वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-63, verse-7

एवं ब्रुवाणं सुहृदं भरतः प्रत्युवाच ह ।
शृणु त्वं यन्निमित्तंमे दैन्यमेतदुपागतम् ॥७॥

7. evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ suhṛdaṃ bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha ,
śṛṇu tvaṃ yannimittaṃme dainyametadupāgatam.

7. evam bruvāṇam suhṛdam bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha
śṛṇu tvam yat nimittam me dainyam etat upāgatam

7. bharataḥ evam bruvāṇam suhṛdam ha pratyuvāca
tvam śṛṇu yat nimittam me etat dainyam upāgatam

7. Bharata replied to his friend who spoke thus: "Listen, you, to the reason why this wretchedness has come upon me."

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• ब्रुवाणम् (bruvāṇam) - speaking, saying (accusative)

• सुहृदम् (suhṛdam) - to the friend, well-wisher

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that (as a conjunction introducing a clause)

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause

• मे (me) - to me, my

• दैन्यम् (dainyam) - wretchedness, misery, pitiableness

• एतत् (etat) - this

• उपागतम् (upāgatam) - has come, approached, obtained

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ब्रुवाणम् (bruvāṇam) - speaking, saying (accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bruvāṇa

bruvāṇa - speaking, saying, talking

Present Middle Participle (śānac)

Derived from root 'bru'

Root: bru (class 2)

सुहृदम् (suhṛdam) - to the friend, well-wisher

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suhṛd

suhṛd - well-wisher, friend, good-hearted

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of a king, a country, etc.)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prativac

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

यत् (yat) - which, what, that (as a conjunction introducing a clause)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Used here as a relative pronoun functioning as a subordinating conjunction.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, sign, omen, motive

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Could also be genitive 'my', but dative 'to me' fits better with 'has come upon'.

दैन्यम् (dainyam) - wretchedness, misery, pitiableness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dainya

dainya - wretchedness, misery, pitiableness, humility, dejection

Derived from dīna (wretched)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

उपागतम् (upāgatam) - has come, approached, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, obtained, fallen to one's lot

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' with prefixes 'upa' and 'ā'

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Previous Verse Next Verse