वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-105, verse-18

प्रभवं निधनं वा ते न विदुः को भवानिति ।
दृश्यसे सर्वभूतेषु ब्राह्मणेषु च गोषु च ॥१८॥

18. prabhavaṃ nidhanaṃ vā te na viduḥ ko bhavāniti ,
dṛśyase sarvabhūteṣu brāhmaṇeṣu ca goṣu ca.

18. prabhavaṃ nidhanaṃ vā te na viduḥ kaḥ bhavān
iti dṛśyase sarvabhūteṣu brāhmaṇeṣu ca goṣu ca

18. te prabhavaṃ vā nidhanaṃ na viduḥ bhavān kaḥ
iti sarvabhūteṣu brāhmaṇeṣu ca goṣu ca dṛśyase

18. Neither your origin nor your end is known; no one understands who you are. You are seen among all beings, among brahmins, and among cows.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभवं (prabhavaṁ) - origin, source, birth

• निधनं (nidhanaṁ) - dissolution, end, death, destruction

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• ते (te) - your, of you

• न (na) - not, no

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), being

• इति (iti) - marks a quotation or idea (thus, so)

• दृश्यसे (dṛśyase) - you are seen, you appear

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, in all creatures

• ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - among Brahmins, in Brahmins

• च (ca) - and, also

• गोषु (goṣu) - among cows, in cows

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभवं (prabhavaṁ) - origin, source, birth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, cause, birth

from pra + bhū + a

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

निधनं (nidhanaṁ) - dissolution, end, death, destruction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - end, death, destruction, dissolution

from ni + dhā + ana

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of genitive singular.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present active, 3rd person plural

Root class 2 (adā-gana) verb; strong form of root, used in some present tense conjugations.

Root: vid (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Refers to 'who' (you are).

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), being

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present active participle

from root bhū + śatṛ suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: This is the nominative singular of the honorific second-person pronoun, derived from a present active participle.

इति (iti) - marks a quotation or idea (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Concludes the implied question 'who you are'.

दृश्यसे (dṛśyase) - you are seen, you appear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present passive, 2nd person singular

Root class 1 (bhū-gana) verb; passive form uses -ya- suffix, middle voice ending.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, in all creatures

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, every creature

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū + kta suffix
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - among Brahmins, in Brahmins

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin (member of the priestly class), pertaining to Brahman

from brahman + aṇ

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गोषु (goṣu) - among cows, in cows

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)