वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-84, verse-12

इमास्तन्त्रीः सुमधुराः स्थानं वा पूर्वदर्शितम् ।
मूर्छयित्वा सुमधुरं गायेतां विगतज्वरौ ॥१२॥

12. imāstantrīḥ sumadhurāḥ sthānaṃ vā pūrvadarśitam ,
mūrchayitvā sumadhuraṃ gāyetāṃ vigatajvarau.

12. imāḥ tantrīḥ sumadhurāḥ sthānaṃ vā pūrvadarśitam
mūrcchayitvā sumadhuraṃ gāyetām vigatajvarau

12. vigatajvarau imāḥ sumadhurāḥ tantrīḥ vā
pūrvadarśitam sthānaṃ mūrcchayitvā sumadhuraṃ gāyetām

12. Having tuned these very melodious strings, or having set the scale previously demonstrated, you two, free from weariness, should sing very sweetly.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• तन्त्रीः (tantrīḥ) - strings

• सुमधुराः (sumadhurāḥ) - very melodious, very sweet

• स्थानं (sthānaṁ) - musical scale or mode (note, scale, place, position)

• वा (vā) - or

• पूर्वदर्शितम् (pūrvadarśitam) - previously shown/demonstrated

• मूर्च्छयित्वा (mūrcchayitvā) - having tuned, having caused to sound

• सुमधुरं (sumadhuraṁ) - very sweetly, melodiously

• गायेताम् (gāyetām) - may you two sing, you two should sing

• विगतज्वरौ (vigatajvarau) - free from fever, free from anxiety/weariness

Words meanings and morphology

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

तन्त्रीः (tantrīḥ) - strings

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tantrī

tantrī - string, lute string, wire

सुमधुराः (sumadhurāḥ) - very melodious, very sweet

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sumadhura

sumadhura - very sweet, very melodious, charming

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+madhura)

• su – good, well, excellent (prefix)
  indeclinable
• madhura – sweet, pleasant, melodious
  adjective

स्थानं (sthānaṁ) - musical scale or mode (note, scale, place, position)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, stand, mode (music)

Root: sthā (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पूर्वदर्शितम् (pūrvadarśitam) - previously shown/demonstrated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrvadarśita

pūrvadarśita - previously shown, seen before

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'pūrva' (before) and 'darśita' (shown), which is the past passive participle of the root 'dṛś' (to see) with causative 'i'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrva+darśita)

• pūrva – before, former, prior
  adjective
• darśita – shown, seen, displayed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle from the causative stem of root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

मूर्च्छयित्वा (mūrcchayitvā) - having tuned, having caused to sound

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the causative stem of root 'mūrcch' + 'tvā' suffix.

Root: mūrcch (class 1)

सुमधुरं (sumadhuraṁ) - very sweetly, melodiously

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumadhura

sumadhura - very sweet, very melodious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+madhura)

• su – good, well, excellent (prefix)
  indeclinable
• madhura – sweet, pleasant, melodious
  adjective

Note: Used adverbially.

गायेताम् (gāyetām) - may you two sing, you two should sing

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gā

Root: gā (class 3)

Note: Used in an imperative sense, addressing two people (Lava and Kuśa).

विगतज्वरौ (vigatajvarau) - free from fever, free from anxiety/weariness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vigatajvara

vigatajvara - free from fever, free from distress/anxiety

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+jvara)

• vigata – gone away, departed, free from
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from prefix 'vi' + root 'gam' (to go).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jvara – fever, distress, anxiety
  noun (masculine)

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