वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-65, verse-25

घोरं देशमिमं प्राप्तौ मम भक्षाव् उपस्थितौ ।
वदतं कार्यमिह वां किमर्थं चागतौ युवाम् ॥२५॥

25. ghoraṃ deśamimaṃ prāptau mama bhakṣāv upasthitau ,
vadataṃ kāryamiha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām.

25. ghoram deśam imam prāptau mama bhakṣau upasthitau
vadatam kāryam iha vām kimartham ca āgatau yuvām

25. imam ghoram deśam prāptau mama bhakṣau upasthitau
vām iha kāryam vadatam ca yuvām kimartham āgatau

25. Having reached this dreadful place, you two are now my prey, readily available. Tell me, what is your purpose here, and for what reason have you two arrived?

Words meanings summery:

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fierce

• देशम् (deśam) - place, region, country

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine)

• प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - having reached, having obtained

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• भक्षौ (bhakṣau) - my prey (prey, food)

• उपस्थितौ (upasthitau) - readily available (as prey) (present, at hand, standing by, arrived)

• वदतम् (vadatam) - tell (you two), speak (you two)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, purpose, business, duty

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• वाम् (vām) - your (purpose) (to you two, of you two)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose? why?

• च (ca) - and, also

• आगतौ (āgatau) - having come, arrived

• युवाम् (yuvām) - you two

Words meanings and morphology

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fierce, awful

देशम् (deśam) - place, region, country

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, spot

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - having reached, having obtained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (pronoun)

भक्षौ (bhakṣau) - my prey (prey, food)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhakṣa

bhakṣa - food, prey, eatable

From root bhakṣ (to eat).

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

उपस्थितौ (upasthitau) - readily available (as prey) (present, at hand, standing by, arrived)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of upasthita

upasthita - present, near, standing by, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with upasarga upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

वदतम् (vadatam) - tell (you two), speak (you two)

(verb)

2nd person , dual, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative mood, 2nd person dual active.

Root: vad (class 1)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, purpose, business, duty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, action, business, purpose, duty

Gerundive

Derived from root kṛ (to do) as a gerundive, meaning 'to be done' or 'that which should be done'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

वाम् (vām) - your (purpose) (to you two, of you two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be dative or accusative.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose? why?

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आगतौ (āgatau) - having come, arrived

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

युवाम् (yuvām) - you two

(pronoun)

Nominative, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)