वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-13

अब्रवीच्च हरिश्रेष्ठः सीतामप्रतिजल्पतीम् ।
किं त्वं चिन्तयसे देवि किं च मां नाभिभाषसे ॥१३॥

13. abravīcca hariśreṣṭhaḥ sītāmapratijalpatīm ,
kiṃ tvaṃ cintayase devi kiṃ ca māṃ nābhibhāṣase.

13. abravīt ca hariśreṣṭhaḥ sītām apratijalpatīm kim
tvam cintayase devi kim ca mām na abhibhāṣase

13. And the best of monkeys spoke to Sītā, who was not replying: 'O goddess, what are you thinking? And why do you not speak to me?'

Words meanings summery:

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - Hanumān spoke. (he spoke, he said)

• च (ca) - and, also

• हरिश्रेष्ठः (hariśreṣṭhaḥ) - Hanumān. (the best of monkeys)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• अप्रतिजल्पतीम् (apratijalpatīm) - Sītā, who was not replying. (not replying, not speaking, silent)

• किम् (kim) - Interrogative adverb 'why' or 'what'. (what, why)

• त्वम् (tvam) - Refers to Sītā. (you)

• चिन्तयसे (cintayase) - you are thinking, you reflect

• देवि (devi) - Hanumān addressing Sītā. (O goddess! O lady!)

• किम् (kim) - Interrogative adverb 'why' or 'what'. (what, why)

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - Hanumān referring to himself. (me)

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिभाषसे (abhibhāṣase) - you speak to, you address

Words meanings and morphology

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - Hanumān spoke. (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect tense (laṅ), 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Formed from the root √bru.

Root: √bru (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हरिश्रेष्ठः (hariśreṣṭhaḥ) - Hanumān. (the best of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariśreṣṭha

hariśreṣṭha - best of monkeys, foremost of monkeys

Compound of hari (monkey) and śreṣṭha (best).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śreṣṭha)

• hari – monkey, tawny, lion
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent).

Note: Refers to Hanumān.

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (daughter of Janaka, wife of Rāma)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अप्रतिजल्पतीम् (apratijalpatīm) - Sītā, who was not replying. (not replying, not speaking, silent)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apratijalpat

a-prati-√jalp - not speaking back, silent, not replying

Present Active Participle (feminine, with negation 'a-')

Formed from root √jalp (to speak) with prefix prati- and negation a-.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratijalpat)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• pratijalpat – speaking back, replying
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From √jalp with prati-.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: √jalp (class 10)

Note: Describes Sītā.

किम् (kim) - Interrogative adverb 'why' or 'what'. (what, why)

(indeclinable)

Neuter nominative/accusative singular, often used adverbially.

त्वम् (tvam) - Refers to Sītā. (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Nominative singular, 2nd person pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'cintayase'.

चिन्तयसे (cintayase) - you are thinking, you reflect

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √cint

Present tense, 2nd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

From the root √cit (to perceive, know) with secondary suffix -aya (causal/denominative formation), commonly treated as a 10th class verb √cint.

Root: √cit (class 10)

देवि (devi) - Hanumān addressing Sītā. (O goddess! O lady!)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Feminine form of deva.

किम् (kim) - Interrogative adverb 'why' or 'what'. (what, why)

(indeclinable)

Neuter nominative/accusative singular, often used adverbially.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - Hanumān referring to himself. (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Accusative singular, 1st person pronoun.

Note: Object of 'abhibhāṣase'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates 'abhibhāṣase'.

अभिभाषसे (abhibhāṣase) - you speak to, you address

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of abhi-√bhāṣ

Present tense, 2nd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Formed from root √bhāṣ (to speak) with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: √bhāṣ (class 1)

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