वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-67, verse-16

अत्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन् वपुषा युक्तमुत्तमम् ।
कथं भगवता प्राप्तं कुतो वा केन वाहृतम् ॥१६॥

16. atyadbhutamidaṃ brahman vapuṣā yuktamuttamam ,
kathaṃ bhagavatā prāptaṃ kuto vā kena vāhṛtam.

16. atyadbhutam idam brahman vapuṣā yuktam uttamam |
katham bhagavatā prāptam kutaḥ vā kena vā āhṛtam

16. brahman! idam atyadbhutam uttamam vapuṣā yuktam (ābharaṇam);
katham bhagavatā prāptam? kutaḥ vā? kena vā āhṛtam?

16. "O Brahmin, this object, exceedingly wondrous and excellent, endowed with such beauty – how was it obtained by your revered self, or from where, or by whom was it brought?"

Words meanings summery:

• अत्यद्भुतम् (atyadbhutam) - exceedingly wonderful, very strange

• इदम् (idam) - this (object) (this, this here)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin, O holy one

• वपुषा (vapuṣā) - with beauty, endowed with form (by body, by form, with beauty)

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (beauty) (joined, united, endowed with, possessed of)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• भगवता (bhagavatā) - by your revered self (by the revered one, by the blessed one, by your honor)

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, reached, acquired

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• केन (kena) - by whom? by what?

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - brought, carried, fetched

Words meanings and morphology

अत्यद्भुतम् (atyadbhutam) - exceedingly wonderful, very strange

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atyadbhuta

atyadbhuta - exceedingly wonderful, very strange or marvelous

Compound type : Prādisamāsa (ati+adbhuta)

• ati – over, beyond, exceeding, very, excessively
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating excess or intensity
• adbhuta – wonderful, marvelous, strange, supernatural
  adjective (neuter)

इदम् (idam) - this (object) (this, this here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin, O holy one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, a priest, a holy man

वपुषा (vapuṣā) - with beauty, endowed with form (by body, by form, with beauty)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, shape, beauty

युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (beauty) (joined, united, endowed with, possessed of)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, furnished with, fit, proper

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'yuj' (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, principal, supreme

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by your revered self (by the revered one, by the blessed one, by your honor)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, blessed, divine, revered, worshipful

Note: Used here as a respectful form of address for 'by you'.

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, reached, acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, acquired, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?

(indeclinable)

Pronominal adverb derived from 'kim'

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

केन (kena) - by whom? by what?

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who? what? which?

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - brought, carried, fetched

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āhṛta

āhṛta - brought, carried, fetched, collected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'hṛ' (to carry) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

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