वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-20

कच्चिन्मुख्या महत्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः ।
जघन्याश्च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः ॥२०॥

20. kaccinmukhyā mahatsveva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ ,
jaghanyāśca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ.

20. kaccit mukhyāḥ mahatsu eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ
| jaghanyāḥ ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ

20. kaccit bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ? mukhyāḥ mahatsu eva (yojitāḥ),
madhyamāḥ ca madhyameṣu (yojitāḥ),
jaghanyāḥ ca jaghanyeṣu (yojitāḥ).

20. I hope that your principal servants are indeed assigned to important tasks, those of middling capability to intermediate tasks, and the least capable to lesser tasks.

Words meanings summery:

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

• मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - principal servants (implied noun) (principal, chief, primary)

• महत्सु (mahatsu) - in important tasks (in great (tasks/matters))

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• मध्यमेषु (madhyameṣu) - in intermediate tasks (in medium (tasks/matters))

• च (ca) - and, also

• मध्यमाः (madhyamāḥ) - those of middling capability (medium, middling (servants))

• जघन्याः (jaghanyāḥ) - the least capable (servants) (inferior, lowest, last)

• च (ca) - and, also

• जघन्येषु (jaghanyeṣu) - in lesser tasks (in inferior (tasks/matters))

• भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants, dependents, employees

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in tasks, in actions, in duties

• योजिताः (yojitāḥ) - appointed, engaged, employed, harnessed

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - principal servants (implied noun) (principal, chief, primary)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, foremost, primary

From 'mukha' (face, front) + 'ya' (belonging to).

Note: Predicate adjective, implied subject 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

महत्सु (mahatsu) - in important tasks (in great (tasks/matters))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

Root: mah

Note: Refers to 'karmasu' (tasks) implicitly.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

मध्यमेषु (madhyameṣu) - in intermediate tasks (in medium (tasks/matters))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of madhyama

madhyama - middle, intermediate, medium, middling

Superlative/ordinal suffix 'ma' from 'madhya' (middle).

Note: Refers to 'karmasu' (tasks) implicitly.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'mahatsu' and 'madhyameṣu'.

मध्यमाः (madhyamāḥ) - those of middling capability (medium, middling (servants))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhyama

madhyama - middle, intermediate, medium, middling

Note: Predicate adjective, implied subject 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

जघन्याः (jaghanyāḥ) - the least capable (servants) (inferior, lowest, last)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaghanya

jaghanya - last, lowest, inferior, worst, mean

From 'jaghana' (buttocks, rear part).

Note: Predicate adjective, implied subject 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'madhyamāḥ' and 'jaghanyāḥ'.

जघन्येषु (jaghanyeṣu) - in lesser tasks (in inferior (tasks/matters))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of jaghanya

jaghanya - last, lowest, inferior, worst, mean

From 'jaghana'.

Note: Refers to 'karmasu' (tasks) implicitly.

भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants, dependents, employees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, employee, one to be maintained

Gerundive

From root 'bhṛ' (to bear, to support, to maintain) + 'tya' suffix.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Subject of the implied verb of being/appointment.

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in tasks, in actions, in duties

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, duty, fate, ritual (karma)

n-stem neuter noun from root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Locative of place/context.

योजिताः (yojitāḥ) - appointed, engaged, employed, harnessed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yojita

yojita - appointed, employed, engaged, joined, harnessed

Past Passive Participle

Causative stem 'yojay' from root 'yuj' (to join, to connect) + 'kta' (PPP suffix).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate for 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

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