वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-45, verse-6

तस्मिन् संभ्रियमाणे तु राघवस्याभिषेचने ।
कैकेयी नाम भर्तारं ममार्या याचते वरम् ॥६॥

6. tasmin saṃbhriyamāṇe tu rāghavasyābhiṣecane ,
kaikeyī nāma bhartāraṃ mamāryā yācate varam.

6. tasmin saṃbhriyamāṇe tu rāghavasya abhiṣecane
kaikeyī nāma bhartāram mama āryā yācate varam

6. tu tasmin rāghavasya abhiṣecane saṃbhriyamāṇe
mama āryā kaikeyī nāma bhartāram varam yācate

6. However, while that consecration of Rāghava (Rāma) was being prepared, my venerable mother-in-law, Kaikeyī by name, asked her husband (King Daśaratha) for a boon.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (consecration) (in that, on that)

• संभ्रियमाणे (saṁbhriyamāṇe) - while the consecration was being prepared (while being prepared, while being collected)

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāma (of Rāghava)

• अभिषेचने (abhiṣecane) - for Rāma's consecration as crown prince (in the consecration, for the anointing)

• कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyī

• नाम (nāma) - Kaikeyī, by name (by name, indeed)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - her husband, King Daśaratha (husband, supporter, master)

• मम (mama) - Sītā's venerable mother-in-law (my, of me)

• आर्या (āryā) - Sītā's venerable mother-in-law (Kaikeyī) (venerable lady, noble lady, respected lady)

• याचते (yācate) - Kaikeyī asks (she asks, she begs, she requests)

• वरम् (varam) - a boon, a blessing

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (consecration) (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Modifies `saṃbhriyamāṇe`.

संभ्रियमाणे (saṁbhriyamāṇe) - while the consecration was being prepared (while being prepared, while being collected)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃbhriyamāṇa

saṁbhriyamāṇa - being prepared, being gathered

Present Passive Participle

from √bhṛ (to bear/carry) with upasarga sam, in passive

Prefix: sam

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāma (of Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

Note: Possessive for `abhiṣecane`.

अभिषेचने (abhiṣecane) - for Rāma's consecration as crown prince (in the consecration, for the anointing)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of abhiṣecana

abhiṣecana - consecration, anointing, installation

from √sic with upasarga abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: sic (class 6)

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyī (wife of Daśaratha, mother of Bharata)

Note: Subject of `yācate`.

नाम (nāma) - Kaikeyī, by name (by name, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Nominative/Accusative singular of `nāman` used adverbially

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - her husband, King Daśaratha (husband, supporter, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master

from √bhṛ, agent noun

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of `yācate`. Refers to Daśaratha.

मम (mama) - Sītā's venerable mother-in-law (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Modifies `āryā`.

आर्या (āryā) - Sītā's venerable mother-in-law (Kaikeyī) (venerable lady, noble lady, respected lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āryā

āryā - respectable lady, noble woman, mistress, mother-in-law

Feminine form of `ārya`

Note: In apposition to `kaikeyī`.

याचते (yācate) - Kaikeyī asks (she asks, she begs, she requests)

(verb)

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

present middle

3rd person singular

Root: yāc (class 1)

वरम् (varam) - a boon, a blessing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, best, husband

from √vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of `yācate`.

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