योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-20

मह्यं च भगवन्ब्रूहि कथं संसारसंकटे ।
रामो व्यवहृतो ह्यस्मिन्भरतश्च महामनाः ॥ २० ॥

mahyaṃ ca bhagavanbrūhi kathaṃ saṃsārasaṃkaṭe ,
rāmo vyavahṛto hyasminbharataśca mahāmanāḥ 20

20. mahyam ca bhagavan brūhi katham saṃsāra saṃkaṭe
rāmaḥ vyavahṛtaḥ hi asmin bharataḥ ca mahāmanāḥ

20. And O venerable one, please tell me how Rama and also the great-minded Bharata conducted themselves in this crisis of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

• च (ca) - and, also

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - addressed to the sage Valmiki, who is revered as 'bhagavan' (O venerable one, O Lord)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, relate

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• संसार (saṁsāra) - transmigration, cyclic existence

• संकटे (saṁkaṭe) - in the crisis/predicament (of transmigration) (in a crisis, in a difficulty, in a predicament)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Lord Rama, the protagonist of Ramayana (Rama)

• व्यवहृतः (vyavahṛtaḥ) - behaved, conducted, acted

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (predicament/world) (in this)

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata, brother of Rama (Bharata)

• च (ca) - and, also

• महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded, magnanimous

Words meanings and morphology

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - addressed to the sage Valmiki, who is revered as 'bhagavan' (O venerable one, O Lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, fortunate, divine, Lord

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative Mood

Root 'brū' (2nd class) in imperative mood (loṭ) 2nd person singular active voice.

Root: brū (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

संसार (saṁsāra) - transmigration, cyclic existence

(noun)

masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, wandering through various states of existence, cyclic existence (saṃsāra)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'saṃsārasaṃkaṭa'

संकटे (saṁkaṭe) - in the crisis/predicament (of transmigration) (in a crisis, in a difficulty, in a predicament)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkaṭa

saṁkaṭa - crisis, difficulty, distress, narrow pass

Note: Second part of the compound 'saṃsārasaṃkaṭa'

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Lord Rama, the protagonist of Ramayana (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, particularly Lord Rama)

व्यवहृतः (vyavahṛtaḥ) - behaved, conducted, acted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavahṛta

vyavahṛta - acted, behaved, dealt with, transacted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ava'.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (predicament/world) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata, brother of Rama (Bharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (a proper name, particularly Rama's brother)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded, magnanimous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmanas

mahāmanas - great-minded, high-souled, magnanimous

Bahuvrihi compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'manas' (mind).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+manas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)