वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-87, verse-22

ते समालोक्य धूमाग्रमूचुर्भरतमागताः ।
नामनुष्ये भवत्यग्निर्व्यक्तमत्रैव राघवौ ॥२२॥

22. te samālokya dhūmāgramūcurbharatamāgatāḥ ,
nāmanuṣye bhavatyagnirvyaktamatraiva rāghavau.

22. te samālokya dhūmāgram ūcuḥ bharatam āgatāḥ na
amanuṣye bhavati agniḥ vyaktam atra eva rāghavau

22. āgatāḥ te dhūmāgram samālokya bharatam ūcuḥ
amanuṣye agniḥ na bhavati vyaktam rāghavau atra eva

22. Having approached Bharata, and clearly seeing the top of the smoke, they said: 'Fire does not exist where there are no humans; clearly, the two Raghava (Rama and Lakshmana) are right here.'

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• समालोक्य (samālokya) - having seen well, having perceived

• धूमाग्रम् (dhūmāgram) - the top of the smoke

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said

• भरतम् (bharatam) - to Bharata

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having come, having approached

• न (na) - not

• अमनुष्ये (amanuṣye) - in a non-human place, where there is no human

• भवति (bhavati) - is, exists

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

• व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - clearly, evidently

• अत्र (atra) - here

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• राघवौ (rāghavau) - the two Raghava (Rama and Lakshmana)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समालोक्य (samālokya) - having seen well, having perceived

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root lok with prefixes sam-ā and suffix -ya

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: lok (class 10)

धूमाग्रम् (dhūmāgram) - the top of the smoke

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhūmāgra

dhūmāgra - tip/top of smoke

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūma+agra)

• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, top, front, point
  noun (neuter)

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect 3rd plural

Root: vac (class 2)

भरतम् (bharatam) - to Bharata

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name)

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having come, having approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gam

gam - to go, to move

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अमनुष्ये (amanuṣye) - in a non-human place, where there is no human

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of amanuṣya

amanuṣya - not human, uninhabited, devoid of men

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+manuṣya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• manuṣya – human, man
  noun (masculine)

भवति (bhavati) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - clearly, evidently

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

राघवौ (rāghavau) - the two Raghava (Rama and Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; Rama, Lakshmana

Patronymic from Raghu

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