वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-71, verse-21

ततः प्रकृतिमान् वैद्यः पितुरेषां पुरोहितः ।
वसिष्ठो भरतं वाक्यमुत्थाप्य तमुवाच ह ॥२१॥

21. tataḥ prakṛtimān vaidyaḥ pitureṣāṃ purohitaḥ ,
vasiṣṭho bharataṃ vākyamutthāpya tamuvāca ha.

21. tataḥ prakṛtimān vaidyaḥ pituḥ eṣām purohitaḥ
vasiṣṭhaḥ bharatam vākyam utthāpya tam uvāca ha

21. vasiṣṭhaḥ pituḥ eṣām prakṛtimān vaidyaḥ purohitaḥ
tataḥ bharatam utthāpya tam vākyam uvāca ha

21. Then, Vasiṣṭha, the composed and learned family priest of their father, having raised Bharata, spoke these words to him.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (thereupon, then, from that)

• प्रकृतिमान् (prakṛtimān) - wise, composed (endowed with intrinsic nature, wise, sensible, composed)

• वैद्यः (vaidyaḥ) - learned man, expert (learned man, knower, physician)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of their father (King Daśaratha) (of a father, from a father)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (princes, Bharata and his brothers) (of these)

• पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - family priest (family priest, one placed in front)

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage))

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Prince Bharata (Bharata (name of a king/prince))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, speech (word, speech, sentence)

• उत्थाप्य (utthāpya) - having raised (from his state of grief or prostration) (having raised, having made to stand up)

• तम् (tam) - him (Bharata) (him, that (masculine accusative))

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

• ह (ha) - indeed (an emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, as is well known)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (thereupon, then, from that)

(indeclinable)

प्रकृतिमान् (prakṛtimān) - wise, composed (endowed with intrinsic nature, wise, sensible, composed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakṛtimat

prakṛtimat - endowed with original nature, intelligent, wise, natural

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

वैद्यः (vaidyaḥ) - learned man, expert (learned man, knower, physician)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaidya

vaidya - learned, skillful, physician, expert

Derived from veda

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of their father (King Daśaratha) (of a father, from a father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (princes, Bharata and his brothers) (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to Bharata and his brothers.

पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - family priest (family priest, one placed in front)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - family priest, spiritual guide, one placed in front

Prefix: puras

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)

Note: The subject of the sentence.

भरतम् (bharatam) - Prince Bharata (Bharata (name of a king/prince))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of a legendary emperor, or Rama's brother)

Note: The object of 'utthāpya'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, speech (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, statement, word

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

उत्थाप्य (utthāpya) - having raised (from his state of grief or prostration) (having raised, having made to stand up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root sthā with upasargas ut + ā, causative

Prefixes: ut+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him (Bharata) (him, that (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Bharata.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular Perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed (an emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, as is well known)

(indeclinable)

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