वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-86, verse-18

ततः पप्रच्छ भरतं भरद्वाजो दृढव्रतः ।
विशेषं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि मातॄणां तव राघव ॥१८॥

18. tataḥ papraccha bharataṃ bharadvājo dṛḍhavrataḥ ,
viśeṣaṃ jñātumicchāmi mātṝṇāṃ tava rāghava.

18. tataḥ papraccha bharatam bharadvājaḥ dṛḍhavrataḥ
viśeṣam jñātum icchāmi mātṝṇām tava rāghava

18. tataḥ dṛḍhavrataḥ bharadvājaḥ bharatam papraccha
rāghava tava mātṝṇām viśeṣam jñātum icchāmi

18. Then, Bharadvāja, steadfast in his observances, asked Bharata: "O descendant of Raghu (Rāghava), I wish to know the specific details of your mothers."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked (asked, enquired)

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata (Bharata (accusative))

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (Bharadvāja (name of a sage))

• दृढव्रतः (dṛḍhavrataḥ) - steadfast in his observances (firm in vows, steadfast in observances, resolute)

• विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - specific details (particularity, distinction, specific detail)

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of your mothers (of the mothers)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu (Rāghava) (O descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from 'tad' with 'tasil' suffix.

Note: Temporal adverb.

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked (asked, enquired)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect form of root 'prach'.

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Main verb.

भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata (Bharata (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of Rama's brother)

From root 'bhṛ' (to bear, carry).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of `papraccha`.

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (Bharadvāja (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (name of a revered sage, one of the Saptarishis)

Compound of 'bhara' (bearing) + 'dvāja' (bird, or possibly a derivative meaning 'wealth').

Note: Subject of `papraccha`.

दृढव्रतः (dṛḍhavrataḥ) - steadfast in his observances (firm in vows, steadfast in observances, resolute)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛḍhavrata

dṛḍhavrata - firm in vows, steadfast in observances, resolute, ascetically strong

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'dṛḍha' (firm) + 'vrata' (vow, observance). "One whose vows are firm."

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dṛḍha+vrata)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, hard, steady
  adjective
  PPP from 'dṛṃh' (to be firm)
  From root 'dṛṃh' (to make firm).
  Root: dṛṃh (class 1)
• vrata – vow, religious observance, rule, duty
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'vṛ' (to choose, vow).
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `bharadvājaḥ`.

विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - specific details (particularity, distinction, specific detail)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, particularity, specific property, detail, special feature

From 'vi-' + root 'śiṣ' (to remain).

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Object of `jñātum`.

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root 'jñā' (to know) + 'tumun' suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of `icchāmi`.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'iṣ' (to wish). First person singular present active.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of your mothers (of the mothers)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

R-stem noun.

Note: Possessive relationship with `viśeṣam`.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

2nd person pronoun.

राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu (Rāghava) (O descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, a king of the solar dynasty; an epithet of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna

Patronymic from 'raghu'.

Note: Term of address.