वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-12, verse-13

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः ।
त्वामिदानीं कथं तात जानीयां को भवानिति ॥१३॥

13. etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ ,
tvāmidānīṃ kathaṃ tāta jānīyāṃ ko bhavāniti.

13. etat te sarvam ākhyātam yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ
tvām idānīm katham tāta jānīyām kaḥ bhavān iti

13. pṛcchataḥ te etat sarvam yāthātathyena ākhyātam
tāta idānīm tvām kaḥ bhavān iti katham jānīyām

13. All this has been told to you truthfully, as you asked. Now, O dear one, how am I to know who you are?

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - all this (referring to the narration) (this, this one, it)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, of you)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, entire)

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - has been narrated (told, narrated, proclaimed)

• याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - truthfully (truthfully, accurately, correctly)

• पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - to you who asked (of one who asks, to one who asks)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (addressing the listener) (father, dear one, sir)

• जानीयाम् (jānīyām) - I am to know (I might know, I should know)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful) (you (respectful), sir, being)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quote/question) (thus, so, in this manner (quotative particle))

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - all this (referring to the narration) (this, this one, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, it

demonstrative pronoun

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, of you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, informal)

second person pronoun

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with etat and functions as its appositive

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - has been narrated (told, narrated, proclaimed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - told, narrated, proclaimed, famous

Past Passive Participle

from ā + root khyā (to tell) + kta

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective here, implying "it has been told"

याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - truthfully (truthfully, accurately, correctly)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yāthātathya

yāthātathya - truthfulness, reality, exactness, accuracy

from yathā-tathā (as it is) + sya (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Used adverbially "by means of truthfulness"

पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - to you who asked (of one who asks, to one who asks)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, inquiring

Present Active Participle

from root prach (to ask) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Refers to the person being addressed by "te"

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

second person pronoun

Note: Object of jānīyām

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at this time)

(indeclinable)

adverb of time

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

तात (tāta) - O dear one (addressing the listener) (father, dear one, sir)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, sir

Vocative form or used as a term of endearment

Note: Term of address

जानीयाम् (jānīyām) - I am to know (I might know, I should know)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of jñā

optative active

root jñā (class 9) in optative mood, first person singular, active voice

Root: jñā (class 9)

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

interrogative pronoun

Note: Predicate of bhavān in the indirect question

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful) (you (respectful), sir, being)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, sir (polite address), being, becoming

present active participle

from root bhū + śatṛ, used as a polite pronoun for "you"

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied clause "who are you"

इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quote/question) (thus, so, in this manner (quotative particle))

(indeclinable)

quotative particle

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Marks the end of an direct or indirect speech/thought.

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