वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-90, verse-7

किमाह मतुलो वाक्यं यदर्थं भगवानिह ।
प्राप्तो वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठ साक्षादिव बृहस्पतिः ॥७॥

7. kimāha matulo vākyaṃ yadarthaṃ bhagavāniha ,
prāpto vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭha sākṣādiva bṛhaspatiḥ.

7. kim āha mātulaḥ vākyam yat artham bhagavān iha
prāptaḥ vākyavidām śreṣṭha sākṣāt iva bṛhaspatiḥ

7. vākyavidām śreṣṭha mātulaḥ kim vākyam āha yat
artham bhagavān iha sākṣāt bṛhaspatiḥ iva prāptaḥ

7. O best among those skilled in speech, what message did the maternal uncle convey, for which reason you, venerable one, have arrived here, as if Brihaspati himself?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• मातुलः (mātulaḥ) - maternal uncle

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, message, speech

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• अर्थम् (artham) - purpose, reason, meaning

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable messenger (venerable one, divine one, illustrious one)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, attained, obtained

• वाक्यविदाम् (vākyavidām) - of those skilled in speech

• श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O most excellent

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Perfect tense form of the root BRŪ ('to speak') or AH ('to say').

Root: BRŪ / AH (class 2)

मातुलः (mātulaḥ) - maternal uncle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātula

mātula - maternal uncle

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, message, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, message, speech, sentence

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Forms 'yadartham' (for which purpose) with 'artham'.

अर्थम् (artham) - purpose, reason, meaning

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of artha

artha - purpose, reason, meaning, wealth, object

Note: Used adverbially here as 'for the purpose of'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable messenger (venerable one, divine one, illustrious one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, venerable, divine, illustrious

Note: Refers to the messenger being addressed by Rama.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, attained, obtained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, attained, obtained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root ĀP ('to obtain, reach') with upasarga PRA ('forth, forward').

Prefix: pra

Root: ĀP (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'bhagavān'.

वाक्यविदाम् (vākyavidām) - of those skilled in speech

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vākyavid

vākyavid - skilled in speech, eloquent

Compound type : tatpurusha (vākya+vid)

• vākya – word, speech, message
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knowing, understanding, expert
  adjective
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root VID 'to know'.
  Root: VID (class 2)

श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O most excellent

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme

Note: Used as an address to the messenger.

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods, deity of wisdom and eloquence)