वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-5

पौराणिकाञ् शब्दवितो ये च वृद्धा द्विजातयः ।
एतान् सर्वान् समानीय गातारौ समवेशयत् ॥५॥

5. paurāṇikāñ śabdavito ye ca vṛddhā dvijātayaḥ ,
etān sarvān samānīya gātārau samaveśayat.

5. paurāṇikān śabdavidaḥ ye ca vṛddhāḥ dvijātayaḥ
etān sarvān samānīya gātārau samaveśayat

5. paurāṇikān śabdavidaḥ ca ye vṛddhāḥ dvijātayaḥ
etān sarvān samānīya gātārau samaveśayat

5. ...as well as experts in the Purāṇas, grammarians, and elderly Brahmins (dvija). Having assembled all of them, he then seated the two singers.

Words meanings summery:

• पौराणिकान् (paurāṇikān) - experts in the Purāṇas (those versed in the Purāṇas, ancient storytellers)

• शब्दविदः (śabdavidaḥ) - grammarians (knowers of words, grammarians, philologists)

• ये (ye) - who (referring to the śabdavidaḥ) (who, which)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elderly (old, aged, grown, elders)

• द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - Brahmins (dvija) (twice-born ones, Brahmins, birds, snakes, teeth)

• एतान् (etān) - all these (referring to the previously listed people) (these)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of them) (all, every)

• समानीय (samānīya) - having assembled (all these) (having brought together, having gathered)

• गातारौ (gātārau) - the two bards (Lava and Kuśa) (the two singers, minstrels)

• समवेशयत् (samaveśayat) - he (the king) seated (them) (he seated, he caused to sit)

Words meanings and morphology

पौराणिकान् (paurāṇikān) - experts in the Purāṇas (those versed in the Purāṇas, ancient storytellers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paurāṇika

paurāṇika - one versed in the Purāṇas, relating to ancient times, traditional

derived from purāṇa

Note: Part of the list of people gathered.

शब्दविदः (śabdavidaḥ) - grammarians (knowers of words, grammarians, philologists)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śabdavid

śabdavid - knowing words, grammarian, philologist

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+vid)

• śabda – sound, word, language
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  root adjective
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Grammatically nominative, but implicitly part of the group being gathered (referenced by 'etān sarvān').

ये (ye) - who (referring to the śabdavidaḥ) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to the subject of the clause ('grammarians who are also elderly Brahmins').

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'ye' with 'vṛddhāḥ'.

वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elderly (old, aged, grown, elders)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, elder, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛdh (to grow) + kta suffix

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'dvijātayaḥ'.

द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - Brahmins (dvija) (twice-born ones, Brahmins, birds, snakes, teeth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born, Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, bird, snake, tooth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jāti – birth, origin, class, caste
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Here refers to Brahmins (dvija).

एतान् (etān) - all these (referring to the previously listed people) (these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to all the groups mentioned in verse 128892 and the first part of 128893.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Adjective to 'etān'.

समानीय (samānīya) - having assembled (all these) (having brought together, having gathered)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from sam-ā-√nī with -ya suffix

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

गातारौ (gātārau) - the two bards (Lava and Kuśa) (the two singers, minstrels)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of gātṛ

gātṛ - singer, chanter, bard, praiser

agent noun

from root gai (to sing) + tṛc suffix

Root: gai (class 1)

Note: Refers to Lava and Kuśa, who are singing the Rāmāyaṇa.

समवेशयत् (samaveśayat) - he (the king) seated (them) (he seated, he caused to sit)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of samaveśaya

causative

causative from sam-viś (to enter)

Prefixes: sam+vi

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The subject is 'rājā' from the previous verse (128892).

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