वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-53, verse-6

स चतुर्णामुपायानां तृतीयमुपवर्णयन् ।
भेदयामास तान् सर्वान् वानरान् वाक्यसंपदा ॥६॥

6. sa caturṇāmupāyānāṃ tṛtīyamupavarṇayan ,
bhedayāmāsa tān sarvān vānarān vākyasaṃpadā.

6. sa caturṇām upāyānām tṛtīyam upavarṇayan
bhedayāmāsa tān sarvān vānarān vākyasaṃpadā

6. sa caturṇām upāyānām tṛtīyam upavarṇayan,
vākyasaṃpadā tān sarvān vānarān bhedayāmāsa

6. Describing the third of the four diplomatic strategies, he caused dissension among all those monkeys with his skillful speech.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of four

• उपायानाम् (upāyānām) - of diplomatic strategies (of means, of expedients, of strategies)

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - the third

• उपवर्णयन् (upavarṇayan) - while describing (describing, explaining)

• भेदयामास (bhedayāmāsa) - he caused dissension (he caused to divide, he created dissension, he divided)

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, whole

• वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys

• वाक्यसंपदा (vākyasaṁpadā) - with a wealth of words, with eloquent speech

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of four

(numeral)

उपायानाम् (upāyānām) - of diplomatic strategies (of means, of expedients, of strategies)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, expedient, strategy, device

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - the third

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third

Note: Direct object of upavarṇayan

उपवर्णयन् (upavarṇayan) - while describing (describing, explaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upavarṇayat

upavarṇayat - describing, explaining, relating

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb upa-varṇ (upa + √varṇ)

Prefix: upa

Root: varṇ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'sa'

भेदयामास (bhedayāmāsa) - he caused dissension (he caused to divide, he created dissension, he divided)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhid

Periphrastic Perfect (Causal)

Causal stem bhedaya- + āmāsa (Perfect auxiliary)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Periphrastic perfect form

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'vānarān'

वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

Note: Direct object of 'bhedayāmāsa'

वाक्यसंपदा (vākyasaṁpadā) - with a wealth of words, with eloquent speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vākyasaṃpad

vākyasaṁpad - wealth of words, abundance of speech, eloquent speech

Compound type : tatpurusha (vākya+sampad)

• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• sampad – wealth, prosperity, abundance, success
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Means by which dissension was created

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