वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-8, verse-6

सनत्कुमारो भगवान्पूर्वं कथितवान् कथाम् ।
ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजंस्तव पुत्रागमं प्रति ॥६॥

6. sanatkumāro bhagavānpūrvaṃ kathitavān kathām ,
ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājaṃstava putrāgamaṃ prati.

6. sanatkumāraḥ bhagavān pūrvam kathitavān kathām
| ṛṣīṇām saṃnidhau rājan tava putra āgamam prati

6. rājan,
bhagavān sanatkumāraḥ pūrvam ṛṣīṇām saṃnidhau tava putra āgamam prati kathām kathitavān

6. O King, the revered Sanatkumāra formerly told a story in the presence of the sages concerning the arrival of your son.

Words meanings summery:

• सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumāra

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered, glorious, divine

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

• कथितवान् (kathitavān) - told

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

• संनिधौ (saṁnidhau) - in the presence

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• तव (tava) - your

• पुत्र (putra) - son

• आगमम् (āgamam) - arrival

• प्रति (prati) - concerning, regarding

Words meanings and morphology

सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumāra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanatkumāra

sanatkumāra - Sanatkumāra (name of a mind-born son of Brahma, a great sage)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered, glorious, divine

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, revered

From bhaga (fortune, glory) with suffix -vat

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

कथितवान् (kathitavān) - told

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathitavat

kathitavat - having told, one who has told

Past Active Participle

Derived from the root kath (to tell) with suffix -tavat

Root: kath (class 10)

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

संनिधौ (saṁnidhau) - in the presence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃnidhi

saṁnidhi - proximity, presence, vicinity

From root dhā with prefix sam-ni-

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun

पुत्र (putra) - son

(noun)

masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Part of a compound 'putrāgamam'

आगमम् (āgamam) - arrival

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgama

āgama - arrival, coming, acquisition, tradition

From root gam- with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: This forms 'putrāgamam' (arrival of a son) in context with 'putra'

प्रति (prati) - concerning, regarding

(indeclinable)