महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-266, verse-36

इत्युक्तवचनं रामं प्रत्युवाचानिलात्मजः ।
प्रियमाख्यामि ते राम दृष्टा सा जानकी मया ॥३६॥

36. ityuktavacanaṁ rāmaṁ pratyuvācānilātmajaḥ ,
priyamākhyāmi te rāma dṛṣṭā sā jānakī mayā.

36. iti uktavacanam rāmam prati uvāca anilātmajaḥ
priyam ākhyāmi te rāma dṛṣṭā sā jānakī mayā

36. To Rama, who had spoken these words, the son of the wind (anilātmaja) replied, 'O Rama, I bring you good news: Janaki (Sita) has been seen by me.'

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - introducing the previous statement (thus, so, in this manner)

• उक्तवचनम् (uktavacanam) - to Rama, to whom the previous words were spoken (spoken words, one to whom words have been spoken)

• रामम् (rāmam) - to Rama

• प्रति (prati) - in response to, back to (towards, in return, against)

• उवाच (uvāca) - replied (in conjunction with `prati`) (he said, he spoke)

• अनिलात्मजः (anilātmajaḥ) - Hanuman (son of the wind)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear or pleasing news (dear, pleasing, beloved (thing/news))

• आख्यामि (ākhyāmi) - I tell, I narrate, I announce

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• राम (rāma) - vocative address to Rama (O Rama)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, observed

• सा (sā) - Janaki (Sita) (she, that (feminine))

• जानकी (jānakī) - Sita (Janaki (Sita), daughter of Janaka)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - introducing the previous statement (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तवचनम् (uktavacanam) - to Rama, to whom the previous words were spoken (spoken words, one to whom words have been spoken)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uktavacana

uktavacana - having spoken words, whose words are spoken

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ukta+vacana)

• ukta – spoken, said, told
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root `vac` (2nd class, `vakti`) + `kta` suffix.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• vacana – word, speech, saying, discourse
  noun (neuter)
  Root `vac` + `ana` suffix.
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `rāmam`.

रामम् (rāmam) - to Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, dark, beautiful

Root: ram (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - in response to, back to (towards, in return, against)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms part of the compound verb `pratyuvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - replied (in conjunction with `prati`) (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root `vac` (2nd class, `vakti`) in Perfect tense, 3rd person singular. Its reduplication is `uvāca`.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Hanuman.

अनिलात्मजः (anilātmajaḥ) - Hanuman (son of the wind)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anilātmaja

anilātmaja - son of the wind, born of wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+ātmaja)

• anila – wind, air, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
  From root `an` (to breathe) + `ila` suffix.
  Root: an (class 2)
• ātmaja – son, born of self, born of (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  From `ātman` + suffix `ja` (born from), referring to a son or offspring.
  Root: jan (class 4)

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear or pleasing news (dear, pleasing, beloved (thing/news))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable, favorite

From root `prī` (to please).

Root: prī (class 4)

Note: Object of `ākhyāmi`.

आख्यामि (ākhyāmi) - I tell, I narrate, I announce

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of khyā

Present Active

Prefix `ā` + root `khyā` (2nd class), Present tense, 1st person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Used here in the dative case.

राम (rāma) - vocative address to Rama (O Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, dark, beautiful

Root: ram (class 1)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, observed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived, apparent

Past Passive Participle

Root `dṛś` (1st class, `paśyati`) + `kta` suffix. Feminine form `dṛṣṭā`.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `sā` and `jānakī`.

सा (sā) - Janaki (Sita) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Janaki.

जानकी (jānakī) - Sita (Janaki (Sita), daughter of Janaka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - daughter of Janaka, Sita

From Janaka (name of a king) with the feminine patronymic suffix `ī`.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent in the passive construction (`dṛṣṭā`).