वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-2

क्व ते रामेण संसर्गः कथं जानासि लक्ष्मणम् ।
वानराणां नराणां च कथमासीत् समागमः ॥२॥

2. kva te rāmeṇa saṃsargaḥ kathaṃ jānāsi lakṣmaṇam ,
vānarāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca kathamāsīt samāgamaḥ.

2. kva te rāmeṇa saṃsargaḥ katham jānāsi lakṣmaṇam
vānarāṇām narāṇām ca katham āsīt samāgamaḥ

2. te rāmeṇa saṃsargaḥ kva lakṣmaṇam katham jānāsi
ca vānarāṇām narāṇām samāgamaḥ katham āsīt

2. Where did you (Hanumān) make contact with Rāma? How do you know Lakṣmaṇa? And how did the meeting between monkeys and men take place?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where (where, to what place, in what place)

• ते (te) - your (referring to Hanumān) (to you, your)

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rāma (by Rāma, with Rāma)

• संसर्गः (saṁsargaḥ) - contact (contact, association, union)

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

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know (you know, you recognize)

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

• नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men (of men, of human beings)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• आसीत् (āsīt) - did occur (was) (was, existed, happened)

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - meeting (meeting, coming together, union)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where (where, to what place, in what place)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (referring to Hanumān) (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rāma (by Rāma, with Rāma)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a celebrated prince)

संसर्गः (saṁsargaḥ) - contact (contact, association, union)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsarga

saṁsarga - contact, association, union, connection

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know (you know, you recognize)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother)

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men (of men, of human beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - did occur (was) (was, existed, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - meeting (meeting, coming together, union)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, coming together, union, confluence

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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