वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-66, verse-15

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन शृणु राम वचो मम ।
पश्यन्तु सकला लोकास्त्वां मां चैव रणाजिरे ॥१५॥

15. bahunātra kimuktena śṛṇu rāma vaco mama ,
paśyantu sakalā lokāstvāṃ māṃ caiva raṇājire.

15. bahunā atra kim uktena śṛṇu rāma vacaḥ mama
paśyantu sakalāḥ lokāḥ tvām mām ca eva raṇājire

15. atra bahunā uktena kim? rāma,
mama vacaḥ śṛṇu.
sakalāḥ lokāḥ raṇājire tvām ca mām ca eva paśyantu.

15. What is the point of saying much more here? Listen, O Rāma, to my words. Let all people witness you and me right here on the battlefield.

Words meanings summery:

• बहुना (bahunā) - by much, by many

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• किम् (kim) - What is the use? (what? why?)

• उक्तेन (uktena) - by what has been said, by speaking

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• पश्यन्तु (paśyantu) - let them see, let them behold

• सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all, entire, complete

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - all the people (watching the battle) (people, worlds, beings)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• माम् (mām) - me

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• रणाजिरे (raṇājire) - in the battlefield, in the arena of battle

Words meanings and morphology

बहुना (bahunā) - by much, by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - What is the use? (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who; why, how

उक्तेन (uktena) - by what has been said, by speaking

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पश्यन्तु (paśyantu) - let them see, let them behold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakala

sakala - all, entire, complete, whole

Prefix: sa

Root: kal (class 1)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - all the people (watching the battle) (people, worlds, beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

Root: lok (class 10)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

रणाजिरे (raṇājire) - in the battlefield, in the arena of battle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of raṇājira

raṇājira - battlefield, arena of battle

Compound of raṇa (battle) + ajira (courtyard, open ground)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+ajira)

• raṇa – battle, combat, war, fight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• ajira – courtyard, open ground, arena
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aj (class 1)