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

परस्परमथोचुस्ते सर्व एव समं ततः ।
उभौ रामस्य सदृशौ बिम्बाद्बिम्बमिवोद्धृतौ ॥७॥

7. parasparamathocuste sarva eva samaṃ tataḥ ,
ubhau rāmasya sadṛśau bimbādbimbamivoddhṛtau.

7. parasparam atha ūcuḥ te sarve eva samam tataḥ
ubhau rāmasya sadṛśau bimbāt bimbam iva uddhṛtau

7. tataḥ atha te sarve eva samam parasparam ūcuḥ
ubhau rāmasya sadṛśau bimbāt bimbam iva uddhṛtau

7. Then all of them spoke to each other simultaneously, saying: "Both of them resemble Rāma, as if one image (bimba) were taken out from another image (bimba)."

Words meanings summery:

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - to each other (mutually, reciprocally, to each other)

• अथ (atha) - then (indicating sequence) (now, then)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke (they said, they spoke)

• ते (te) - they (referring to the assembled sages, kings, etc.) (they, those)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, everyone)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (emphasizing 'all') (indeed, certainly, only)

• समम् (samam) - simultaneously (equally, simultaneously, together)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating temporal sequence) (then, thereupon, from that)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both of them (the two singers) (both)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma (the king) (of Rāma)

• सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - resembling (Rāma) (similar, resembling, like)

• बिम्बात् (bimbāt) - from a prototype image (bimba) (from an image, reflection, prototype, disk)

• बिम्बम् (bimbam) - an image (bimba) (an image, reflection, prototype, disk)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• उद्धृतौ (uddhṛtau) - extracted (as an image) (drawn out, extracted, uplifted)

Words meanings and morphology

परस्परम् (parasparam) - to each other (mutually, reciprocally, to each other)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of accusative singular.

अथ (atha) - then (indicating sequence) (now, then)

(indeclinable)

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural of √vac (irregular formation)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'te sarve'.

ते (te) - they (referring to the assembled sages, kings, etc.) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of 'ūcuḥ'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Adjective to 'te'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (emphasizing 'all') (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sarve'.

समम् (samam) - simultaneously (equally, simultaneously, together)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating temporal sequence) (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the temporal sequence of events.

उभौ (ubhau) - both of them (the two singers) (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'are'.

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma (the king) (of Rāma)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper noun), pleasing, charming

Note: Specifies whose likeness is being described.

सदृशौ (sadṛśau) - resembling (Rāma) (similar, resembling, like)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - like, similar, resembling, conformable to

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+dṛśa)

• sa – with, together
  indeclinable
• dṛśa – appearance, sight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective to 'ubhau'.

बिम्बात् (bimbāt) - from a prototype image (bimba) (from an image, reflection, prototype, disk)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bimba

bimba - disk, sphere, image, reflection, prototype, original

Note: Source from which another image is drawn.

बिम्बम् (bimbam) - an image (bimba) (an image, reflection, prototype, disk)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bimba

bimba - disk, sphere, image, reflection, prototype, original

Note: Object of 'uddhṛtau' (implied 'was extracted').

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

उद्धृतौ (uddhṛtau) - extracted (as an image) (drawn out, extracted, uplifted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of uddhṛta

uddhṛta - drawn out, extracted, lifted up, rescued

Past Passive Participle

From ud-√hṛ (to draw out, lift up) + kta suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ubhau' (the two singers are like extracted images).

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