वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-2, verse-21

किमुक्त्वा बहुधा चापि
सर्वथा विजयी भवान् ॥२१॥

21. kimuktvā bahudhā cāpi
sarvathā vijayī bhavān.

21. kim uktvā bahudhā ca api
sarvathā vijayī bhavān

21. bahudhā uktvā kim ca api
bhavān sarvathā vijayī

21. What is the need to say much? You are bound to be victorious in every way.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, after speaking

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, repeatedly, variously

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, by all means, always

• विजयी (vijayī) - victorious, conqueror

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), Sir

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? why? how?

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, after speaking

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from √vac (to speak) + -ktvā suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, repeatedly, variously

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, by all means, always

(indeclinable)

विजयी (vijayī) - victorious, conqueror

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vijayin

vijayin - victorious, triumphant, conqueror

Formed from 'vijaya' (victory) with the possessive suffix '-in'.

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), Sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), Sir, master

Present Active Participle

From √bhū (to be, become) + -at suffix. Used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)