वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-25, verse-5

रक्षःपतिः समासाद्य समाश्लिष्य च बाहुभिः ।
अब्रवीत् किमिदं वत्स वर्तते तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥५॥

5. rakṣaḥpatiḥ samāsādya samāśliṣya ca bāhubhiḥ ,
abravīt kimidaṃ vatsa vartate tadbravīhi me.

5. rakṣaḥpatiḥ samāsādya samāśliṣya ca bāhubhiḥ
abravīt kim idam vatsa vartate tat bravīhi me

5. rakṣaḥpatiḥ bāhubhiḥ samāsādya ca samāśliṣya
abravīt vatsa kim idam vartate tat me bravīhi

5. Having approached and embraced him with his arms, the lord of rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa) said, 'My dear son, what is this that is happening? Tell that to me.'

Words meanings summery:

• रक्षःपतिः (rakṣaḥpatiḥ) - Rāvaṇa (lord of rākṣasas)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having approached

• समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - having embraced

• च (ca) - and, also

• बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - with arms

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• वत्स (vatsa) - addressed to Meghānāda (dear son, child, calf)

• वर्तते (vartate) - it is happening, it is going on

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak (imperative)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

रक्षःपतिः (rakṣaḥpatiḥ) - Rāvaṇa (lord of rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣas-pati

rakṣas-pati - lord of demons/rākṣasas

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rakṣas+pati)

• rakṣas – demon, rākṣasa
  noun (neuter)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: subject of abravīt

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having approached

(indeclinable)

Gerund

from sam-ā-√sad (sad - to sit, settle, approach)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - having embraced

(indeclinable)

Gerund

from sam-ā-√śliṣ (śliṣ - to cling, embrace)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: connects samāsādya and samāśliṣya

बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - with arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

root brū, 3rd person singular, Imperfect tense, prefixed with a-augment

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, the present

वत्स (vatsa) - addressed to Meghānāda (dear son, child, calf)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, dear one, son

Note: addressed to Meghānāda

वर्तते (vartate) - it is happening, it is going on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present Middle

root vṛt, 3rd person singular, Present tense

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: object of bravīhi

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak (imperative)

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

root brū, 2nd person singular, Imperative mood

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

pronominal stem for 1st person singular