वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-13

कच्चिन्मन्त्रयसे नैकः कच्चिन्न बहुभिः सह ।
कच्चित्ते मन्त्रितो मन्त्रो राष्ट्रं न परिधावति ॥१३॥

13. kaccinmantrayase naikaḥ kaccinna bahubhiḥ saha ,
kaccitte mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati.

13. kaccit mantrayase na ekaḥ kaccit na bahubhiḥ saha
kaccit te mantritaḥ mantraḥ rāṣṭram na paridhāvati

13. kaccit (tvam) na ekaḥ mantrayase kaccit na bahubhiḥ saha
(mantrayase) kaccit te mantritaḥ mantraḥ rāṣṭram na paridhāvati

13. Surely you do not deliberate alone, nor with too many people? And I hope that the counsel (mantra) you have deliberated upon does not become public knowledge throughout the kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

• मन्त्रयसे (mantrayase) - you deliberate, you consult, you counsel

• न (na) - not, no

• एकः (ekaḥ) - alone, one, single

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

• न (na) - not, no

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many, with many

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

• ते (te) - your, by you, for you

• मन्त्रितः (mantritaḥ) - deliberated, counselled, planned

• मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, plan, deliberation (counsel, plan, deliberation, sacred utterance)

• राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, nation, country

• न (na) - not, no

• परिधावति (paridhāvati) - it spreads, it runs around, it becomes public

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

मन्त्रयसे (mantrayase) - you deliberate, you consult, you counsel

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of mantray

Denominative from mantra

Root: mantr (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - alone, one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many, with many

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, by you, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Used here in an instrumental sense, 'by you'.

मन्त्रितः (mantritaḥ) - deliberated, counselled, planned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantrita

mantrita - deliberated, counselled, planned

Past Passive Participle

Root: mantr (class 10)

मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, plan, deliberation (counsel, plan, deliberation, sacred utterance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, plan, deliberation, sacred utterance, hymn

Root: mantr

राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, nation, country

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, nation, country

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परिधावति (paridhāvati) - it spreads, it runs around, it becomes public

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of paridhāv

Prefix: pari

Root: dhāv (class 1)

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