वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-21, verse-9

अध्यर्धयोजनं गत्वा सरय्वा दक्षिणे तटे ।
रामेति मधुरा वाणीं विश्वामित्रो ऽभ्यभाषत ॥९॥

9. adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe ,
rāmeti madhurā vāṇīṃ viśvāmitro'bhyabhāṣata.

9. adhyardhayojanam gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe
rāma iti madhurā vāṇīm viśvāmitraḥ abhyabhāṣata

9. viśvāmitraḥ sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe adhyardhayojanam
gatvā rāma iti madhurā vāṇīm abhyabhāṣata

9. After traveling one and a half `yojana` along the southern bank of the Sarayū river, Viśvāmitra spoke with sweet words, [addressing them with] 'Rāma!'

Words meanings summery:

• अध्यर्धयोजनम् (adhyardhayojanam) - one and a half `yojana`

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

• सरय्वा (sarayvā) - of the Sarayū river (of Sarayū)

• दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - on the southern (bank) (southern, right)

• तटे (taṭe) - on the bank, on the shore

• राम (rāma) - addressing Lord Rāma (Rāma)

• इति (iti) - introducing direct speech or a quote (thus, saying)

• मधुरा (madhurā) - sweet, pleasant

• वाणीम् (vāṇīm) - speech, voice, words

• विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra (a sage)

• अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - addressed, spoke to

Words meanings and morphology

अध्यर्धयोजनम् (adhyardhayojanam) - one and a half `yojana`

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhyardhayojana

adhyardhayojana - one and a half `yojana` (a unit of distance, approximately 8-15 km)

Compound type : dvigu (adhyardha+yojana)

• adhyardha – one and a half
  adjective
  Prefix: adhi
• yojana – `yojana` (a measure of distance)
  noun (neuter)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root gam + tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

सरय्वा (sarayvā) - of the Sarayū river (of Sarayū)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sarayū

sarayū - name of a sacred river

दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - on the southern (bank) (southern, right)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - southern, right, skillful, able

तटे (taṭe) - on the bank, on the shore

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of taṭa

taṭa - bank, shore, slope, side

राम (rāma) - addressing Lord Rāma (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - name of a celebrated king of Ayodhya, incarnation of Viṣṇu

इति (iti) - introducing direct speech or a quote (thus, saying)

(indeclinable)

मधुरा (madhurā) - sweet, pleasant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming, melodious

Note: Grammatically, if 'vāṇīm' (accusative) is the object, 'madhurā' should be 'madhurām' (accusative) to agree. Its nominative form here might be a poetic license, or it functions adverbially.

वाणीम् (vāṇīm) - speech, voice, words

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāṇī

vāṇī - speech, voice, words, language; Sarasvatī

विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - name of a celebrated ancient sage, friend of all

अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - addressed, spoke to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Imperfect (laṅ) of abhbhāṣ

Imperfect middle voice, 3rd singular of root bhāṣ with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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