वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-6, verse-15

तस्मात् सुमन्त्रितं साधु भवन्तो मन्त्रिसत्तमाः ।
कार्यं संप्रतिपद्यन्तामेतत् कृत्यतमं मम ॥१५॥

15. tasmāt sumantritaṃ sādhu bhavanto mantrisattamāḥ ,
kāryaṃ saṃpratipadyantāmetat kṛtyatamaṃ mama.

15. tasmāt sumantritam sādhu bhavantaḥ mantrisattamāḥ
kāryam sampratipadyantām etat kṛtyatamam mama

15. tasmāt mantrisattamāḥ bhavantaḥ etat mama kṛtyatamam
sumantritam sādhu kāryam sampratipadyantām

15. Therefore, O excellent ministers, let you undertake this well-counseled and proper task, for this is my most urgent duty.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, hence

• सुमन्त्रितम् (sumantritam) - well-counseled (well-counseled, well-advised, well-planned)

• साधु (sādhu) - proper (task) (good, proper, virtuous, excellent; well, rightly (indeclinable))

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - O you (ministers) (you (polite address, plural); being)

• मन्त्रिसत्तमाः (mantrisattamāḥ) - O excellent ministers (best of ministers, chief counselors)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task (task, duty, affair, business; what is to be done)

• सम्प्रतिपद्यन्ताम् (sampratipadyantām) - let you (plural, understood) undertake (let them undertake, let them accomplish, let them agree upon)

• एतत् (etat) - this (task) (this, this one)

• कृत्यतमम् (kṛtyatamam) - my most urgent duty (most to be done, most urgent, most important duty/task)

• मम (mama) - my, mine, for me

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, hence

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Ablative singular of tad, functioning as an adverb.

सुमन्त्रितम् (sumantritam) - well-counseled (well-counseled, well-advised, well-planned)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumantrita

sumantrita - well-counseled, well-advised, well-planned

Past Passive Participle

From prefix su- (good) + root man (to think), formed from mantrita (counseled).

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (su+mantrita)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• mantrita – counseled, advised, thought over
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agrees with kāryam.

साधु (sādhu) - proper (task) (good, proper, virtuous, excellent; well, rightly (indeclinable))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, proper, righteous, virtuous, excellent, honest; well, rightly (as adverb)

From root sādh (to accomplish).

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Agrees with kāryam.

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - O you (ministers) (you (polite address, plural); being)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite pronoun); being, existing

Present Active Participle (for general meaning "being")

From root bhū (to be). Used as a respectful second person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a second-person pronoun, vocative implied with 'mantrisattamāḥ'.

मन्त्रिसत्तमाः (mantrisattamāḥ) - O excellent ministers (best of ministers, chief counselors)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mantrisattama

mantrisattama - best of ministers, chief counselor

Compound of mantrin (minister) and sattama (best/most excellent).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantrin+sattama)

• mantrin – minister, counselor
  noun (masculine)
  From mantra (counsel) + -in suffix.
• sattama – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of sat (good/real/existing).

Note: Addressing the ministers.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task (task, duty, affair, business; what is to be done)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - what is to be done, task, duty, affair, business, work

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do) + -ya suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of saṃpratipadyantām.

सम्प्रतिपद्यन्ताम् (sampratipadyantām) - let you (plural, understood) undertake (let them undertake, let them accomplish, let them agree upon)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sampratipad

Imperative Ātmanepada 3rd plural

From prefixes sam- and prati- + root pad (to go, to obtain).

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: The implied subject is "bhavantaḥ".

एतत् (etat) - this (task) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

कृत्यतमम् (kṛtyatamam) - my most urgent duty (most to be done, most urgent, most important duty/task)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛtyatama

kṛtyatama - most to be done, most urgent, most important duty/task

Superlative of a Gerundive

Superlative form (-tama suffix) of kṛtya (gerundive from root kṛ).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मम (mama) - my, mine, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

Note: Possessive.

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