वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-37, verse-15

प्रदक्षिणमृषिं कृत्वा शिरसाभिप्रणम्य च ।
जगाम स्वपुरं राजा सभार्या रघुनन्दन ॥१५॥

15. pradakṣiṇamṛṣiṃ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca ,
jagāma svapuraṃ rājā sabhāryā raghunandana.

15. pradakṣiṇam ṛṣim kṛtvā śirasā abhipraṇamya ca
jagāma svapuram rājā sabhāryā raghunandana

15. Raghunandana,
rājā sabhāryā ṛṣim pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā ca śirasā abhipraṇamya svapuram jagāma.

15. O descendant of Raghu, the king, along with his wife, having circumambulated the sage and bowed down with his head, went to his own city.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - performing a respectful circumambulation (circumambulation (clockwise), respectfully)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

• अभिप्रणम्य (abhipraṇamya) - having bowed down, having saluted

• च (ca) - and

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went

• स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - to his own city

• राजा (rājā) - the king

• सभार्या (sabhāryā) - accompanied by his wife (Keśinī and Sumati, implied) (with his wife)

• रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O Rāma, descendant of Raghu (O descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - performing a respectful circumambulation (circumambulation (clockwise), respectfully)

(adverb)

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

अभिप्रणम्य (abhipraṇamya) - having bowed down, having saluted

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with prefix(es) and suffix -ya

Prefixes: abhi+pra

Root: nam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जगाम (jagāma) - he went

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - to his own city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapura

svapura - one's own city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pura)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

राजा (rājā) - the king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सभार्या (sabhāryā) - accompanied by his wife (Keśinī and Sumati, implied) (with his wife)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sabhārya

sabhārya - accompanied by wife, with wife

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+bhāryā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable prefix
  from saha
• bhāryā – wife (lit. 'she who is to be supported')
  noun (feminine)
  Gerundive
  feminine of bhārya, from root bhṛ
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O Rāma, descendant of Raghu (O descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - descendant of Raghu, joy of Raghu's family

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (an ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, rejoicing
  noun (masculine)
  from root nand 'to rejoice'
  Root: nand (class 1)

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