वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-81, verse-12

भ्राता मे क्वावसद् रात्रिं क्व सीता क्व च लक्ष्मणः ।
अस्वपच्छयने कस्मिन् किं भुक्त्वा गुह शंस मे ॥१२॥

12. bhrātā me kvāvasad rātriṃ kva sītā kva ca lakṣmaṇaḥ ,
asvapacchayane kasmin kiṃ bhuktvā guha śaṃsa me.

12. bhrātā me kva avasat rātrim kva sītā kva ca lakṣmaṇaḥ
asvapat śayane kasmin kim bhuktvā guha śaṃsa me

12. guha me śaṃsa me bhrātā rātrim kva avasat kva sītā
ca kva lakṣmaṇaḥ kasmin śayane asvapat kim bhuktvā

12. O Guha, tell me: Where did my brother (Rama) stay for the night? Where did Sita and Lakshmana stay? On what kind of bed did he sleep, and what did he eat?

Words meanings summery:

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - (referring to Rama) (brother)

• मे (me) - my, to me

• क्व (kva) - where?

• अवसत् (avasat) - (referring to staying for the night) (he stayed, he dwelled, he lived)

• रात्रिम् (rātrim) - (for the night) (night)

• क्व (kva) - where?

• सीता (sītā) - (Rama's wife) (Sita)

• क्व (kva) - where?

• च (ca) - and

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - (Rama's brother) (Lakshmana)

• अस्वपत् (asvapat) - he slept

• शयने (śayane) - on a bed, on a sleeping place

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - on which, in which

• किम् (kim) - what?

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having eaten

• गुह (guha) - (vocative for Guha, the chieftain) (O Guha)

• शंस (śaṁsa) - (tell me) (tell, relate, praise)

• मे (me) - to me

Words meanings and morphology

भ्राता (bhrātā) - (referring to Rama) (brother)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, my, to me

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

अवसत् (avasat) - (referring to staying for the night) (he stayed, he dwelled, he lived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Imperfect Tense

third person singular active, from root vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

रात्रिम् (rātrim) - (for the night) (night)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

Note: used adverbially to denote duration of time

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

सीता (sītā) - (Rama's wife) (Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (proper noun, wife of Rama)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - (Rama's brother) (Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (proper noun, Rama's brother)

अस्वपत् (asvapat) - he slept

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of svap

Imperfect Tense

third person singular active, from root svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

शयने (śayane) - on a bed, on a sleeping place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śayana

śayana - bed, couch, sleeping, lying down

from root śī (to lie down)

Root: śī (class 2)

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - on which, in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which

interrogative pronoun

Note: can agree with neuter 'śayana' also

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

interrogative pronoun

भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having eaten

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root bhuj (to eat, to enjoy) with suffix -ktvā

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: absolutive/gerund

गुह (guha) - (vocative for Guha, the chieftain) (O Guha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of guha

guha - Guha (proper noun, chieftain of the Niṣādas)

शंस (śaṁsa) - (tell me) (tell, relate, praise)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

second person singular active imperative, from root śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, my, to me