya) - recount, relate, describe

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how; an interrogative particle

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a prominent deity in Hinduism, the seventh avatar of Vishnu)

किम् (kim) - what, what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how; an interrogative particle

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (brother of Rāma)

सुमन्त्र (sumantra) - O Sumantra

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sumantra

sumantra - Sumantra (name of King Daśaratha's charioteer and chief minister); a good counsel

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

आसाद्य (āsādya) - after reaching (the forest) (having reached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root sad (1st class) with upasarga ā and suffix -lyap

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how; an interrogative particle

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मैथिली (maithilī) - Maithilī (Sītā, daughter of the king of Mithila)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithilī (an epithet for Sītā, indicating her origin from Mithila)

आसितम् (āsitam) - the act of Rāma sitting (sitting, having sat (act of sitting))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsita

āsita - sat, sitting; the act of sitting

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Derived from root ās (2nd class) with suffix -kta, used as a neuter noun

Root: ās (class 2)

शयितम् (śayitam) - the act of Rāma sleeping (sleeping, having slept (act of sleeping))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śayita

śayita - slept, lain; the act of sleeping

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Derived from root śī (2nd class) with suffix -kta, used as a neuter noun

Root: śī (class 2)

भुक्तम् (bhuktam) - the act of Rāma eating (eating, having eaten (act of eating))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhukta

bhukta - eaten, enjoyed; the act of eating

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Derived from root bhuj (7th class) with suffix -kta, used as a neuter noun

Root: bhuj (class 7)

सूत (sūta) - O charioteer

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a prominent deity in Hinduism, the seventh avatar of Vishnu)

कीर्तय (kīrtaya) - recount, relate, describe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of kīrt

Root: kṛt (class 10)

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