वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-9

श्रुत्वा प्राप्तान्मुनींस्तांस्तु बालसूर्यसमप्रभान् ।
तदोवाच नृपो द्वाःस्थं प्रवेशय यथासुखम् ॥९॥

9. śrutvā prāptānmunīṃstāṃstu bālasūryasamaprabhān ,
tadovāca nṛpo dvāḥsthaṃ praveśaya yathāsukham.

9. śrutvā prāptān munīn tān tu bālasūryasamaprabhān
tadā uvāca nṛpaḥ dvāḥstham praveśaya yathāsukham

9. nṛpaḥ tān bālasūryasamaprabhān prāptān munīn tu
śrutvā tadā dvāḥstham uvāca praveśaya yathāsukham

9. Having heard that those sages (muni), whose radiance was like that of the rising sun, had arrived, the king (Rāma) then told the doorkeeper, "Admit them at their ease."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, having listened

• प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - the sages who had arrived (arrived, obtained, reached)

• मुनीन् (munīn) - sages, ascetics

• तान् (tān) - those sages (those, them)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• बालसूर्यसमप्रभान् (bālasūryasamaprabhān) - sages whose radiance was like the rising sun (whose radiance is like the rising sun)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said, told

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - King Rāma (king, ruler)

• द्वाःस्थम् (dvāḥstham) - to the doorkeeper, gatekeeper

• प्रवेशय (praveśaya) - admit, cause to enter

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - comfortably, at ease, as is pleasant

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, having listened

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - the sages who had arrived (arrived, obtained, reached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, reached, obtained, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'munīn'.

मुनीन् (munīn) - sages, ascetics

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, devotional person

तान् (tān) - those sages (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun modifying 'munīn'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

बालसूर्यसमप्रभान् (bālasūryasamaprabhān) - sages whose radiance was like the rising sun (whose radiance is like the rising sun)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bālasūryasamaprabha

bālasūryasamaprabha - having a splendor like the rising sun

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bālasūrya+sama+prabhā)

• bālasūrya – rising sun, young sun
  noun (masculine)
  Karmadhāraya compound: bāla (young) + sūrya (sun)
• sama – like, equal, similar
  adjective
• prabhā – radiance, splendor, light
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhā' (to shine) with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'munīn'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said, told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - King Rāma (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

From nṛ (man) + pā (to protect)

Root: pā (class 2)

द्वाःस्थम् (dvāḥstham) - to the doorkeeper, gatekeeper

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dvāḥstha

dvāḥstha - doorkeeper, gatekeeper, one standing at the door

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvār+stha)

• dvār – door, gate
  noun (feminine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रवेशय (praveśaya) - admit, cause to enter

(verb)

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

Causative Imperative

Causative stem with 'aya' suffix, imperative mood.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - comfortably, at ease, as is pleasant

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• sukha – happiness, comfort, ease, pleasure
  noun (neuter)

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