वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-93, verse-13

अथ गत्वा मुहूर्तं तु चित्रकूटं स राघवः ।
मन्दाकिनीमनुप्राप्तस्तं जनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥१३॥

13. atha gatvā muhūrtaṃ tu citrakūṭaṃ sa rāghavaḥ ,
mandākinīmanuprāptastaṃ janaṃ cedamabravīt.

13. atha gatvā muhūrtam tu citrakūṭam saḥ rāghavaḥ
mandākinīm anuprāptaḥ tam janam ca idam abravīt

13. atha saḥ rāghavaḥ muhūrtam tu gatvā citrakūṭam
mandākinīm anuprāptaḥ ca tam janam idam abravīt

13. Then, after traveling for a short while, Rāghava reached Citrakūṭa and the Mandākinī river, and addressed those people with these words.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short time

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• चित्रकूटम् (citrakūṭam) - to Citrakūṭa (a mountain)

• सः (saḥ) - that (he)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama, the son of Raghu (Rāghava)

• मन्दाकिनीम् (mandākinīm) - to the Mandākinī (river)

• अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - having reached, arrived at

• तम् (tam) - to those people (to him, that)

• जनम् (janam) - people, person

• च (ca) - and, also

• इदम् (idam) - referring to the words spoken (implied) (this)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

absolutive (indeclinable participle) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short time

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

चित्रकूटम् (citrakūṭam) - to Citrakūṭa (a mountain)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citrakūṭa

citrakūṭa - Citrakūṭa (name of a mountain)

compound of citra (variegated) and kūṭa (peak)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citra+kūṭa)

• citra – bright, variegated, wonderful
  adjective
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'gatvā'.

सः (saḥ) - that (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāghava.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama, the son of Raghu (Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

patronymic from Raghu

Note: The subject of the sentence.

मन्दाकिनीम् (mandākinīm) - to the Mandākinī (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mandākinī

mandākinī - Mandākinī (name of a sacred river, especially near Citrakūṭa)

Note: Object of 'anuprāptaḥ'.

अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - having reached, arrived at

(past passive participle)

Note: Modifies 'rāghavaḥ'.

तम् (tam) - to those people (to him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'janam'.

जनम् (janam) - people, person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

Note: The people being addressed.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - referring to the words spoken (implied) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

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