वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-42, verse-11

कथयस्व च विस्रब्धो निर्भयो विगतज्वरः ।
कथयन्ते यथा पौरा जना जनपदेषु च ॥११॥

11. kathayasva ca visrabdho nirbhayo vigatajvaraḥ ,
kathayante yathā paurā janā janapadeṣu ca.

11. kathayasva ca visrabdhaḥ nirbhayaḥ vigatajvaraḥ
kathayante yathā paurā janā janapadeṣu ca

11. ca visrabdhaḥ nirbhayaḥ vigatajvaraḥ kathayasva
yathā paurā ca janapadeṣu janā kathayante

11. And speak confidently, fearlessly, and without anxiety, just as the citizens and people in the rural areas speak.

Words meanings summery:

• कथयस्व (kathayasva) - tell, narrate (imperative)

• च (ca) - and

• विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - confident, trusting

• निर्भयः (nirbhayaḥ) - fearless, without fear

• विगतज्वरः (vigatajvaraḥ) - free from fever, free from distress/anxiety

• कथयन्ते (kathayante) - they tell, they speak

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• पौरा (paurā) - citizens, city dwellers

• जना (janā) - people, persons

• जनपदेषु (janapadeṣu) - in the districts, in the countrysides

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

कथयस्व (kathayasva) - tell, narrate (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kathay

causative stem

Derived from the root kath (to tell) with the causative suffix -ay, often treated as a 10th class root.

Root: kath (class 10)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - confident, trusting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of visrabdha

visrabdha - confident, trusting, fearless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root srambh (to trust) with upasarga vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: srambh (class 1)

निर्भयः (nirbhayaḥ) - fearless, without fear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirbhaya

nirbhaya - fearless, without fear

Compound type : nah-tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (nis+bhaya)

• nis – out, forth, without, free from
  prefix
• bhaya – fear, dread, alarm
  noun (neuter)

विगतज्वरः (vigatajvaraḥ) - free from fever, free from distress/anxiety

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vigatajvara

vigatajvara - free from fever, free from distress/anxiety

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+jvara)

• vigata – gone away, departed, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root gam (to go) with upasarga vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jvara – fever, burning; distress, anxiety
  noun (masculine)

कथयन्ते (kathayante) - they tell, they speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of kathay

causative stem

Derived from the root kath (to tell) with the causative suffix -ay, often treated as a 10th class root.

Root: kath (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

पौरा (paurā) - citizens, city dwellers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, city dweller

Derived from pura (city) with the suffix -a (denoting relation/inhabitant)

जना (janā) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people

जनपदेषु (janapadeṣu) - in the districts, in the countrysides

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of janapada

janapada - district, country, rural area

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+pada)

• jana – people, men
  noun (masculine)
• pada – place, foot, step
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)