वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-7, verse-29

इदं तु मन्थरे मह्यमाख्यासि परमं प्रियम् ।
एतन्मे प्रियमाख्यातुः किं वा भूयः करोमि ते ॥२९॥

29. idaṃ tu manthare mahyamākhyāsi paramaṃ priyam ,
etanme priyamākhyātuḥ kiṃ vā bhūyaḥ karomi te.

29. idam tu manthare mahyam ākhyāsi paramam priyam
etat me priyam ākhyātuḥ kim vā bhūyaḥ karomi te

29. manthare,
tvam idam paramam priyam mahyam ākhyāsi.
etat priyam me ākhyātuḥ te kim vā bhūyaḥ karomi?

29. O Mantharā, you indeed tell me this supremely pleasing news. What more shall I do for you, the teller of this dear thing to me?

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (news) (this)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• मन्थरे (manthare) - O Mantharā

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

• आख्यासि (ākhyāsi) - you tell, you relate, you inform

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, greatest, excellent

• प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing news, a great favor (dear, pleasing, beloved; a dear thing, a favor)

• एतत् (etat) - this (dear thing / news) (this)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, pleasing; a dear thing, a favor

• आख्यातुः (ākhyātuḥ) - of you, the one who tells (of the teller, to the teller)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• वा (vā) - or, and

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more, further, again

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (news) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

मन्थरे (manthare) - O Mantharā

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mantharā

mantharā - Mantharā (name of Kaikeyī's hunchbacked maid)

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

आख्यासि (ākhyāsi) - you tell, you relate, you inform

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of khyā

Present indicative second person singular

From root khyā (to tell) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, greatest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, best, ultimate

Superlative of para (other, distant).

प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing news, a great favor (dear, pleasing, beloved; a dear thing, a favor)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable; a dear thing/person

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Used as a noun here.

एतत् (etat) - this (dear thing / news) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: This refers to the news of Rama's consecration.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Often takes the place of mahyam.

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, pleasing; a dear thing, a favor

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable; a dear thing/person

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Used as a noun here.

आख्यातुः (ākhyātuḥ) - of you, the one who tells (of the teller, to the teller)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ākhyātṛ

ākhyātṛ - a narrator, teller, announcer

Agent Noun

Formed from root khyā with prefix ā and suffix tṛ.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Refers to Mantharā.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which? why?

Interrogative pronoun/adjective.

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more, further, again

(indeclinable)

Comparative form of bahu (much) used adverbially.

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present indicative first person singular

From root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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