वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-3

प्रमाणैर्बहुभिर्बद्धां तन्त्रीलयसमन्विताम् ।
बालाभ्यां राघवः श्रुत्वा कौतूहलपरो ऽभवत् ॥३॥

3. pramāṇairbahubhirbaddhāṃ tantrīlayasamanvitām ,
bālābhyāṃ rāghavaḥ śrutvā kautūhalaparo'bhavat.

3. pramāṇaiḥ bahubhiḥ baddhām tantrīlayasamanvitām
bālābhyām rāghavaḥ śrutvā kautūhalaparaḥ abhavat

3. rāghavaḥ bālābhyām pramāṇaiḥ bahubhiḥ baddhām
tantrīlayasamanvitām śrutvā kautūhalaparaḥ abhavat

3. Having heard (the song), structured with many (metrical) measures and accompanied by string instruments and rhythm, from the two boys, Rāma (Rāghava) became filled with great curiosity.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रमाणैः (pramāṇaiḥ) - by many (metrical/musical) measures (by measures, by proofs, by authorities)

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many (measures) (by many, by much)

• बद्धाम् (baddhām) - structured (the song/recitation) (bound, tied, composed, structured)

• तन्त्रीलयसमन्विताम् (tantrīlayasamanvitām) - accompanied by string instruments and rhythm (endowed with string instruments and rhythm)

• बालाभ्याम् (bālābhyām) - by the two boys (Lava and Kuśa) (by the two boys)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (Rāghava) (descendant of Raghu (epithet of Rāma))

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (the recitation) (having heard)

• कौतूहलपरः (kautūhalaparaḥ) - filled with great curiosity (full of curiosity, engrossed in curiosity)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (he became, he was)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रमाणैः (pramāṇaiḥ) - by many (metrical/musical) measures (by measures, by proofs, by authorities)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, standard, proof, authority, means of knowledge

Note: Instrument of binding/structuring.

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many (measures) (by many, by much)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant

Note: Agrees with pramāṇaiḥ.

बद्धाम् (baddhām) - structured (the song/recitation) (bound, tied, composed, structured)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fixed, composed, structured, imprisoned

Past Passive Participle

from bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implied object, the 'pāṭhyajātīm' from previous verse.

तन्त्रीलयसमन्विताम् (tantrīlayasamanvitām) - accompanied by string instruments and rhythm (endowed with string instruments and rhythm)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tantrīlayasamanvita

tantrīlayasamanvita - accompanied by string instruments and rhythm

Compound type : tatpurusha (tantrīlaya+samanvita)

• tantrī – lute, string instrument, string
  noun (feminine)
• laya – merging, dissolution, rhythm, tempo, melodic mode
  noun (masculine)
• samanvita – accompanied, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam-anv-i (to go together with, to be connected with)
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implied object, the 'pāṭhyajātīm'.

बालाभ्याम् (bālābhyām) - by the two boys (Lava and Kuśa) (by the two boys)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāla

bāla - boy, child, young, immature

Note: Agent of śrutvā (implied by the context of hearing from them).

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (Rāghava) (descendant of Raghu (epithet of Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; an epithet of Rāma

patronymic from Raghu

Note: Subject of abhavat.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (the recitation) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from śru (to hear) + ktvā

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Precedes the main verb abhavat.

कौतूहलपरः (kautūhalaparaḥ) - filled with great curiosity (full of curiosity, engrossed in curiosity)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kautūhalapara

kautūhalapara - engrossed in curiosity, full of curiosity, very curious

Compound type : tatpurusha (kautūhala+para)

• kautūhala – curiosity, wonder, interest
  noun (neuter)
• para – chief, supreme, engrossed in, devoted to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective for Rāghavaḥ.

अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (he became, he was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, parasmaipada, from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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