वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-8, verse-8

भ्रातॄन्भृत्यांश्च दीर्घायुः पितृवत् पालयिष्यति ।
संतप्यसे कथं कुब्जे श्रुत्वा रामाभिषेचनम् ॥८॥

8. bhrātṝnbhṛtyāṃśca dīrghāyuḥ pitṛvat pālayiṣyati ,
saṃtapyase kathaṃ kubje śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam.

8. bhrātṝn bhṛtyān ca dīrghāyuḥ pitṛvat pālayiṣyati
saṃtapyase katham kubje śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam

8. dīrghāyuḥ bhrātṝn ca bhṛtyān pitṛvat pālayiṣyati
kubje rāmābhiṣecanam śrutvā katham saṃtapyase

8. The long-lived [Rama] will protect his brothers and servants like a father. Why do you torment yourself, O Hunchback, upon hearing of Rama's consecration?

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - servants, dependents

• च (ca) - and, also

• दीर्घायुः (dīrghāyuḥ) - long-lived, having a long life

• पितृवत् (pitṛvat) - like a father, father-like, in a fatherly manner

• पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will protect, will govern, will cherish

• संतप्यसे (saṁtapyase) - you torment yourself, you grieve, you suffer

• कथम् (katham) - why, how, in what manner

• कुब्जे (kubje) - O Manthara, the hunchbacked maid! (O Hunchback!)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• रामाभिषेचनम् (rāmābhiṣecanam) - Rama's consecration, the anointing of Rama

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - servants, dependents

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, to be supported

Gerundive

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दीर्घायुः (dīrghāyuḥ) - long-lived, having a long life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrghāyu

dīrghāyu - long-lived

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīrgha+āyu)

• dīrgha – long, tall, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• āyu – life, duration of life
  noun (neuter)

पितृवत् (pitṛvat) - like a father, father-like, in a fatherly manner

(indeclinable)

formed with the suffix -vat, meaning 'like' or 'as'

पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will protect, will govern, will cherish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pālaya

Causative

Root: pā (class 1)

संतप्यसे (saṁtapyase) - you torment yourself, you grieve, you suffer

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of tap

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - why, how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

कुब्जे (kubje) - O Manthara, the hunchbacked maid! (O Hunchback!)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kubjā

kubjā - hunchbacked woman, a female hunchback

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root: śru (class 5)

रामाभिषेचनम् (rāmābhiṣecanam) - Rama's consecration, the anointing of Rama

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rāmābhiṣecana

rāmābhiṣecana - the anointing/consecration of Rama

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rāma+abhiṣecana)

• rāma – Rama (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• abhiṣecana – anointing, consecration, coronation
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: sic (class 6)

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