Canonical Ref: VR 2.2.16
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा तेषां मनःप्रियम् । अजानन्निव जिज्ञासुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā teṣāṃ manaḥpriyam | ajānanniva jijñāsuridaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Scholarly Translation
Having heard them king Dasaratha, pretending as though he was not aware of their heart's desire but was now wishing to ascertain it, spoke these words:
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
इति
Lemma: इति
POS: ind
तद्वचनं
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
तद्वचनं
Lemma: वचन
POS: n
श्रुत्वा
Lemma: श्रु
POS: 4. P.
राजा
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
तेषां
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
मनःप्रियम्
Lemma: मनस्
POS: n
मनःप्रियम्
Lemma: प्रिय
POS: adj
अजानन्न्
Lemma: अजानत्
POS: adj
इव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
जिज्ञासुर्
Lemma: जिज्ञासु
POS: adj
इदं
Lemma: इदम्
POS: pron
वचनम्
Lemma: वचन
POS: n
अब्रवीत्
Lemma: ब्रू
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: अब्रवीत्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 2.2.16. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.