वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-78, verse-13

ये च तत्र वनोद्देशे सत्त्वाः पुरुषवादिनः ।
यच्च किं चन तत् सर्वं नारीसंज्ञं बभूव ह ॥१३॥

13. ye ca tatra vanoddeśe sattvāḥ puruṣavādinaḥ ,
yacca kiṃ cana tat sarvaṃ nārīsaṃjñaṃ babhūva ha.

13. ye ca tatra vanoddeśe sattvāḥ puruṣavādinaḥ yat
ca kim cana tat sarvam nārīsaṃjñam babhūva ha

13. tatra vanoddeśe ye ca puruṣavādinaḥ sattvāḥ yat
ca kim cana tat sarvam nārīsaṃjñam babhūva ha

13. And all the beings (sattvāḥ) in that forest region who identified themselves as men, along with anything else present there, indeed became designated as 'female'.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वनोद्देशे (vanoddeśe) - in the forest region, in the vicinity of the forest

• सत्त्वाः (sattvāḥ) - beings, creatures

• पुरुषवादिनः (puruṣavādinaḥ) - those who identified as men (those who speak of themselves as men, those who claim to be men)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• च (ca) - and, also

• किम् (kim) - what, anything

• चन (cana) - even, indeed, some

• तत् (tat) - that, all of that

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• नारीसंज्ञम् (nārīsaṁjñam) - designated as 'female', having the name 'female'

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tra' suffix.

Note: Locative adverb

वनोद्देशे (vanoddeśe) - in the forest region, in the vicinity of the forest

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vanoddeśa

vanoddeśa - forest region, vicinity of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+uddeśa)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• uddeśa – region, place, vicinity, designation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: diś (class 6)

सत्त्वाः (sattvāḥ) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sattva

sattva - being, creature, essence, reality, goodness

Root: as (class 2)

पुरुषवादिनः (puruṣavādinaḥ) - those who identified as men (those who speak of themselves as men, those who claim to be men)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣavādin

puruṣavādin - one who speaks of a man, one who claims to be a man

Compound of 'puruṣa' and 'vādin' (from root 'vad' 'to speak')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vādin)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• vādin – speaking, telling, asserting, speaker
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root 'vad' (to speak) + agent suffix '-in'
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sattvāḥ

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

किम् (kim) - what, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, anything

Note: Interrogative pronoun, used here as indefinite with 'cana'

चन (cana) - even, indeed, some

(indeclinable)

Forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs when combined with interrogatives.

Note: Combined with 'kim' to mean 'whatever' or 'anything'.

तत् (tat) - that, all of that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, referring to 'yat kim cana'

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'tat'

नारीसंज्ञम् (nārīsaṁjñam) - designated as 'female', having the name 'female'

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nārīsaṃjña

nārīsaṁjña - having the name of a woman, designated as female

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'nārī' (woman) + 'saṃjñā' (name, designation).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nārī+saṃjñā)

• nārī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• saṃjñā – name, designation, consciousness
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'jñā' (to know) with 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'tat sarvam'

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)