वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-14

दीयमानं सुवर्णं तन्नागृह्णीतां कुशीलवौ ।
ऊचतुश्च महात्मानौ किमनेनेति विस्मितौ ॥१४॥

14. dīyamānaṃ suvarṇaṃ tannāgṛhṇītāṃ kuśīlavau ,
ūcatuśca mahātmānau kimaneneti vismitau.

14. dīyamānaṃ suvarṇaṃ tat na agṛhṇītām kuśīlavau
ūcatuḥ ca mahātmānau kim anena iti vismitau

14. dīyamānaṃ tat suvarṇaṃ kuśīlavau na agṛhṇītām
ca vismitau mahātmānau kim anena iti ūcatuḥ

14. Kuśa and Lava, those two noble-souled (mahātman) boys, did not accept the gold being offered, and astonished, they said, 'What is the use of this?'

Words meanings summery:

• दीयमानं (dīyamānaṁ) - being given, being offered

• सुवर्णं (suvarṇaṁ) - gold

• तत् (tat) - that gold (that)

• न (na) - not

• अगृह्णीताम् (agṛhṇītām) - they two did not accept

• कुशीलवौ (kuśīlavau) - Kuśa and Lava

• ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said, spoke

• च (ca) - and

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - referring to Kuśa and Lava (the two great-souled ones)

• किम् (kim) - what

• अनेन (anena) - by this

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

• विस्मितौ (vismitau) - astonished, surprised

Words meanings and morphology

दीयमानं (dīyamānaṁ) - being given, being offered

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dīyamāna

dīyamāna - being given

present passive participle

From root dā (to give) + śānac suffix

Root: dā (class 3)

सुवर्णं (suvarṇaṁ) - gold

(noun)

neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, good color

तत् (tat) - that gold (that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Demonstrative pronoun

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negation particle

अगृह्णीताम् (agṛhṇītām) - they two did not accept

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of grah

Imperfect tense, ātmanepada, dual, with 'a' augment for past tense.

Root: grah (class 9)

कुशीलवौ (kuśīlavau) - Kuśa and Lava

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kuśīlava

kuśīlava - Kuśa and Lava (Rama's sons)

Dual form of the compound name

Compound type : dvandva (kuśa+lava)

• kuśa – Kuśa (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lava – Lava (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

From root vac (to speak), reduplicated perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - referring to Kuśa and Lava (the two great-souled ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble

Compound of mahat (great) and ātman (soul)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Interrogative pronoun

अनेन (anena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

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

(indeclinable)

Particle marking quotation or conclusion

विस्मितौ (vismitau) - astonished, surprised

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vismita

vismita - astonished, surprised

past passive participle

From root smi (to smile, wonder) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: smi (class 1)

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