वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-48, verse-8

अग्नेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पितृदेवाः समागताः ।
उत्पाट्य मेषवृषणौ सहस्राक्षे न्यवेदयन् ॥८॥

8. agnestu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ ,
utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan.

8. agneḥ tu vacanam śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan

8. tu agneḥ vacanam śrutvā samāgatāḥ pitṛdevāḥ
meṣavṛṣaṇau utpāṭya sahasrākṣe nyavedayan

8. But having heard Agni's words, the ancestral deities (Pitṛ-devas), who had assembled, extracted the ram's two testicles and presented them to Sahasrākṣa (Indra).

Words meanings summery:

• अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of Agni, of fire

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• पितृदेवाः (pitṛdevāḥ) - the ancestral deities (Pitṛ-devas)

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - having assembled, gathered

• उत्पाट्य (utpāṭya) - having extracted, having uprooted, pulled out

• मेषवृषणौ (meṣavṛṣaṇau) - the two testicles of the ram

• सहस्राक्षे (sahasrākṣe) - to Sahasrākṣa (Indra, the thousand-eyed)

• न्यवेदयन् (nyavedayan) - they offered, they presented, they informed

Words meanings and morphology

अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of Agni, of fire

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, utterance

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) formed with suffix -tvā

पितृदेवाः (pitṛdevāḥ) - the ancestral deities (Pitṛ-devas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛdeva

pitṛdeva - ancestral deity, deity of ancestors

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+deva)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - having assembled, gathered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, arrived, gathered

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

उत्पाट्य (utpāṭya) - having extracted, having uprooted, pulled out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) formed with prefix 'ut' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: ut

Root: pāṭ (class 10)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund)

मेषवृषणौ (meṣavṛṣaṇau) - the two testicles of the ram

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of meṣavṛṣaṇa

meṣavṛṣaṇa - ram's testicle

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (meṣa+vṛṣaṇa)

• meṣa – ram, sheep
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣaṇa – testicle, scrotum
  noun (masculine)

सहस्राक्षे (sahasrākṣe) - to Sahasrākṣa (Indra, the thousand-eyed)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sahasrākṣa

sahasrākṣa - thousand-eyed, name of Indra

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sahasra+akṣa)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here to indicate the recipient (similar to dative).

न्यवेदयन् (nyavedayan) - they offered, they presented, they informed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of vid

Causative stem niveday-

Prefixes: ni+ā

Root: vid (class 6)