वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-67, verse-10

सुरा हि कथयन्ति त्वामागतं शूद्रघातिनम् ।
ब्राह्मणस्य तु धर्मेण त्वया जीवापितः सुतः ॥१०॥

10. surā hi kathayanti tvāmāgataṃ śūdraghātinam ,
brāhmaṇasya tu dharmeṇa tvayā jīvāpitaḥ sutaḥ.

10. surāḥ hi kathayanti tvām āgatam śūdraghātanam
| brāhmaṇasya tu dharmeṇa tvayā jīvāpitaḥ sutaḥ

10. hi surāḥ kathayanti tvām śūdraghātanam āgatam
tu brāhmaṇasya dharmeṇa tvayā sutaḥ jīvāpitaḥ

10. Indeed, the gods describe you as having come as the slayer of a śūdra. Yet, by the intrinsic nature (dharma) of a brāhmaṇa, a son has been brought back to life by you.

Words meanings summery:

• सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they tell, they narrate, they say

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• आगतम् (āgatam) - having come, arrived

• शूद्रघातनम् (śūdraghātanam) - slayer of a śūdra

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brāhmaṇa

• तु (tu) - but, yet, on the other hand

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by the intrinsic nature (dharma) (by (natural law) dharma, by righteousness, by duty)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• जीवापितः (jīvāpitaḥ) - caused to live, brought back to life

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

Words meanings and morphology

सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - they tell, they narrate, they say

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Present (laṭ) of kath

Present Active Indicative

from root kath (10th class)

Root: kath (class 10)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'kathayanti' and subject of 'āgatam' in a secondary clause.

आगतम् (āgatam) - having come, arrived

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

from root gam with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'tvām'.

शूद्रघातनम् (śūdraghātanam) - slayer of a śūdra

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūdraghātana

śūdraghātana - killer of a śūdra

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śūdra+ghātana)

• śūdra – a member of the lowest of the four varṇas
  noun (masculine)
• ghātana – killing, slaying, a killer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun/action noun
  from root han (ghāṭayati)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'tvām'.

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brāhmaṇa

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brāhmaṇa, belonging to a brāhmaṇa

तु (tu) - but, yet, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by the intrinsic nature (dharma) (by (natural law) dharma, by righteousness, by duty)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty, righteousness

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'jīvāpitaḥ'.

जीवापितः (jīvāpitaḥ) - caused to live, brought back to life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvāpita

jīvāpita - caused to live, revived

Past Passive Participle (Causative)

from causative of root jīv with suffix ta

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sutaḥ'.

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son

Note: Subject of 'jīvāpitaḥ'.