वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-31, verse-11

इत्येवं रावणेनोक्तास्ते ऽमात्याः सुविपश्चितः ।
अब्रुवन् राक्षसपतिमसाम्निध्यं महीपतेः ॥११॥

11. ityevaṃ rāvaṇenoktāste'mātyāḥ suvipaścitaḥ ,
abruvan rākṣasapatimasāmnidhyaṃ mahīpateḥ.

11. iti evam rāvaṇena uktāḥ te su-vipaścitaḥ amātyāḥ
rākṣasapatim mahīpateḥ asāmnidhyam abruvan

11. Thus addressed by Ravana, those very learned ministers replied to the lord of the rākṣasas about the king's absence.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken, addressed

• ते (te) - those, they

• अमात्याः (amātyāḥ) - ministers, counselors

• सु-विपश्चितः (su-vipaścitaḥ) - very wise, very learned

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

• राक्षसपतिम् (rākṣasapatim) - to Ravana (to the lord of the rākṣasas)

• असाम्निध्यम् (asāmnidhyam) - absence, non-presence

• महीपतेः (mahīpateḥ) - of king Arjuna (of the king, of the lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the demon king of Lanka)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken, addressed

(verbal derivative)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अमात्याः (amātyāḥ) - ministers, counselors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amātya

amātya - minister, counselor, courtier

सु-विपश्चितः (su-vipaścitaḥ) - very wise, very learned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suvipaścit

suvipaścit - very wise, very learned, highly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+vipaścit)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• vipaścit – wise, learned, skilled, intelligent
  adjective

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

राक्षसपतिम् (rākṣasapatim) - to Ravana (to the lord of the rākṣasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rākṣasapati

rākṣasapati - lord of the rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+pati)

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

असाम्निध्यम् (asāmnidhyam) - absence, non-presence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asāmnidhya

asāmnidhya - absence, non-presence

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sāmnidhya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• sāmnidhya – presence, proximity
  noun (neuter)

महीपतेः (mahīpateḥ) - of king Arjuna (of the king, of the lord of the earth)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

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