वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-2, verse-18

शिष्यस्तु तस्य ब्रुवतो मुनेर्वाक्यमनुत्तमम् ।
प्रतिजग्राह संहृष्टस्तस्य तुष्टो ऽभवद्गुरुः ॥१८॥

18. śiṣyastu tasya bruvato munervākyamanuttamam ,
pratijagrāha saṃhṛṣṭastasya tuṣṭo'bhavadguruḥ.

18. śiṣyaḥ tu tasya bruvataḥ muneḥ vākyam anuttamam |
pratijagrāha saṃhṛṣṭaḥ tasya tuṣṭaḥ abhavat guruḥ

18. śiṣyaḥ tu saṃhṛṣṭaḥ tasya bruvataḥ muneḥ anuttamam
vākyam pratijagrāha tasya guruḥ tuṣṭaḥ abhavat

18. The disciple, greatly delighted, accepted that excellent teaching from the speaking sage. In turn, his guru became satisfied with him.

Words meanings summery:

• शिष्यः (śiṣyaḥ) - the disciple (Bharadvāja) (disciple, student)

• तु (tu) - moreover, in turn (but, indeed, moreover, on the other hand)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (sage) (of him, his, of that)

• ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - of the speaking (sage) (speaking, telling, saying)

• मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (Vālmīki) (of a sage, hermit, ascetic)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - teaching (word, speech, saying, teaching)

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - excellent (excellent, unsurpassed, best)

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted (accepted, received, took)

• संहृष्टः (saṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly pleased (greatly pleased, delighted, rejoiced)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (the disciple's) (of him, his, of that)

• तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - pleased, satisfied (pleased, satisfied, content)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - the guru (Vālmīki) (teacher, preceptor, (guru))

Words meanings and morphology

शिष्यः (śiṣyaḥ) - the disciple (Bharadvāja) (disciple, student)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiṣya

śiṣya - disciple, student, pupil

तु (tu) - moreover, in turn (but, indeed, moreover, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (sage) (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - of the speaking (sage) (speaking, telling, saying)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, telling, saying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'brū' (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'muneḥ'.

मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (Vālmīki) (of a sage, hermit, ascetic)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, hermit, ascetic

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - teaching (word, speech, saying, teaching)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, saying, teaching

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - excellent (excellent, unsurpassed, best)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, excellent, best

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+uttama)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective
  superlative of ud (up)

Note: Modifies 'vākyam'.

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted (accepted, received, took)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pratijagrāha

Perfect

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize, take) with prefix 'prati'

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

संहृष्टः (saṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly pleased (greatly pleased, delighted, rejoiced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - greatly pleased, delighted, rejoiced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'hṛṣ' (to rejoice) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'śiṣyaḥ'.

तस्य (tasya) - his (the disciple's) (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - pleased, satisfied (pleased, satisfied, content)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - pleased, satisfied, content

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tuṣ' (to be pleased)

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'guruḥ'.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhavat

Imperfect

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

गुरुः (guruḥ) - the guru (Vālmīki) (teacher, preceptor, (guru))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, (guru)

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