वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-35, verse-26

एष ते विस्तरो राम शैलपुत्र्या निवेदितः ।
गङ्गायाः प्रभवं चैव शृणु मे सहलक्ष्मणः ॥२६॥

26. eṣa te vistaro rāma śailaputryā niveditaḥ ,
gaṅgāyāḥ prabhavaṃ caiva śṛṇu me sahalakṣmaṇaḥ.

26. eṣa te vistaraḥ rāma śailaputryā niveditaḥ
gaṅgāyāḥ prabhavaṃ ca eva śṛṇu me sahalakṣmaṇaḥ

26. O Rāma, this detailed account of the daughter of the mountain (Śailaputrī) has been told to you. Now, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa, listen to me about the origin of the Gaṅgā as well.

Words meanings summery:

• एष (eṣa) - this

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• विस्तरः (vistaraḥ) - detailed account, elaborate description, expansion

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• शैलपुत्र्या (śailaputryā) - of the daughter of the mountain (Pārvatī) (of the daughter of the mountain)

• निवेदितः (niveditaḥ) - has been told, reported, presented

• गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the Gaṅgā

• प्रभवं (prabhavaṁ) - origin, source

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, also

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• मे (me) - from me (the speaker) (from me, of me)

• सहलक्ष्मणः (sahalakṣmaṇaḥ) - with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

एष (eṣa) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to 'vistaraḥ'.

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of 'tubhyam'.

विस्तरः (vistaraḥ) - detailed account, elaborate description, expansion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - expansion, detailed account, elaboration

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'niveditaḥ'.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name), pleasing, dark

शैलपुत्र्या (śailaputryā) - of the daughter of the mountain (Pārvatī) (of the daughter of the mountain)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śailaputrī

śailaputrī - daughter of the mountain, Pārvatī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+putrī)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

निवेदितः (niveditaḥ) - has been told, reported, presented

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivedita

nivedita - announced, reported, presented, told

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'vid' with prefix 'ni' and suffix '-ta'

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vistaraḥ'.

गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Gaṅgā (Ganges)

प्रभवं (prabhavaṁ) - origin, source

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, power

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, here functioning as 'also'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - from me (the speaker) (from me, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here implying 'from me' (ablative sense) with 'śṛṇu'.

सहलक्ष्मणः (sahalakṣmaṇaḥ) - with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahalaksṣmaṇa

sahalaksṣmaṇa - with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+lakṣmaṇa)

• saha – with, together
  indeclinable
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied subject 'tvam' (you, Rāma).