वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-9

तेषां संवदतामेवं श्रोतॄणां हर्षवर्धनम् ।
गेयं प्रचक्रतुस्तत्र ताव् उभौ मुनिदारकौ ॥९॥

9. teṣāṃ saṃvadatāmevaṃ śrotṝṇāṃ harṣavardhanam ,
geyaṃ pracakratustatra tāv ubhau munidārakau.

9. teṣām saṃvadatām evam śrotṝṇām harṣavardhanam
geyam pracakratuḥ tatra tau ubhau munidārakau

9. evam teṣām śrotṝṇām saṃvadatām,
tatra tau ubhau munidārakau harṣavardhanam geyam pracakratuḥ

9. As the listeners were thus conversing, those two young ascetics (muni-dārakau) then began to sing the song that delights the audience.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those listeners (of them)

• संवदताम् (saṁvadatām) - of those who were conversing (conversing, talking together (of them))

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• श्रोतॄणाम् (śrotṝṇām) - of the listeners

• हर्षवर्धनम् (harṣavardhanam) - that which increases the joy of the listeners (delight-increasing, joy-augmenting)

• गेयम् (geyam) - song, what is to be sung

• प्रचक्रतुः (pracakratuḥ) - they two (Kuśa and Lava) began to sing (they began, they performed, they did)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then

• तौ (tau) - those two (Kuśa and Lava) (those two)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (Kuśa and Lava) (both)

• मुनिदारकौ (munidārakau) - the two young ascetics (Kuśa and Lava) (two young ascetics, two sons of a sage (muni))

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those listeners (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संवदताम् (saṁvadatām) - of those who were conversing (conversing, talking together (of them))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of saṃvadat

saṁvadat - conversing, speaking together, agreeing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) with upasarga sam and śatṛ suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

श्रोतॄणाम् (śrotṝṇām) - of the listeners

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śrotṛ

śrotṛ - a listener, an auditor

Root: śru (class 1)

हर्षवर्धनम् (harṣavardhanam) - that which increases the joy of the listeners (delight-increasing, joy-augmenting)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of harṣavardhana

harṣavardhana - increasing joy, delightful, gladdening

Compound type : tatpurusha (harṣa+vardhana)

• harṣa – joy, delight, happiness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)
• vardhana – increasing, causing to grow, strengthening
  adjective
  Derived from root vṛdh (to grow, increase)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'geyam'

गेयम् (geyam) - song, what is to be sung

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of geya

geya - what is to be sung, song, melody

Gerundive

Future passive participle from root gai (gā)

Root: gai (class 1)

प्रचक्रतुः (pracakratuḥ) - they two (Kuśa and Lava) began to sing (they began, they performed, they did)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of prakṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्र (tatra) - there, then

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two (Kuśa and Lava) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उभौ (ubhau) - both (Kuśa and Lava) (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

मुनिदारकौ (munidārakau) - the two young ascetics (Kuśa and Lava) (two young ascetics, two sons of a sage (muni))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of munidāraka

munidāraka - a young ascetic, a sage's son

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+dāraka)

• muni – a sage, an ascetic, a seer
  noun (masculine)
• dāraka – a boy, a child, a young man
  noun (masculine)

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