Shloka 15
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
इत्युक्त्वा तं महाभाग ज्ञातुमिच्छन्भृगूद्वहः / उपविश्य ततो भूमौ ध्यानमास्ते समाहितः
Transliteration
ityuktvā taṃ mahābhāga jñātumicchanbhṛgūdvahaḥ / upaviśya tato bhūmau dhyānamāste samāhitaḥ
Translation
Ayant ainsi parlé, le très fortuné, éminent de la lignée de Bhrigu, désireux de connaître, s’assit à même la terre et demeura concentré en méditation.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from √vac (वच्), having said; indeclinable verbal form
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mahābhāgaO fortunate one
mahābhāga:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; compound used as address
jñātumto know
jñātum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजनम्)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
FormInfinitive (तुमुनन्त), from √jñā (ज्ञा), ‘to know’
icchandesiring
icchan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootiṣ (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; from √iṣ (इष्) ‘to desire’
bhṛgūdvahaḥthe best of the Bhṛgus
bhṛgūdvahaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhṛgu + udvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ‘bhṛgūṇām udvahaḥ’ (best of the Bhṛgus)
upaviśyahaving sat down
upaviśya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√viś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from upa+√viś (उपविश्) ‘to sit down’
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Desha-kala-adhikarana (देश-काल-अधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence
bhūmauon the ground
bhūmau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
dhyānammeditation
dhyānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
āsteremains/sits
āste:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootās (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; from √ās (आस्) ‘to sit/remain’
samāhitaḥcomposed, concentrated
samāhitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘collected, composed’