वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-95, verse-8

तच्छ्रुत्वा घोरसंकाशं वाक्यं तस्य महात्मनः ।
चिन्तयामास मनसा तस्य वाक्यस्य निश्चयम् ॥८॥

8. tacchrutvā ghorasaṃkāśaṃ vākyaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ ,
cintayāmāsa manasā tasya vākyasya niścayam.

8. tat śrutvā ghorasaṃkāśam vākyam tasya mahātmanaḥ
cintayāmāsa manasā tasya vākyasya niścayam

8. tasya mahātmanaḥ tat ghorasaṃkāśam vākyam śrutvā
manasā tasya vākyasya niścayam cintayāmāsa

8. Having heard that dreadful statement of the great soul (mahātman), he pondered in his mind its true meaning.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (statement) (that, then, therefore)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• घोरसंकाशम् (ghorasaṁkāśam) - terrifying-like, dreadful, resembling something terrible

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

• तस्य (tasya) - of the great soul (his, its, of that)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of that great person (of the great soul, of the high-minded one)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he pondered, he thought deeply

• मनसा (manasā) - by mind, with the mind, mentally

• तस्य (tasya) - of that statement (its, of that)

• वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the statement, of the speech

• निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty, resolution, conclusion, true meaning

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (statement) (that, then, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: This 'tat' functions as an object for śrutvā, referring to the subsequent statement, or generally 'that'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

घोरसंकाशम् (ghorasaṁkāśam) - terrifying-like, dreadful, resembling something terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghorasaṃkāśa

ghorasaṁkāśa - resembling something dreadful, terrible-like

Compound type : tatpurusha (ghora+saṃkāśa)

• ghora – dreadful, terrible, fierce
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From sam + kāś (to appear)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyam'.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - statement, word, speech, sentence

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

तस्य (tasya) - of the great soul (his, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he

Note: Agrees with 'mahātmanaḥ'.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of that great person (of the great soul, of the high-minded one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble person, high-minded

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he pondered, he thought deeply

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Periphrastic perfect from causative of √cit (to perceive, understand). cintaya + āmāsa.

Root: cit (class 10)

मनसा (manasā) - by mind, with the mind, mentally

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

तस्य (tasya) - of that statement (its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Agrees with 'vākyasya'.

वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the statement, of the speech

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - statement, word, speech, sentence

निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty, resolution, conclusion, true meaning

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, resolution, conclusion, true meaning

From nis + √ci (to collect, observe)

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Object of 'cintayāmāsa'.

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