वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-68, verse-9

तमर्थं चिन्तयानो ऽहं मुहूर्तं तत्र राघव ।
विष्ठितो ऽस्मि सरस्तीरे किं न्विदं स्यादिति प्रभो ॥९॥

9. tamarthaṃ cintayāno'haṃ muhūrtaṃ tatra rāghava ,
viṣṭhito'smi sarastīre kiṃ nvidaṃ syāditi prabho.

9. tam artham cintayānaḥ aham muhūrtam tatra rāghava
viṣṭhitaḥ asmi sarastīre kim nu idam syāt iti prabho

9. rāghava prabho aham tam artham cintayānaḥ muhūrtam
tatra sarastīre viṣṭhitaḥ asmi kim nu idam syāt iti

9. O Rāghava, O lord (prabho), pondering that matter, I stood there for a moment on the bank of the lake, wondering, 'What could this possibly be?'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that

• अर्थम् (artham) - matter, object, purpose, meaning

• चिन्तयानः (cintayānaḥ) - thinking, contemplating, pondering

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short while

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu

• विष्ठितः (viṣṭhitaḥ) - stood, remained, situated

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• सरस्तीरे (sarastīre) - on the bank of the lake

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely, particle of interrogation or emphasis

• इदम् (idam) - this

• स्यात् (syāt) - it might be, it would be, let it be

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with artham

अर्थम् (artham) - matter, object, purpose, meaning

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, matter

चिन्तयानः (cintayānaḥ) - thinking, contemplating, pondering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cint

cint - to think, to consider, to ponder

Present Middle Participle

Present participle (śānac affix) of the denominative verb √cint (from cit, to think)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Agrees with aham

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short while

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, a period of 48 minutes, a short time

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative case ending of 'tad' (that) used as an adverb

राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, a patronymic often referring to Rama or Lakṣmaṇa

Patronymic from Raghu

विष्ठितः (viṣṭhitaḥ) - stood, remained, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthā

sthā - to stand, to remain, to exist

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √sthā with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective with 'asmi', equivalent to 'I stood'

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

सरस्तीरे (sarastīre) - on the bank of the lake

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarastīra

sarastīra - lake-shore, bank of a lake

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saras+tīra)

• saras – lake, pond, pool
  noun (neuter)
• tīra – bank, shore, edge
  noun (neuter)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

नु (nu) - indeed, surely, particle of interrogation or emphasis

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

स्यात् (syāt) - it might be, it would be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty, able

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

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