वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-3

तूष्णीं ते समुपासीना न कश्चित् किं चिदब्रवीत् ।
भरतस्तु सुहृन्मध्ये रामवचनमब्रवीत् ॥३॥

3. tūṣṇīṃ te samupāsīnā na kaścit kiṃ cidabravīt ,
bharatastu suhṛnmadhye rāmavacanamabravīt.

3. tūṣṇīm te samupāsīnāḥ na kaścid kim cit abravīt
bharataḥ tu suhṛt-madhye rāma-vacanam abravīt

3. te samupāsīnāḥ tūṣṇīm na kaścid kim cit abravīt
tu bharataḥ suhṛt-madhye rāma-vacanam abravīt

3. Sitting silently, none of them said anything. But Bharata, amidst his friends, addressed Rāma.

Words meanings summery:

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently (silently, quietly)

• ते (te) - they (the brothers and friends) (they, those)

• समुपासीनाः (samupāsīnāḥ) - sitting (together) (sitting, seated, staying close)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कश्चिद् (kaścid) - anyone (anyone, someone)

• किम् (kim) - anything (what, something)

• चित् (cit) - (emphasizes indefiniteness with kim) (an indefinite particle, even, just)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - (he) said/spoke (he said, he spoke)

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata (Bharata (proper name))

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

• सुहृत्-मध्ये (suhṛt-madhye) - amidst his friends (in the midst of friends)

• राम-वचनम् (rāma-vacanam) - (his) words to Rāma (Rāma's words, speech to Rāma, words concerning Rāma)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he said, he spoke)

Words meanings and morphology

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently (silently, quietly)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form

ते (te) - they (the brothers and friends) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Masculine nominative plural of tad

समुपासीनाः (samupāsīnāḥ) - sitting (together) (sitting, seated, staying close)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samupāsīna

samupāsīna - sitting near, seated

Past Active Participle

From sam-upa-√ās (to sit near), masculine nominative plural

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: ās (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

कश्चिद् (kaścid) - anyone (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone

Combination of ka (who) and cit (an indefinite particle), masculine nominative singular

किम् (kim) - anything (what, something)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Interrogative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative

चित् (cit) - (emphasizes indefiniteness with kim) (an indefinite particle, even, just)

(indeclinable)

Often used with interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns (e.g., kaścid, kiṃcid)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - (he) said/spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect

From √bru (to speak), 3rd person singular imperfect active

Root: bru (class 2)

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata (Bharata (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of Rāma's brother)

Masculine nominative singular of Bharata

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

सुहृत्-मध्ये (suhṛt-madhye) - amidst his friends (in the midst of friends)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of suhṛt-madhya

suhṛt-madhya - in the middle of friends

Locative singular of a compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (suhṛd+madhya)

• suhṛd – friend, well-wisher
  noun (masculine)
  From su (good) + hṛd (heart)
  Root: hṛd
• madhya – middle, midst
  noun (neuter)
  Neuter locative singular of madhya
  Root: madh

राम-वचनम् (rāma-vacanam) - (his) words to Rāma (Rāma's words, speech to Rāma, words concerning Rāma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rāma-vacana

rāma-vacana - Rāma's speech, words for/to Rāma

Compound, neuter accusative singular; contextually means speech directed at Rāma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+vacana)

• rāma – Rāma (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vacana – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)
  From √vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect

From √bru (to speak), 3rd person singular imperfect active

Root: bru (class 2)