वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-6, verse-6

तत्र शृण्वन् सुखा वाचः सूतमागधबन्दिनाम् ।
पूर्वां संध्यामुपासीनो जजाप यतमानसः ॥६॥

6. tatra śṛṇvan sukhā vācaḥ sūtamāgadhabandinām ,
pūrvāṃ saṃdhyāmupāsīno jajāpa yatamānasaḥ.

6. tatra śṛṇvan sukhāḥ vācaḥ sūtamāgadhabandinām
pūrvām saṃdhyām upāsīnaḥ jajāpa yatamānasaḥ

6. tatra saḥ sūtamāgadhabandinām sukhāḥ vācaḥ śṛṇvan
yatamānasaḥ pūrvām saṃdhyām upāsīnaḥ jajāpa

6. There, listening to the pleasant words of the bards, eulogists, and panegyrists, he worshipped the morning twilight (saṃdhyā) with a controlled mind and chanted mantras.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• शृण्वन् (śṛṇvan) - listening, hearing

• सुखाः (sukhāḥ) - pleasant, delightful, happy

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, voices

• सूतमागधबन्दिनाम् (sūtamāgadhabandinām) - of the bards, eulogists, and panegyrists

• पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - Referring to the morning twilight (eastern, former, earlier, morning)

• संध्याम् (saṁdhyām) - Morning twilight (saṃdhyā) (twilight (morning or evening), period of transition)

• उपासीनः (upāsīnaḥ) - worshipping, serving, attending

• जजाप (jajāpa) - chanted, muttered, whispered (prayers or mantras)

• यतमानसः (yatamānasaḥ) - with a controlled mind, whose mind is restrained

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

शृण्वन् (śṛṇvan) - listening, hearing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śṛṇvat

śṛṇvat - listening, hearing

Present Active Participle

Root: śru (class 5)

सुखाः (sukhāḥ) - pleasant, delightful, happy

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sukha

sukha - pleasant, happy, easy, comfort

Note: Agrees with 'vācaḥ'

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, voices

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

सूतमागधबन्दिनाम् (sūtamāgadhabandinām) - of the bards, eulogists, and panegyrists

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sūtamāgadhabandin

sūtamāgadhabandin - bards, eulogists, and panegyrists (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (sūta+māgadha+bandin)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, herald
  noun (masculine)
• māgadha – a class of bards or panegyrists (often born of a Vaiśya mother and Kṣatriya father)
  noun (masculine)
• bandin – eulogist, panegyrist
  noun (masculine)

पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - Referring to the morning twilight (eastern, former, earlier, morning)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - east, former, prior, first

Note: Agrees with 'saṃdhyām'

संध्याम् (saṁdhyām) - Morning twilight (saṃdhyā) (twilight (morning or evening), period of transition)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃdhyā

saṁdhyā - twilight, morning or evening devotions, juncture of day and night

उपासीनः (upāsīnaḥ) - worshipping, serving, attending

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāsīna

upāsīna - worshipping, sitting near, attending

Present Middle Participle

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

जजाप (jajāpa) - chanted, muttered, whispered (prayers or mantras)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of jap

Root: jap (class 1)

यतमानसः (yatamānasaḥ) - with a controlled mind, whose mind is restrained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yatamānasa

yatamānasa - whose mind is controlled, self-possessed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yata+mānasa)

• yata – controlled, restrained, regular
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• mānasa – mind, mental
  noun (neuter)

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