वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-44, verse-12

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा रामस्य मुनिपुंगवः ।
आख्यातुं तत् समारेभे विशालस्य पुरातनम् ॥१२॥

12. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasya munipuṃgavaḥ ,
ākhyātuṃ tat samārebhe viśālasya purātanam.

12. tasya tat vacanam śrutvā rāmasya munipuṅgavaḥ
ākhyātum tat samārebhe viśālasya purātanam

12. rāmasya tat vacanam śrutvā munipuṅgavaḥ tasya
viśālasya purātanam tat ākhyātum samārebhe

12. Having heard those words of Rāma, the foremost among sages then began to narrate that ancient story concerning Viśāla.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of Rāma (referring to Rāma's words) (his, of him, its, of it)

• तत् (tat) - that (specific) (that, this)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (of Rāma) (speech, word, saying)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (Rāma's words) (having heard)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• मुनिपुङ्गवः (munipuṅgavaḥ) - the sage Viśvāmitra (best of sages, excellent sage)

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell, to relate

• तत् (tat) - that (story) (that, this)

• समारेभे (samārebhe) - began, commenced

• विशालस्य (viśālasya) - of King Viśāla (of Viśāla, of the wide/large one)

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of Rāma (referring to Rāma's words) (his, of him, its, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāma implicitly, meaning 'of that one (Rāma)'.

तत् (tat) - that (specific) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'vacanam'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (of Rāma) (speech, word, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying, statement

From root 'vac' + suffix 'ana'

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (Rāma's words) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'śru' + suffix 'tvā'

Root: śru (class 5)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a king, son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming

Root: ram (class 1)

मुनिपुङ्गवः (munipuṅgavaḥ) - the sage Viśvāmitra (best of sages, excellent sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of munipuṅgava

munipuṅgava - best of sages

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+puṅgava)

• muni – sage, ascetic, saint
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Viśvāmitra.

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell, to relate

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root 'khyā' with upasarga 'ā' + suffix 'tum'

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (story) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'purātanam' and 'viśālasya' story.

समारेभे (samārebhe) - began, commenced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-ā-rabh

Imperfect (Laṅ) middle voice, 3rd person singular

Root 'rabh' with upasargas 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

विशालस्य (viśālasya) - of King Viśāla (of Viśāla, of the wide/large one)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viśāla

viśāla - wide, extensive, large, noble, a proper name (King Viśāla)

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval

From 'purā' (formerly) + 'tana' suffix.

Note: Agrees with 'tat' (story is neuter).