वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-31, verse-8

सैषा हि मागधी राम वसोस्तस्य महात्मनः ।
पूर्वाभिचरिता राम सुक्षेत्रा सस्यमालिनी ॥८॥

8. saiṣā hi māgadhī rāma vasostasya mahātmanaḥ ,
pūrvābhicaritā rāma sukṣetrā sasyamālinī.

8. sā eṣā hi māgadhī rāma vasoḥ tasya mahātmanaḥ
pūrvābhicaritā rāma sukṣetrā sasyamālinī

8. O Rama, this very Magadhi (river/region) indeed belongs to that great-souled (mahātman) Vasu. O Rama, it was previously cultivated, a fertile land, adorned with abundant crops.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मागधी (māgadhī) - the Magadhi (river/region)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• वसोः (vasoḥ) - of Vasu

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, of that

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one, of the noble one

• पूर्वाभिचरिता (pūrvābhicaritā) - previously cultivated/visited

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• सुक्षेत्रा (sukṣetrā) - having good fields, fertile land

• सस्यमालिनी (sasyamālinī) - adorned with crops, having garlands of grain

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मागधी (māgadhī) - the Magadhi (river/region)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māgadhī

māgadhī - related to Magadha; a woman from Magadha; name of a river

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name); pleasing, charming

वसोः (vasoḥ) - of Vasu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasu

vasu - Vasu (a proper name, class of deities); wealth, good, excellent

तस्य (tasya) - of him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one, of the noble one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous (mahātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

पूर्वाभिचरिता (pūrvābhicaritā) - previously cultivated/visited

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrvābhicarita

pūrvābhicarita - previously resorted to, cultivated, practiced

Past Passive Participle

Compound of pūrva (former) and abhicarita (PPP of abhi-car 'to resort to, practice').

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrva+abhicarita)

• pūrva – former, previous, eastern
  adjective (masculine)
• abhicarita – resorted to, approached, practiced, cultivated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root car with prefix abhi-.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: car (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name); pleasing, charming

सुक्षेत्रा (sukṣetrā) - having good fields, fertile land

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukṣetra

sukṣetra - having good fields, fertile (land)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+kṣetra)

• su – good, excellent, well
  indeclinable
• kṣetra – field, land, region
  noun (neuter)

सस्यमालिनी (sasyamālinī) - adorned with crops, having garlands of grain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sasyamālinī

sasyamālin - having garlands of grain or crops, adorned with crops

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sasya+mālin)

• sasya – grain, corn, crop
  noun (neuter)
• mālin – having a garland, adorned with a garland
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from mālā (garland) with -in suffix (possessing).