वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-100, verse-16

तच्छ्रुत्वा विष्णुवचनं ब्रह्मा लोकगुरुः प्रभुः ।
लोकान् सान्तानिकान्नाम यास्यन्तीमे समागताः ॥१६॥

16. tacchrutvā viṣṇuvacanaṃ brahmā lokaguruḥ prabhuḥ ,
lokān sāntānikānnāma yāsyantīme samāgatāḥ.

16. tat śrutvā viṣṇuvacanam brahmā lokaguruḥ prabhuḥ
lokān sāntānikān nāma yāsyanti ime samāgatāḥ

16. brahmā lokaguruḥ prabhuḥ tat viṣṇuvacanam śrutvā
ime samāgatāḥ sāntānikān nāma lokān yāsyanti

16. Having heard those words of Viṣṇu, Brahmā, the preceptor and lord of the worlds, declared that all those who have assembled here would go to the worlds named Sāntānika.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• विष्णुवचनम् (viṣṇuvacanam) - Viṣṇu's words, the utterance of Viṣṇu

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• लोकगुरुः (lokaguruḥ) - preceptor of the worlds, teacher of the people

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, mighty

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, people

• सान्तानिकान् (sāntānikān) - the Sāntānika worlds (a specific celestial realm) (related to progeny, continuing; referring to a specific class of deities or worlds)

• नाम (nāma) - named (Sāntānika) (by name, indeed, as a matter of fact)

• यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - they will go, they will proceed

• इमे (ime) - these (assembled ones) (these)

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - those who have assembled (assembled, come together)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, referring to something previously mentioned

Note: Used here adverbially or as a pronoun referring to 'words'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear) with suffix '-tvā'

Root: śru (class 5)

विष्णुवचनम् (viṣṇuvacanam) - Viṣṇu's words, the utterance of Viṣṇu

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣṇuvacana

viṣṇuvacana - Viṣṇu's words, the utterance of Viṣṇu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣṇu+vacana)

• viṣṇu – Viṣṇu (a major Hindu deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vacana – word, speech, utterance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), the Absolute Reality, sacred utterance

लोकगुरुः (lokaguruḥ) - preceptor of the worlds, teacher of the people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokaguru

lokaguru - preceptor of the worlds, teacher of the people

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+guru)

• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)
• guru – teacher, preceptor, heavy, important
  noun (masculine)

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, mighty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, eminent

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space

सान्तानिकान् (sāntānikān) - the Sāntānika worlds (a specific celestial realm) (related to progeny, continuing; referring to a specific class of deities or worlds)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāntānika

sāntānika - related to continuation, progeny, or descendants; a class of deities or worlds mentioned in scriptures

Derived from 'santāna' (continuity, progeny)

Note: Modifies 'lokān'.

नाम (nāma) - named (Sāntānika) (by name, indeed, as a matter of fact)

(indeclinable)

यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - they will go, they will proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lyṛṭ) of yā

future tense

3rd person, plural, future active

Root: yā (class 2)

इमे (ime) - these (assembled ones) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one (near the speaker)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - those who have assembled (assembled, come together)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, come together, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used substantively here, referring to 'the assembled ones'.

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