वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-27, verse-13

अथ ते राममामन्त्र्य कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम् ।
एवमस्त्विति काकुत्स्थमुक्त्वा जग्मुर्यथागतम् ॥१३॥

13. atha te rāmamāmantrya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam ,
evamastviti kākutsthamuktvā jagmuryathāgatam.

13. atha te rāmam āmantrya kṛtvā ca api pradakṣiṇam
evam astu iti kākutstham uktvā jagmuḥ yathāgatam

13. atha te rāmam āmantrya ca api pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā
kākutstham evam astu iti uktvā yathāgatam jagmuḥ

13. Then they, having addressed Rāma and also performed a respectful circumambulation, said to Kakutstha's descendant (Rāma), "So be it!" and departed the way they had arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• ते (te) - they

• रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma

• आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed, having taken leave of

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation (clockwise, respectful)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, so be it

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to Kakutstha's descendant, to Rāma

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

• यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as they had come, in the same way they arrived

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name), pleasing, black

आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed, having taken leave of

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

from ā- + √mantr (to advise, consult)

Prefix: ā

Root: mantr (class 10)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation (clockwise, respectful)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pradakṣiṇa

pradakṣiṇa - clockwise circumambulation, reverence

एवम् (evam) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, so be it

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative 3rd Person Singular Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to Kakutstha's descendant, to Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet of Rāma)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √vac (to speak) with suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Perfect 3rd Person Plural Parasmaipada

Root: gam (class 1)

यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as they had come, in the same way they arrived

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgata)

• yathā – as, in which way
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ā- + √gam (to go)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

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