वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-30, verse-3

अभिवाद्य मुनिश्रेष्ठं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् ।
ऊचतुर्मधुरोदारं वाक्यं मधुरभाषिणौ ॥३॥

3. abhivādya muniśreṣṭhaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam ,
ūcaturmadhurodāraṃ vākyaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇau.

3. abhivādya muniśreṣṭham jvalantam iva pāvakam
ūcatuḥ madhura udāram vākyam madhurabhāṣiṇau

3. madhurabhāṣiṇau abhivādya jvalantam pāvakam
iva muniśreṣṭham madhuram udāram vākyam ūcatuḥ

3. Having bowed down to the best of sages, who was blazing like a fire, the two sweet-speaking ones spoke sweet and noble words.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having greeted, having bowed down to, having honored

• मुनिश्रेष्ठम् (muniśreṣṭham) - the best of sages

• ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - blazing, shining, burning

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire, purifier

• ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they spoke, they said

• मधुर (madhura) - sweet, pleasant, delightful

• उदारम् (udāram) - noble, exalted, generous

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• मधुरभाषिणौ (madhurabhāṣiṇau) - sweet-speaking ones

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having greeted, having bowed down to, having honored

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

मुनिश्रेष्ठम् (muniśreṣṭham) - the best of sages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muniśreṣṭha

muniśreṣṭha - best among sages, chief sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+śreṣṭha)

• muni – sage, ascetic, hermit, silent one
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief, superior
  adjective (masculine)

ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - blazing, shining, burning

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalant

jvalant - blazing, shining, burning, glittering

Present Active Participle

Root: jval (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire, purifier

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, pure, clear

Root: pū (class 1)

ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मधुर (madhura) - sweet, pleasant, delightful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming, delightful

उदारम् (udāram) - noble, exalted, generous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udāra

udāra - noble, exalted, generous, magnanimous, great

Prefix: ud

Root: ṛ

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

मधुरभाषिणौ (madhurabhāṣiṇau) - sweet-speaking ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of madhurabhāṣin

madhurabhāṣin - sweet-speaking, eloquent, soft-spoken

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhura+bhāṣin)

• madhura – sweet, pleasant
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāṣin – speaking, speaker, talker
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from `bhāṣ`
  Root: bhāṣ (class 1)