वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-66, verse-15

बाढमित्येव तं राजा मुनिश्च समभाषत ।
लीलया स धनुर्मध्ये जग्राह वचनान्मुनेः ॥१५॥

15. bāḍhamityeva taṃ rājā muniśca samabhāṣata ,
līlayā sa dhanurmadhye jagrāha vacanānmuneḥ.

15. bāḍham iti eva tam rājā muniḥ ca samabhāṣata
līlayā saḥ dhanuḥ madhye jagrāha vacanāt muneḥ

15. rājā muniḥ ca tam,
"bāḍham" iti eva samabhāṣata.
saḥ muneḥ vacanāt līlayā dhanuḥ madhye jagrāha.

15. The king and the sage both replied to him, saying, 'So be it.' Then, at the command of the sage, he (Rama) took the bow by its middle with ease.

Words meanings summery:

• बाढम् (bāḍham) - certainly, indeed, 'so be it'

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• तम् (tam) - Referring to Rama (him, that (person))

• राजा (rājā) - King Janaka (king)

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - Sage Viśvāmitra (sage, ascetic)

• च (ca) - and

• समभाषत (samabhāṣata) - he addressed, he spoke to

• लीलया (līlayā) - playfully, with ease, sportively

• सः (saḥ) - Referring to Rama (he, that (person))

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, by the middle

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - he took, he grasped

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, at the command

• मुनेः (muneḥ) - Of Sage Viśvāmitra (of the sage)

Words meanings and morphology

बाढम् (bāḍham) - certainly, indeed, 'so be it'

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - Referring to Rama (him, that (person))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - King Janaka (king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

मुनिः (muniḥ) - Sage Viśvāmitra (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, inspired one

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समभाषत (samabhāṣata) - he addressed, he spoke to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (LAṄ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

लीलया (līlayā) - playfully, with ease, sportively

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, ease

सः (saḥ) - Referring to Rama (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, weapon, arch

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, by the middle

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'in the middle'.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - he took, he grasped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (LIṬ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, at the command

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, command

मुनेः (muneḥ) - Of Sage Viśvāmitra (of the sage)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, inspired one