वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-15, verse-35

न ते ऽम्बा मध्यमा तात गर्हितव्या कथं चन ।
तामेवेक्ष्वाकुनाथस्य भरतस्य कथां कुरु ॥३५॥

35. na te'mbā madhyamā tāta garhitavyā kathaṃ cana ,
tāmevekṣvākunāthasya bharatasya kathāṃ kuru.

35. na te ambā madhyamā tāta garhitavyā katham cana
tām eva ikṣvākūnāthasya bharatasya kathām kuru

35. tāta,
te madhyamā ambā katham cana na garhitavyā.
ikṣvākūnāthasya bharatasya tām eva kathām kuru.

35. Dear one (tāta), your middle mother (Kaikeyī) should certainly not be blamed by you at all. Instead, speak only of the tale concerning Bharata, the lord of the Ikṣvāku dynasty.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• ते (te) - your (mother) (your, by you, for you)

• अम्बा (ambā) - mother Kaikeyi (mother)

• मध्यमा (madhyamā) - middle mother (referring to Kaikeyi, one of Dasharatha's three wives) (middle, mediocre)

• तात (tāta) - addressing Lakshmana as 'dear one' or 'son' (dear one, son, father)

• गर्हितव्या (garhitavyā) - to be blamed, censured, reproached

• कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what way

• चन (cana) - used with `katham` to mean 'not at all' (even, also, indeed)

• ताम् (tām) - that (story) (that (feminine))

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• इक्ष्वाकूनाथस्य (ikṣvākūnāthasya) - of Bharata, who is the lord (ruler) of the Ikshvaku dynasty (of the lord of Ikshvakus)

• भरतस्य (bharatasya) - of Bharata

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale, narrative, topic

• कुरु (kuru) - speak (the story) (do, make, perform)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (mother) (your, by you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अम्बा (ambā) - mother Kaikeyi (mother)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother

मध्यमा (madhyamā) - middle mother (referring to Kaikeyi, one of Dasharatha's three wives) (middle, mediocre)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of madhyama

madhyama - middle, median, intermediate, mediocre

तात (tāta) - addressing Lakshmana as 'dear one' or 'son' (dear one, son, father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son (term of endearment)

गर्हितव्या (garhitavyā) - to be blamed, censured, reproached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of garhitavya

garh - to blame, censure, reproach

gerundive (future passive participle)

root garh, with suffix -tavya

Root: garh (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what way

(indeclinable)

चन (cana) - used with `katham` to mean 'not at all' (even, also, indeed)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (story) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

इक्ष्वाकूनाथस्य (ikṣvākūnāthasya) - of Bharata, who is the lord (ruler) of the Ikshvaku dynasty (of the lord of Ikshvakus)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ikṣvākūnātha

ikṣvākūnātha - lord of Ikshvakus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ikṣvāku+nātha)

• ikṣvāku – Ikshvaku (name of a legendary king and his dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nātha – lord, master, protector
  noun (masculine)

भरतस्य (bharatasya) - of Bharata

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (Rama's younger brother), supporter, bearer

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale, narrative, topic

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, conversation, topic

कुरु (kuru) - speak (the story) (do, make, perform)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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