वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-98, verse-19

ब्रुवाणो ऽपि हितं वाक्यमिष्टो भ्राता विभीषणः ।
धृष्टं परुषितो मोहात्त्वयात्मवधकाङ्क्षिणा ॥१९॥

19. bruvāṇo'pi hitaṃ vākyamiṣṭo bhrātā vibhīṣaṇaḥ ,
dhṛṣṭaṃ paruṣito mohāttvayātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā.

19. bruvāṇaḥ api hitam vākyam iṣṭaḥ bhrātā vibhīṣaṇaḥ
dhṛṣṭam paruṣitaḥ mohāt tvayā ātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā

19. tvayā mohāt ātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā hitam vākyam bruvāṇaḥ
api iṣṭaḥ bhrātā vibhīṣaṇaḥ dhṛṣṭam paruṣitaḥ

19. Even though your beloved brother Vibhīṣaṇa was speaking beneficial words, he was impudently insulted by you, who, out of delusion, desired the destruction of your own self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - speaking, saying

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, good, salutary

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

• इष्टः (iṣṭaḥ) - desired, beloved, dear

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa's brother Vibhīṣaṇa (Vibhīṣaṇa)

• धृष्टम् (dhṛṣṭam) - impudently, boldly, rudely

• परुषितः (paruṣitaḥ) - insulted, harshly treated, rebuked

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of confusion

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (Rāvaṇa) (by you)

• आत्मवधकाङ्क्षिणा (ātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā) - by you (Rāvaṇa) desiring the destruction of your own self (by one desiring self-destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - speaking, saying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bruvāṇa

bruvāṇa - speaking, saying, one who speaks

Present Active Participle

From √brū (to speak) + śānac suffix, used in middle voice meaning

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Acts as an adjective qualifying Vibhīṣaṇa.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, good, salutary

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, suitable, proper

Past Passive Participle

From √dhā (to place) + kta suffix, with irregular formation (sī-dhā > hita)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, saying

From vāc (speech) + yaT suffix

इष्टः (iṣṭaḥ) - desired, beloved, dear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, beloved, dear, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

From √yaj (to worship, sacrifice) or √iṣ (to wish) + kta suffix.

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'bhrātā Vibhīṣaṇaḥ'.

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa's brother Vibhīṣaṇa (Vibhīṣaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhīṣaṇa (name of Rāvaṇa's brother)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

धृष्टम् (dhṛṣṭam) - impudently, boldly, rudely

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From √dhṛṣ (to be bold) + kta suffix

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Used here as an adverb.

परुषितः (paruṣitaḥ) - insulted, harshly treated, rebuked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paruṣita

paruṣita - made harsh, roughened, insulted, reviled

Past Passive Participle

From paruṣa (harsh) + itac suffix (causative sense) + kta suffix

Note: Qualifies 'Vibhīṣaṇaḥ'.

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of confusion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, confusion, infatuation

From √muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Indicates cause.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (Rāvaṇa) (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent in passive construction.

आत्मवधकाङ्क्षिणा (ātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā) - by you (Rāvaṇa) desiring the destruction of your own self (by one desiring self-destruction)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātmavadhakāṅkṣin

ātmavadhakāṅkṣin - one desiring self-destruction

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+vadha+kāṅkṣin)

• ātman – self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaughter, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From √vadh (to strike, kill)
  Root: vadh (class 1)
• kāṅkṣin – desiring, wishing for
  adjective (masculine)
  From √kāṅkṣ (to desire) + ṇin suffix
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Compound qualifying 'tvayā'.

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