वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-5, verse-3

इक्ष्वाकूणामिदं तेषां राज्ञां वंशे महात्मनाम् ।
महदुत्पन्नमाख्यानं रामायणमिति श्रुतम् ॥३॥

3. ikṣvākūṇāmidaṃ teṣāṃ rājñāṃ vaṃśe mahātmanām ,
mahadutpannamākhyānaṃ rāmāyaṇamiti śrutam.

3. ikṣvākuṇām idam teṣām rājñām vaṃśe mahātmanām
mahat utpannnam ākhyānam rāmāyaṇam iti śrutam

3. teṣām mahātmanām ikṣvākuṇām rājñām vaṃśe idam
mahat ākhyānam rāmāyaṇam iti śrutam utpannnam

3. This great narrative, renowned as the Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa), arose in the lineage of those great-souled (mahātman) Ikṣvāku kings.

Words meanings summery:

• इक्ष्वाकुणाम् (ikṣvākuṇām) - of the Ikṣvākus (a royal dynasty)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

• वंशे (vaṁśe) - in the lineage, in the family, in the race

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled, noble

• महत् (mahat) - great, extensive, vast

• उत्पन्न्नम् (utpannnam) - arisen, produced, born

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, epic, story, tale

• रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam) - Rāmāyaṇa (the epic of Rama)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, as such, so called

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, renowned, famous

Words meanings and morphology

इक्ष्वाकुणाम् (ikṣvākuṇām) - of the Ikṣvākus (a royal dynasty)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ikṣvāku

ikṣvāku - Ikṣvāku (name of a legendary king and his solar dynasty)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Refers to 'ākhyānam'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'rājñām' and 'ikṣvākuṇām'.

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

वंशे (vaṁśe) - in the lineage, in the family, in the race

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - bamboo, lineage, family, race, dynasty

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled, noble

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble; a great soul (ātman), noble person

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, mighty, noble
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, living principle; the highest universal spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'rājñām'.

महत् (mahat) - great, extensive, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, noble

Note: Agrees with 'ākhyānam'.

उत्पन्न्नम् (utpannnam) - arisen, produced, born

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of utpannna

utpannna - arisen, produced, born, come into existence

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ut- with root √pad 'to go, move, fall, obtain'

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'ākhyānam'.

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, epic, story, tale

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, tale, story, legend

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam) - Rāmāyaṇa (the epic of Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rāmāyaṇa

rāmāyaṇa - The Rāmāyaṇa (the journey or progress of Rama); an ancient Indian epic poem

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (rāma+ayana)

• rāma – Rama (name of a prominent deity and king in Hinduism)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ayana – going, coming, path, course, journey
  noun (neuter)
  From root √i 'to go'
  Root: i (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, as such, so called

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, renowned, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned; famous, well-known; sacred knowledge, Veda

Past Passive Participle

From root √śru 'to hear'

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'ākhyānam'.