वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-25, verse-22

विभीषणस्तु संक्रुद्धो भ्रातरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
श्रूयतामस्य पापस्य कर्मणः फलमागतम् ॥२२॥

22. vibhīṣaṇastu saṃkruddho bhrātaraṃ vākyamabravīt ,
śrūyatāmasya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalamāgatam.

22. vibhīṣaṇaḥ tu saṃkruddhaḥ bhrātaraṃ vākyaṃ abravīt
śrūyatām asya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalam āgatam

22. tu saṃkruddhaḥ vibhīṣaṇaḥ bhrātaraṃ vākyaṃ abravīt: "asya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalam āgatam,
śrūyatām.
"

22. But Vibhīṣaṇa, greatly enraged, spoke these words to his brother: "Listen! The consequence (phala) of this evil action (karma) has arrived!"

Words meanings summery:

• विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Ravana's righteous brother, Vibhīṣaṇa (Vibhīṣaṇa (proper noun))

• तु (tu) - then, indicating a sequence of events (but, then, however)

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged (by Ravana's ignorance and past actions) (enraged, furious, highly angered)

• भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṁ) - to his (own) brother (Ravana) (to the brother, brother (accusative))

• वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - words, a statement (referring to what follows) (word, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (these specific words) (spoke, said)

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - listen (to this truth being revealed) (let it be heard, listen)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (specific evil action) (of this)

• पापस्य (pāpasya) - of this sinful (action) (of evil, of sinful)

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of this specific evil action (karma) (of action, of deed, of (karma))

• फलम् (phalam) - the consequence (of his actions) (fruit, result, consequence)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - has come, has manifested (arrived, come, attained)

Words meanings and morphology

विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Ravana's righteous brother, Vibhīṣaṇa (Vibhīṣaṇa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhīṣaṇa (name of Ravana's brother)

From prefix vi- (intensifier) + root √bhī (to fear, to cause fear) + suffix -ana. Means 'terrible' or 'causing terror', which is ironic for his righteous character.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of the verb 'abravīt'.

तु (tu) - then, indicating a sequence of events (but, then, however)

(indeclinable)

An indeclinable particle used to indicate a slight contrast or continuation in the narrative.

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged (by Ravana's ignorance and past actions) (enraged, furious, highly angered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - enraged, very angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

From prefix sam- (together, completely) + root √krudh (to be angry) + kta suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṁ) - to his (own) brother (Ravana) (to the brother, brother (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Accusative singular form of the masculine noun 'bhrātṛ'.

Note: Direct object of the verb 'abravīt', referring to Ravana.

वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - words, a statement (referring to what follows) (word, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement, sentence, assertion

From 'vāc' (speech) + -ya suffix, meaning 'related to speech'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Direct object of the verb 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (these specific words) (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

From root √brū (class 2), imperfect active, 3rd person singular. Augmented with 'a' for imperfect.

Root: brū (class 2)

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - listen (to this truth being revealed) (let it be heard, listen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of śrū

Passive Imperative

From root √śru (class 5), passive imperative, 3rd person singular.

Root: śru (class 5)

अस्य (asya) - of this (specific evil action) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Masculine/neuter genitive singular form of the demonstrative pronoun 'idam'.

पापस्य (pāpasya) - of this sinful (action) (of evil, of sinful)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sinful, bad, wicked, vice, sin

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of this specific evil action (karma) (of action, of deed, of (karma))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (result of action), (karma)

From root √kṛ (to do, to make) + -man suffix, forming a neuter noun.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Indicates the source of the 'phalam' (consequence).

फलम् (phalam) - the consequence (of his actions) (fruit, result, consequence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, outcome

Root: phal (class 1)

Note: Subject of the participle 'āgatam'.

आगतम् (āgatam) - has come, has manifested (arrived, come, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, returned, obtained, approached

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ā- (to, hither) + root √gam (to go, come) + kta suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)