वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-10

कच्चिदात्म समाः शूराः श्रुतवन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः ।
कुलीनाश्चेङ्गितज्ञाश्च कृतास्ते तात मन्त्रिणः ॥१०॥

10. kaccidātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ ,
kulīnāśceṅgitajñāśca kṛtāste tāta mantriṇaḥ.

10. kaccit ātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavantaḥ jitendriyāḥ
kulīnāḥ ca iṅgitajñāḥ ca kṛtāḥ te tāta mantriṇaḥ

10. tāta kaccit te mantriṇaḥ ātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavantaḥ
jitendriyāḥ kulīnāḥ ca iṅgitajñāḥ ca kṛtāḥ

10. My dear son, I hope that your counselors (mantrin), whom you have appointed, are equal to yourself (ātman), brave, learned, self-controlled (jitendriya), of noble birth, and perceptive of intentions.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope (interrogative particle), is it that, do you

• आत्म (ātma) - oneself, yourself (self, soul, spirit)

• समाः (samāḥ) - equal to you (equal, similar, alike)

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, valorous, heroic

• श्रुतवन्तः (śrutavantaḥ) - learned, possessing knowledge, wise

• जितेन्द्रियाः (jitendriyāḥ) - self-controlled, having conquered the senses

• कुलीनाः (kulīnāḥ) - of noble family, well-born, high-born

• च (ca) - and, also

• इङ्गितज्ञाः (iṅgitajñāḥ) - knowing gestures, understanding intentions/hints

• च (ca) - and, also

• कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - appointed (as ministers) (made, done, appointed)

• ते (te) - your

• तात (tāta) - dear son (dear one, son, father (term of endearment))

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - counselors, ministers

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope (interrogative particle), is it that, do you

(indeclinable)

आत्म (ātma) - oneself, yourself (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual (ātman)

Note: Part of the compound 'ātma-samāḥ'.

समाः (samāḥ) - equal to you (equal, similar, alike)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - equal, same, similar

Note: Predicative adjective for 'mantriṇaḥ'.

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, valorous, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valorous, hero

Note: Predicative adjective for 'mantriṇaḥ'.

श्रुतवन्तः (śrutavantaḥ) - learned, possessing knowledge, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrutavat

śrutavat - learned, possessing knowledge (from śruta 'heard' or 'sacred tradition')

"vat" suffix indicating possession.

Note: Predicative adjective for 'mantriṇaḥ'.

जितेन्द्रियाः (jitendriyāḥ) - self-controlled, having conquered the senses

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jita-indriya

jita-indriya - having conquered the senses, self-controlled (jitendriya)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, won
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ji (to conquer).
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)

कुलीनाः (kulīnāḥ) - of noble family, well-born, high-born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kulīna

kulīna - of noble family, well-born

From kula (family) + īna (suffix).

Note: Predicative adjective for 'mantriṇaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'kulīnāḥ' and 'iṅgitajñāḥ'.

इङ्गितज्ञाः (iṅgitajñāḥ) - knowing gestures, understanding intentions/hints

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of iṅgita-jña

iṅgita-jña - knowing gestures, understanding intentions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṅgita+jña)

• iṅgita – gesture, hint, intention
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knowing, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'iṅgitajñāḥ' to the previous list.

कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - appointed (as ministers) (made, done, appointed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, appointed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Indicates possession 'your'.

तात (tāta) - dear son (dear one, son, father (term of endearment))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father; dear one (term of endearment, often used by elder to younger)

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - counselors, ministers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - counselor, minister, advisor

From mantra (counsel) + in (suffix).

Note: Subject of 'kṛtāḥ'.

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