वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-6

को ऽयं कस्य कुतो वायं किंनिमित्तमिहागतः ।
कथं त्वया सहानेन संवादः कृत इत्युत ॥६॥

6. ko'yaṃ kasya kuto vāyaṃ kiṃnimittamihāgataḥ ,
kathaṃ tvayā sahānena saṃvādaḥ kṛta ityuta.

6. kaḥ ayam kasya kutaḥ vā ayam kim nimittam iha āgataḥ
katham tvayā saha anena saṃvādaḥ kṛtaḥ iti uta

6. ayam kaḥ ayam kasya vā ayam kutaḥ kim nimittam iha
āgataḥ uta anena tvayā saha katham saṃvādaḥ kṛtaḥ

6. Who is this? To whom does he belong, or from where has he come? For what purpose has he arrived here? And how has a conversation occurred between him and you?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अयम् (ayam) - this one, he

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, to what

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

• वा (vā) - or, either, and

• अयम् (ayam) - this one, he

• किम् (kim) - what, for what

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause, reason, purpose

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come, obtained

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

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

• सह (saha) - with, together with, along with

• अनेन (anena) - by this one, by him

• संवादः (saṁvādaḥ) - conversation, dialogue, agreement

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed, accomplished

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (introduces or closes direct speech)

• उत (uta) - and, also, indeed, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अयम् (ayam) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, to what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either, and

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

किम् (kim) - what, for what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause, reason, purpose

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, sign, mark, motive

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, obtained, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root gam- (to go) with the prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सह (saha) - with, together with, along with

(indeclinable)

अनेन (anena) - by this one, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

संवादः (saṁvādaḥ) - conversation, dialogue, agreement

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - conversation, dialogue, agreement, reply

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed, accomplished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kṛ- (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (introduces or closes direct speech)

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - and, also, indeed, moreover

(indeclinable)

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