वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-8, verse-23

अथ हृष्टो दशरथः सुमन्त्रं प्रत्यभाषत ।
यथर्ष्यशृङ्गस्त्वानीतो विस्तरेण त्वयोच्यताम् ॥२३॥

23. atha hṛṣṭo daśarathaḥ sumantraṃ pratyabhāṣata ,
yatharṣyaśṛṅgastvānīto vistareṇa tvayocyatām.

23. atha hṛṣṭaḥ daśarathaḥ sumantram pratyabhāṣata
yathā ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ tu ānītaḥ vistareṇa tvayā ucyatām

23. atha hṛṣṭaḥ daśarathaḥ sumantram pratyabhāṣata: "yathā ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ tu ānītaḥ,
(tat) vistareṇa tvayā ucyatām.
"

23. Then, the delighted Dasharatha spoke to Sumantra, saying: 'Please describe in detail how Ṛṣyaśṛṅga was brought.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, pleased, glad

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Dasharatha (a proper name)

• सुमन्त्रम् (sumantram) - to Sumantra

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke to, replied

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which manner

• ऋष्यशृङ्गः (ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ) - Ṛṣyaśṛṅga

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• आनीतः (ānītaḥ) - brought, led

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, elaborately

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, should be spoken/narrated

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, pleased, glad

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, pleased, glad, thrilled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛṣ (to be joyful)

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Dasharatha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Dasharatha (King of Ayodhya, father of Rama)

सुमन्त्रम् (sumantram) - to Sumantra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sumantra

sumantra - Sumantra (name of King Dasharatha's chief minister)

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke to, replied

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Root bhāṣ with upasargas prati and abhi

Prefixes: prati+abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

ऋष्यशृङ्गः (ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ) - Ṛṣyaśṛṅga

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣyaśṛṅga

ṛśyaśṛṅga - Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (a mythical sage with deer horns)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

आनीतः (ānītaḥ) - brought, led

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ānīta

ānīta - brought, led, conducted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nī with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, elaborately

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - expansion, extension, detail

Note: Adverbial usage

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, should be spoken/narrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Passive voice, imperative mood

Root: vac (class 2)