वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-29

कच्चिज्जानपदो विद्वान्दक्षिणः प्रतिभानवान् ।
यथोक्तवादी दूतस्ते कृतो भरत पण्डितः ॥२९॥

29. kaccijjānapado vidvāndakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān ,
yathoktavādī dūtaste kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ.

29. kaccit jānapadaḥ vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān
yathoktavādī dūtaḥ te kṛtaḥ bharata paṇḍitaḥ

29. bharata,
kaccit te dūtaḥ jānapadaḥ vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān yathoktavādī paṇḍitaḥ kṛtaḥ?

29. O Bharata, I hope the envoy you have appointed is a native of the country, learned, skillful, intelligent, truthful in his reports, and wise.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

• जानपदः (jānapadaḥ) - a native, a citizen, relating to the country

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned, wise

• दक्षिणः (dakṣiṇaḥ) - skillful, clever, efficient, courteous

• प्रतिभानवान् (pratibhānavān) - intelligent, sagacious, quick-witted, ingenious

• यथोक्तवादी (yathoktavādī) - one who speaks as told, truthful in reporting

• दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

• ते (te) - your, to you

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made, appointed, done

• भरत (bharata) - O Bharata

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - wise, learned, skilled

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

(indeclinable)

जानपदः (jānapadaḥ) - a native, a citizen, relating to the country

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jānapada

jānapada - native of the country, citizen, provincial

derived from janapada (country, district)

विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvat

vidvat - learned, wise, knowing

Present Active Participle

from root vid (to know), class 2

Root: vid (class 2)

दक्षिणः (dakṣiṇaḥ) - skillful, clever, efficient, courteous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - skillful, clever, efficient, southern, right

प्रतिभानवान् (pratibhānavān) - intelligent, sagacious, quick-witted, ingenious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratibhānavat

pratibhānavat - intelligent, sagacious, quick-witted

possessive suffix mat/vat from pratibhāna (intelligence)

यथोक्तवादी (yathoktavādī) - one who speaks as told, truthful in reporting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathoktavādin

yathoktavādin - one who speaks as told, truthful in reporting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yathā+ukta+vādin)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• ukta – spoken, said, told
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• vādin – speaker, one who says
  noun (masculine)
  from root vad (to speak)
  Root: vad (class 1)

दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, ambassador

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made, appointed, done

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, appointed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भरत (bharata) - O Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (a name of a king, or a descendant of Bharata)

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - wise, learned, skilled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, scholar, skilled

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