वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-8

कच्चिदग्निषु ते युक्तो विधिज्ञो मतिमानृजुः ।
हुतं च होष्यमाणं च काले वेदयते सदा ॥८॥

8. kaccidagniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimānṛjuḥ ,
hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā.

8. kaccit agniṣu te yuktaḥ vidhijñaḥ matimān ṛjuḥ
hutam ca hoṣyamāṇam ca kāle vedayate sadā

8. kaccit te yuktaḥ vidhijñaḥ matimān ṛjuḥ agniṣu
hutam ca hoṣyamāṇam ca kāle sadā vedayate

8. Is it true that your devoted, ritual-knowing, intelligent, and honest priest always informs you, at the proper time, about both the offerings already made and those yet to be made in the sacrificial fires?

Words meanings summery:

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

• अग्निषु (agniṣu) - in the sacrificial fires (in the fires, among the fires)

• ते (te) - your, of you

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged, diligent, devoted, attentive, yoked

• विधिज्ञः (vidhijñaḥ) - knowing the rules, expert in rituals, knowledgeable of ordinances

• मतिमान् (matimān) - intelligent, wise, endowed with understanding

• ऋजुः (ṛjuḥ) - honest, straightforward, upright, direct

• हुतम् (hutam) - offerings already made in the sacrifice (that which has been offered, sacrifice made)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• होष्यमाणम् (hoṣyamāṇam) - offerings yet to be made in the sacrifice (that which is to be offered, about to be offered)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the proper time, at the right moment

• वेदयते (vedayate) - makes known, informs, reports, causes to know

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

अग्निषु (agniṣu) - in the sacrificial fires (in the fires, among the fires)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of agni

agni - fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged, diligent, devoted, attentive, yoked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - engaged, diligent, devoted, attentive, yoked, joined

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to unite, to control).

Root: yuj (class 7)

विधिज्ञः (vidhijñaḥ) - knowing the rules, expert in rituals, knowledgeable of ordinances

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhijña

vidhijña - knowing the rules, expert in rituals, knowledgeable of ordinances

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidhi+jña)

• vidhi – rule, ordinance, ritual, method, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-dhā (to arrange, ordain).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with, skilled in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

मतिमान् (matimān) - intelligent, wise, endowed with understanding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matimat

matimat - intelligent, wise, endowed with understanding

From mati (mind, intelligence) + -mat (possessive suffix).

ऋजुः (ṛjuḥ) - honest, straightforward, upright, direct

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛju

ṛju - honest, straightforward, upright, direct

हुतम् (hutam) - offerings already made in the sacrifice (that which has been offered, sacrifice made)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of huta

huta - offered, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

From root hu (to sacrifice, offer).

Root: hu (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

होष्यमाणम् (hoṣyamāṇam) - offerings yet to be made in the sacrifice (that which is to be offered, about to be offered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hoṣyamāṇa

hoṣyamāṇa - that which is to be offered, about to be offered

Future Passive Participle

From root hu (to sacrifice, offer), passive voice, future tense form.

Root: hu (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - in time, at the proper time, at the right moment

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

वेदयते (vedayate) - makes known, informs, reports, causes to know

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Causative, Present Tense, Middle Voice

Causative form of the root 'vid' (to know), 10th conjugation equivalent, atmanepada.

Root: vid (class 10)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

(indeclinable)

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