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

त्रिविधाः पुरुषा लोके उत्तमाधममध्यमाः ।
तेषां तु समवेतानां गुणदोषं वदाम्यहम् ॥६॥

6. trividhāḥ puruṣā loke uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ ,
teṣāṃ tu samavetānāṃ guṇadoṣaṃ vadāmyaham.

6. trividhāḥ puruṣāḥ loke uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ
teṣām tu samavetānām guṇadoṣam vadāmi aham

6. loke trividhāḥ puruṣāḥ uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ
teṣām tu samavetānām guṇadoṣam aham vadāmi

6. In this world, there are three types of individuals (puruṣa): superior, inferior, and middling. I shall now explain the merits and faults of these assembled people.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रिविधाः (trividhāḥ) - three kinds, three types

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, individuals, supreme cosmic person

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the universe

• उत्तमाधममध्यमाः (uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ) - superior, inferior, and middling (ones)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• समवेतानाम् (samavetānām) - of the assembled ones, of those gathered

• गुणदोषम् (guṇadoṣam) - merit and fault, good and bad qualities, advantages and disadvantages

• वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I tell, I explain

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिविधाः (trividhāḥ) - three kinds, three types

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trividha

trividha - of three kinds, threefold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri+vidha)

• tri – three
  numeral
• vidha – kind, type, sort
  noun

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, individuals, supreme cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, universe

उत्तमाधममध्यमाः (uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ) - superior, inferior, and middling (ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uttamādhamamadhyama

uttamādhamamadhyama - superior, inferior, and middling

Compound type : itaretarayoga dvandva (uttama+adhama+madhyama)

• uttama – best, highest, superior
  adjective
• adhama – lowest, inferior, worst
  adjective
• madhyama – middle, middling, intermediate
  adjective

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

समवेतानाम् (samavetānām) - of the assembled ones, of those gathered

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of samaveta

samaveta - assembled, gathered, met together

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `i` (to go) with upasargas `sam` and `ava`

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `teṣām`.

गुणदोषम् (guṇadoṣam) - merit and fault, good and bad qualities, advantages and disadvantages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇadoṣa

guṇadoṣa - merit and fault, good and bad qualities

Compound type : itaretarayoga dvandva (guṇa+doṣa)

• guṇa – quality, merit, virtue, excellence
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, blame
  noun (masculine)

वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I tell, I explain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

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