वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-59

यवीयान् केन मे भ्राता हतः क्व च विनाशितः ।
एतदाख्यातुमिच्छामि भवद्भिर्वानरोत्तमाः ॥५९॥

59. yavīyān kena me bhrātā hataḥ kva ca vināśitaḥ ,
etadākhyātumicchāmi bhavadbhirvānarottamāḥ.

59. yavīyān kena me bhrātā hataḥ kva ca vināśitaḥ
etat ākhyātum icchāmi bhavadbhiḥ vānarottamāḥ

59. vānarottamāḥ me yavīyān bhrātā kena hataḥ ca
kva vināśitaḥ etat bhavadbhiḥ ākhyātum icchāmi

59. By whom was my younger brother killed, and where did he meet his end? O best of monkeys, I wish to hear this from you all.

Words meanings summery:

• यवीयान् (yavīyān) - my younger brother (younger, youngest)

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• मे (me) - my, to me

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck, destroyed

• क्व (kva) - where, at what place

• च (ca) - and, also

• विनाशितः (vināśitaḥ) - destroyed, killed

• एतत् (etat) - this

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to tell, to narrate

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - by you (honorific plural)

• वानरोत्तमाः (vānarottamāḥ) - O best of monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

यवीयान् (yavīyān) - my younger brother (younger, youngest)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuvan

yuvan - young, youth

Comparative degree form of 'yuvan' (young), indicating 'younger'.

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root 'han' (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where, at what place

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विनाशितः (vināśitaḥ) - destroyed, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vināśita

vināśita - destroyed, perished, caused to perish

past passive participle (causative)

Past passive participle of the causative stem of root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to tell, to narrate

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'khyā' (to tell) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

First person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - by you (honorific plural)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Honorific form of 'you'.

वानरोत्तमाः (vānarottamāḥ) - O best of monkeys

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vānarottama

vānarottama - best of monkeys, excellent monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+uttama)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective

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