वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-84, verse-8

यदि शब्दापयेद् रामः श्रवणाय महीपतिः ।
ऋषीणामुपविष्टानां ततो गेयं प्रवर्तताम् ॥८॥

8. yadi śabdāpayed rāmaḥ śravaṇāya mahīpatiḥ ,
ṛṣīṇāmupaviṣṭānāṃ tato geyaṃ pravartatām.

8. yadi śabdāpayet rāmaḥ śravaṇāya mahīpatiḥ
ṛṣīṇām upaviṣṭānām tataḥ geyam pravartatām

8. yadi rāmaḥ mahīpatiḥ śravaṇāya ṛṣīṇām
upaviṣṭānām śabdāpayet tataḥ geyam pravartatām

8. If King Rama (rāma) calls upon the assembled sages to listen, then the recitation (geya) should commence.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, supposing)

• शब्दापयेत् (śabdāpayet) - calls, summons (calls, causes to sound, summons)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - King Rama (Rama, the son of Dasharatha)

• श्रवणाय (śravaṇāya) - for listening (for hearing, for listening)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king (lord of the earth, king)

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages (of the sages, of the seers)

• उपविष्टानाम् (upaviṣṭānām) - of the assembled (sages) (of those who are seated, of the assembled)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

• गेयम् (geyam) - recitation (to be sung/recited) (to be sung, song, recitation)

• प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it commence (let it proceed, let it begin, let it be performed)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, supposing)

(indeclinable)

शब्दापयेत् (śabdāpayet) - calls, summons (calls, causes to sound, summons)

(verb)

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

causative

root śabd (to sound) + -āpaya (causative suffix) + Lat (present indicative)

Root: śabd (class 10)

Note: From causative form of root śabd (to sound).

रामः (rāmaḥ) - King Rama (Rama, the son of Dasharatha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name); pleasant, charming

श्रवणाय (śravaṇāya) - for listening (for hearing, for listening)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of śravaṇa

śravaṇa - hearing, listening; the ear; study

verbal noun

from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 1)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king (lord of the earth, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages (of the sages, of the seers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

उपविष्टानाम् (upaviṣṭānām) - of the assembled (sages) (of those who are seated, of the assembled)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of upaviṣṭa

upaviṣṭa - seated, sat down; entered

past passive participle

from root viś (to enter) with upasarga upa

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Participle functioning as an adjective.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

गेयम् (geyam) - recitation (to be sung/recited) (to be sung, song, recitation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of geya

geya - to be sung, singable; song, recitation

gerundive (kṛtya)

from root gai (to sing)

Root: gai (class 1)

प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it commence (let it proceed, let it begin, let it be performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of pravṛt

root vṛt (to turn) with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: From the root vṛt with the prefix pra.

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