वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-16

तथा तयोः प्रब्रुवतोः कौतूहलसमन्विताः ।
श्रोतारश्चैव रामश्च सर्व एव सुविस्मिताः ॥१६॥

16. tathā tayoḥ prabruvatoḥ kautūhalasamanvitāḥ ,
śrotāraścaiva rāmaśca sarva eva suvismitāḥ.

16. tathā tayoḥ prabruvatoḥ kautūhalasamanvitāḥ
śrotāraḥ ca eva rāmaḥ ca sarva eva suvismitāḥ

16. tathā tayoḥ prabruvatoḥ kautūhalasamanvitāḥ
śrotāraḥ ca eva rāmaḥ ca sarva eva suvismitāḥ

16. As those two narrated, all the listeners, along with Rama, became deeply curious and completely astonished.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (boys, Lava and Kuśa) (of those two, to those two, in those two)

• प्रब्रुवतोः (prabruvatoḥ) - while those two (boys) were narrating (while speaking, while narrating)

• कौतूहलसमन्विताः (kautūhalasamanvitāḥ) - filled with curiosity, eager with wonder

• श्रोतारः (śrotāraḥ) - listeners

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even, just

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• च (ca) - and

• सर्व (sarva) - completely, entirely (modifying 'astonished') (completely, entirely, all)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even, just

• सुविस्मिताः (suvismitāḥ) - greatly astonished, very surprised

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (boys, Lava and Kuśa) (of those two, to those two, in those two)

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

प्रब्रुवतोः (prabruvatoḥ) - while those two (boys) were narrating (while speaking, while narrating)

(adjective)

masculine, dual of prabruvat

prabruvat - speaking, narrating

present active participle

Derived from the root √bru (to speak) with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: bru (class 2)

Note: Used here in a locative absolute construction.

कौतूहलसमन्विताः (kautūhalasamanvitāḥ) - filled with curiosity, eager with wonder

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kautūhalasamanvita

kautūhalasamanvita - filled with curiosity, eager, curious

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kautūhala+samanvita)

• kautūhala – curiosity, eagerness, wonder
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – accompanied by, endowed with, possessed of, filled with
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root √i (to go) with prefixes sam- and anu-.
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

श्रोतारः (śrotāraḥ) - listeners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrotṛ

śrotṛ - listener, hearer

agent noun

Agent noun derived from the root √śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even, just

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a celebrated king of Ayodhya, son of Daśaratha and Kausalyā)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्व (sarva) - completely, entirely (modifying 'astonished') (completely, entirely, all)

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, 'sarva' is used adverbially to emphasize the extent of astonishment, meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'. While 'sarva' can mean 'all' as an adjective, its indeclinable usage as an adverb fits the grammatical context with the plural predicate 'suvismitāḥ' based on the given Devanagari.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even, just

(indeclinable)

सुविस्मिताः (suvismitāḥ) - greatly astonished, very surprised

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suvismita

suvismita - greatly astonished, very surprised, utterly amazed

past passive participle

Compound formed from 'su-' (well, greatly) and 'vismita' (astonished), which is a past passive participle of √smi with prefix vi-.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+vismita)

• su – well, good, greatly, thoroughly
  indeclinable
• vismita – astonished, surprised, amazed
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root √smi (to smile) with the prefix vi- (implying 'apart, away', leading to 'bewildered, amazed').
  Prefix: vi
  Root: smi (class 1)

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