वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-4, verse-14

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः ।
अहं चैव हि रामश्च सुग्रीवं शरणं गतौ ॥१४॥

14. etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ ,
ahaṃ caiva hi rāmaśca sugrīvaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatau.

14. etat te sarvam ākhyātam yathātathyena pṛcchataḥ
aham ca eva hi rāmaḥ ca sugrīvam śaraṇam gatau

14. pṛcchataḥ te etat sarvam yathātathyena ākhyātam
hi aham ca eva rāmaḥ ca sugrīvam śaraṇam gatau

14. All this has been accurately told to you who asked. Indeed, both I and Rāma have sought refuge with Sugrīva.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - all this (story) (this, all this)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your, by you)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (all, whole, entire)

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - has been told (told, narrated, described)

• यथातथ्येन (yathātathyena) - accurately (accurately, truthfully, as it really is)

• पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - to you who asked (of the one asking, to the one asking)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Hanuman) (I)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुग्रीवम् (sugrīvam) - Sugrīva (Sugrīva (accusative))

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, protection, shelter)

• गतौ (gatau) - have gone (to take refuge) (gone, reached (dual))

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - all this (story) (this, all this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

ते (te) - to you (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of dative or genitive.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'etat'.

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - has been told (told, narrated, described)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - told, narrated, declared, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

From ā-khyā (to tell, narrate)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'etat' and 'sarvam'.

यथातथ्येन (yathātathyena) - accurately (accurately, truthfully, as it really is)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yathātathya

yathātathya - truth, reality, exactness

Derived from 'yathā' (as) and 'tathya' (truth). Means 'according to the truth'.

Note: Functions adverbially, 'in accordance with truth'.

पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - to you who asked (of the one asking, to the one asking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, inquiring

Present Active Participle

From root prach (to ask) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix).

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Refers to the listener (Rāma) in a dative/genitive sense, similar to 'te'.

अहम् (aham) - I (Hanuman) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Hanumān.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or causal particle.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa), pleasant, charming

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

सुग्रीवम् (sugrīvam) - Sugrīva (Sugrīva (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (name of the monkey king), one with a beautiful neck

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+grīva)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• grīva – neck
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'śaraṇam gatau' (to take refuge).

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, protection, shelter)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, protection, shelter, helper

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of the idiom 'śaraṇam gam' (to take refuge).

गतौ (gatau) - have gone (to take refuge) (gone, reached (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, obtained, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with dual subject 'aham ca Rāmaḥ ca'. Acts as a finite verb in a compound verbal construction with 'śaraṇam'.

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