वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-3

अथोवाच भरद्वाजो भरतं प्रहसन्निव ।
जाने त्वां प्रीति संयुक्तं तुष्येस्त्वं येन केन चित् ॥३॥

3. athovāca bharadvājo bharataṃ prahasanniva ,
jāne tvāṃ prīti saṃyuktaṃ tuṣyestvaṃ yena kena cit.

3. atha uvāca bharadvājaḥ bharatam prahasan iva jāne
tvām prīti saṃyuktam tuṣyesi tvam yena kena cit

3. atha bharadvājaḥ prahasan iva bharatam uvāca jāne
tvām prīti saṃyuktam tvam yena kena cit tuṣyesi

3. Then Bharadvaja said to Bharata, as if smiling, 'I know you are full of affection, and you would be satisfied with anything.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (introducing a new statement) (then, now, thereupon)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Bharadvaja said (he said, he spoke)

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - The sage Bharadvaja (Bharadvaja (proper name))

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Prince Bharata (object of uvāca) (Bharata (accusative))

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smilingly, as if laughing (laughing, smiling)

• इव (iva) - as if (smiling) (like, as if, as)

• जाने (jāne) - (Bharadvaja saying) I know (I know)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Bharata) (you (accusative singular))

• प्रीति (prīti) - love, affection (affection, love, joy)

• संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - filled with (affection), endowed with (love) (joined with, connected with, endowed with)

• तुष्येसि (tuṣyesi) - you (Bharata) would be content (you would be satisfied, you would be pleased)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Bharata) (you (nominative singular))

• येन (yena) - with whatever (thing) (by which, with which)

• केन (kena) - with whatever (thing) (by what, with what)

• चित् (cit) - (renders yena kena indefinite, meaning "whatever") ((indefinite particle))

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (introducing a new statement) (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Particle

उवाच (uvāca) - Bharadvaja said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular active

From root vac (to speak), perfect tense form.

Root: vac (class 2)

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - The sage Bharadvaja (Bharadvaja (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvaja (name of a sage)

भरतम् (bharatam) - Prince Bharata (object of uvāca) (Bharata (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name); cherished, maintained

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of the verb uvāca.

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smilingly, as if laughing (laughing, smiling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

From prefix pra + root has (to laugh)

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Bharadvaja.

इव (iva) - as if (smiling) (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

Particle

जाने (jāne) - (Bharadvaja saying) I know (I know)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present 1st singular middle

From root jñā (to know), jā is the reduplicated stem.

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Bharata) (you (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun

Note: tvām is an irregular accusative form of yuṣmad.

प्रीति (prīti) - love, affection (affection, love, joy)

(noun)

feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - love, affection, pleasure, joy

From root prī (to please, love)

Root: prī (class 9)

संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - filled with (affection), endowed with (love) (joined with, connected with, endowed with)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃyukta

saṁyukta - joined, connected, endowed with, possessed of

Past Passive Participle

From sam + yuj (to join)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prīti+saṃyukta)

• prīti – love, affection
  noun (feminine)
  Root: prī (class 9)
• saṃyukta – joined, connected, united
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam + root yuj
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies tvām.

तुष्येसि (tuṣyesi) - you (Bharata) would be content (you would be satisfied, you would be pleased)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of tuṣ

Optative 2nd singular active

From root tuṣ (to be pleased), optative mood.

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Bharata) (you (nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun

येन (yena) - with whatever (thing) (by which, with which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Relative pronoun

केन (kena) - with whatever (thing) (by what, with what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun, used as indefinite here.

चित् (cit) - (renders yena kena indefinite, meaning "whatever") ((indefinite particle))

(indeclinable)

Indefinite particle, often used with kim and yad.

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