वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-6

इदं तद्ब्रह्मणो घोरं वाक्यं मामभ्युपस्थितम् ।
मानुषेभ्यो विजानीहि भयं त्वमिति तत्तथा ॥६॥

6. idaṃ tadbrahmaṇo ghoraṃ vākyaṃ māmabhyupasthitam ,
mānuṣebhyo vijānīhi bhayaṃ tvamiti tattathā.

6. idam tat brahmaṇaḥ ghoram vākyam mām abhyupasthitam
mānuṣebhyaḥ vijānīhi bhayam tvam iti tat tathā

6. idam tat brahmaṇaḥ ghoram vākyam mām abhyupasthitam
iti tvam mānuṣebhyaḥ bhayam vijānīhi tat tathā

6. This terrible pronouncement of Brahma, 'Know that fear (bhaya) will come to you from humans,' has indeed befallen me. And so it is truly happening.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahma

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, pronouncement

• माम् (mām) - upon me (Ravana) (me (accusative))

• अभ्युपस्थितम् (abhyupasthitam) - approached, befallen, presented

• मानुषेभ्यः (mānuṣebhyaḥ) - from humans

• विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know, understand

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

• तत् (tat) - that (situation) (that (demonstrative pronoun))

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), sacred word, divine; the Absolute

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, fearful

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, pronouncement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

माम् (mām) - upon me (Ravana) (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I

अभ्युपस्थितम् (abhyupasthitam) - approached, befallen, presented

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhyupasthita

abhyupasthita - approached, near, present, befallen

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (class 1, parasmaipada) with prefixes abhi- and upa-

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

मानुषेभ्यः (mānuṣebhyaḥ) - from humans

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, belonging to humans

विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vijñā

Imperative tense (loṭ)

From root √jñā (class 9, parasmaipada) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, dread, danger

From root √bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuvam

yuvam - you

इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (situation) (that (demonstrative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

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