वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-46, verse-8

किमिदं नावगच्छामि ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन लक्ष्मण ।
पश्यामि त्वां च न स्वस्थमपि क्षेमं महीपतेः ॥८॥

8. kimidaṃ nāvagacchāmi brūhi tattvena lakṣmaṇa ,
paśyāmi tvāṃ ca na svasthamapi kṣemaṃ mahīpateḥ.

8. kim idam na avagacchāmi brūhi tattvena lakṣmaṇa
paśyāmi tvām ca na svastham api kṣemam mahīpateḥ

8. lakṣmaṇa kim idam (iti) na avagacchāmi tattvena brūhi ca
tvām svastham na paśyāmi api mahīpateḥ kṣemam (na paśyāmi)

8. What is this, Lakshmana? I do not understand. Please tell me the truth. I see that you are not well, and I wonder if the king (mahīpati) is also safe.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

• इदम् (idam) - this, here

• न (na) - not, no

• अवगच्छामि (avagacchāmi) - I understand, I know, I comprehend

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in reality, in truth, in essence

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• स्वस्थम् (svastham) - healthy, well, composed, at ease

• अपि (api) - also, even, too; (in questions) whether, if

• क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - welfare, well-being, safety, security

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

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, whether

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

इदम् (idam) - this, here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवगच्छामि (avagacchāmi) - I understand, I know, I comprehend

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in reality, in truth, in essence

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

Note: Used adverbially.

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Root dṛś takes paśya as its stem in present tense.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्वस्थम् (svastham) - healthy, well, composed, at ease

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svastha

svastha - healthy, well, composed, abiding in oneself

Compound of sva 'self' and stha 'standing'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+stha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• stha – standing, abiding, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā 'to stand'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvām'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too; (in questions) whether, if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to introduce an interrogative sense, implying doubt about the king's welfare.

क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - welfare, well-being, safety, security

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣema

kṣema - welfare, well-being, safety, security

Note: The object of an implied verb like 'I see' or 'I understand'.

महीपतेः (mahīpateḥ) - of King Rama (of the king, of the earth-lord)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

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

Note: Refers to Rama.

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