वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-9, verse-16

स तु गत्वा मुनिर्ध्यानं वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ।
विज्ञातं ते मया भद्रे कारणं यन्मनोगतम् ॥१६॥

16. sa tu gatvā munirdhyānaṃ vākyametaduvāca ha ,
vijñātaṃ te mayā bhadre kāraṇaṃ yanmanogatam.

16. saḥ tu gatvā muniḥ dhyānam vākyam etat uvāca ha
vijñātam te mayā bhadre kāraṇam yat manogatam

16. saḥ muniḥ tu dhyānam gatvā etat vākyam ha uvāca
bhadre yat manogatam kāraṇam te mayā vijñātam

16. But that sage, having gone into meditation (dhyāna), then spoke this: 'O auspicious one, I have understood the intention that is in your mind.'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that (sage) (he, that (masculine))

• तु (tu) - but, then (but, indeed, yet)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (into) (having gone)

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (Viśravas) (sage, ascetic)

• ध्यानम् (dhyānam) - meditation (dhyāna) (meditation, contemplation)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - sentence, statement (word, speech, sentence)

• एतत् (etat) - this (sentence) (this, this one)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

• ह (ha) - indeed (emphasizing) (indeed, surely, verily)

• विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - understood (known, understood, ascertained)

• ते (te) - your (referring to Kaikasī) (to you, your, by you)

• मया (mayā) - by me (the sage) (by me)

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one (vocative address to Kaikasī) (O good lady, O auspicious one)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the intention, motive (cause, reason, motive)

• यत् (yat) - which, that (which, what, that)

• मनोगतम् (manogatam) - existing in your mind (gone to the mind, existing in the mind, mental)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that (sage) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies `muniḥ`

तु (tu) - but, then (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (into) (having gone)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix `ktvā`

Root: gam (class 1)

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (Viśravas) (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

`i`-stem masculine noun

ध्यानम् (dhyānam) - meditation (dhyāna) (meditation, contemplation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhyāna

dhyāna - meditation, contemplation, thought

From root `dhyai` (to meditate)

Root: dhyai (class 1)

Note: Sanskrit term `dhyāna` used in translation.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - sentence, statement (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

From `vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (sentence) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Qualifies `vākyam`

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular of root `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed (emphasizing) (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

Particle

विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - understood (known, understood, ascertained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñāta

vijñāta - known, understood, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

From root `jñā` with prefix `vi`

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

ते (te) - your (referring to Kaikasī) (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Pronominal stem for 2nd person singular

Note: Possessive for `kāraṇam`

मया (mayā) - by me (the sage) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Pronominal stem for 1st person singular

Note: Agent in the passive construction `vijñātam`

भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one (vocative address to Kaikasī) (O good lady, O auspicious one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - good, auspicious, fortunate; a good woman

Feminine form of `bhadra`

Root: bhad (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the intention, motive (cause, reason, motive)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

From root `kṛ` (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - which, that (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Relative pronoun

Note: Relates to `kāraṇam`

मनोगतम् (manogatam) - existing in your mind (gone to the mind, existing in the mind, mental)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manogata

manogata - mental, residing in the mind, intended

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+gata)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  `s`-stem noun
  Root: man (class 4)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `gam` (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `kāraṇam`