वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-32, verse-1

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कुशनाभस्य धीमतः ।
शिरोभिश्चरणौ स्पृष्ट्वा कन्याशतमभाषत ॥१॥

1. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ ,
śirobhiścaraṇau spṛṣṭvā kanyāśatamabhāṣata.

1. tasya tat vacanam śrutvā kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ
śirobhiḥ caraṇau spṛṣṭvā kanyāśatam abhāṣata

1. dhīmataḥ kuśanābhasya tat vacanam śrutvā
kanyāśatam śirobhiḥ caraṇau spṛṣṭvā abhāṣata

1. Having heard those words of the wise Kuśanābha, the hundred daughters touched his feet with their heads and then spoke.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• तत् (tat) - those, that

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• कुशनाभस्य (kuśanābhasya) - of Kuśanābha

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise one, intelligent

• शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads

• चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

• स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

• कन्याशतम् (kanyāśatam) - a hundred daughters

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - spoke

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

तत् (tat) - those, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear) forming an absolutive.

Root: śru (class 5)

कुशनाभस्य (kuśanābhasya) - of Kuśanābha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kuśanābha

kuśanābha - Kuśanābha (a proper name)

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise one, intelligent

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent

शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head

चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot

स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'spṛś' (to touch) forming an absolutive.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

कन्याशतम् (kanyāśatam) - a hundred daughters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kanyāśata

kanyāśata - a hundred daughters

Compound type : dvigu (kanyā+śata)

• kanyā – daughter, girl, maiden
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Derived from 'bhāṣ' (to speak) in past imperfect tense, middle voice, with augment 'a'.