वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-64, verse-8

किमाह सीता वैदेही ब्रूहि सौम्य पुनः पुनः ।
परासुमिव तोयेन सिञ्चन्ती वाक्यवारिणा ॥८॥

8. kimāha sītā vaidehī brūhi saumya punaḥ punaḥ ,
parāsumiva toyena siñcantī vākyavāriṇā.

8. kim āha sītā vaidehī brūhi saumya punaḥ
punaḥ parāsum iva toyena siñcantī vākyavāriṇā

8. saumya,
vaidehī sītā kim āha,
parāsum iva vākyavāriṇā siñcantī punaḥ punaḥ brūhi

8. Tell me again and again, gentle one (saumya), what Sītā, the princess of Videha (Vaidehī), said, as if sprinkling a lifeless person with the water of her words.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why, how)

• आह (āha) - she said (he said, she said)

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā (Sītā (proper name))

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā, as the princess of Videha (princess of Videha, Sītā)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak)

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (referring to Hanumān) (gentle, mild, pleasant, O gentle one)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, back)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, back)

• परासुम् (parāsum) - lifeless person (lifeless, dead, faint)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as it were)

• तोयेन (toyena) - with water (by water, with water)

• सिञ्चन्ती (siñcantī) - sprinkling (she who sprinkles) (sprinkling, showering)

• वाक्यवारिणा (vākyavāriṇā) - with the water of her words (by the water of words)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (what, why, how)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

आह (āha) - she said (he said, she said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect Active

Perfect tense form of the root ah (irregular).

Prefix:

Root: ah (class 2)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā (Sītā (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, wife of Rāma)

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā, as the princess of Videha (princess of Videha, Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - a woman from Videha, Sītā

Feminine derivative of 'videha' (belonging to Videha).

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of brū

Imperative Active

Imperative 2nd person singular form of the root brū.

Prefix:

Root: brū (class 2)

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (referring to Hanumān) (gentle, mild, pleasant, O gentle one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - pleasant, gentle, auspicious, son of Soma, disciple

Derivative from soma.

Note: Used here as a vocative for Hanumān.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, back)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, back)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition emphasizes urgency.

परासुम् (parāsum) - lifeless person (lifeless, dead, faint)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parāsu

parāsu - lifeless, dead, having departed breath

Derived from para (gone away) + asu (breath, life).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (para+asu)

• para – away, beyond, departed
  indeclinable
  Prefix:
• asu – breath, life, vital air
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix:
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here substantively, referring to Rāma.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

तोयेन (toyena) - with water (by water, with water)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of toya

toya - water

From root tu, 'to increase'.

Prefix:

Root: tu (class 1)

सिञ्चन्ती (siñcantī) - sprinkling (she who sprinkles) (sprinkling, showering)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of siñcat

siñcat - sprinkling, wetting

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root sic (to sprinkle), feminine form.

Prefix:

Root: sic (class 6)

वाक्यवारिणा (vākyavāriṇā) - with the water of her words (by the water of words)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vākyavāri

vākyavāri - water of words, speech-water

Compound word.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vākya+vāri)

• vākya – word, speech, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  From vac (to speak).
  Prefix:
  Root: vac (class 2)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix:
  Root: vṛ (class 5)