वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-101, verse-1

जाबालेस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा रामः सत्यात्मनां वरः ।
उवाच परया युक्त्या स्वबुद्ध्या चाविपन्नया ॥१॥

1. jābālestu vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaḥ satyātmanāṃ varaḥ ,
uvāca parayā yuktyā svabuddhyā cāvipannayā.

1. jābāleḥ tu vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaḥ satyātmanām varaḥ
uvāca parayā yuktyā svabuddhyā ca avipannayā

1. tu jābāleḥ vacaḥ śrutvā satyātmanām varaḥ rāmaḥ
parayā yuktyā ca avipannayā svabuddhyā uvāca

1. But hearing the words of Jābāli, Rama, the best among those with a true nature (satyātman), spoke with supreme reasoning and his own unimpaired intellect.

Words meanings summery:

• जाबालेः (jābāleḥ) - of Jābāli

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• वचः (vacaḥ) - the words (word, speech, statement)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - hearing (having heard, after hearing)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (proper name)

• सत्यात्मनाम् (satyātmanām) - of those with a true nature (satyātman) (of those with true selves/natures, of the truthful souls)

• वरः (varaḥ) - the best (best, excellent, foremost, choice)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (he said, he spoke)

• परया (parayā) - supreme (supreme, excellent, highest, other)

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - reasoning (reasoning, logic, skill, propriety, suitability)

• स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - with one's own intellect

• च (ca) - and, also

• अविपन्नया (avipannayā) - unimpaired (unimpaired, unfailing, undamaged)

Words meanings and morphology

जाबालेः (jābāleḥ) - of Jābāli

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jābāli

jābāli - Jābāli (proper name of a sage)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

वचः (vacaḥ) - the words (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, utterance

Root: vac

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - hearing (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a Hindu deity, hero of the Ramayana), pleasing, charming

सत्यात्मनाम् (satyātmanām) - of those with a true nature (satyātman) (of those with true selves/natures, of the truthful souls)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of satyātman

satyātman - one whose self is truth, possessing a true nature, truthful soul

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+ātman)

• satya – true, real, truthful, truth
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, life, Brahman
  noun (masculine)

वरः (varaḥ) - the best (best, excellent, foremost, choice)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, most excellent, choice, boon, suitor

Root: vṛ

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

परया (parayā) - supreme (supreme, excellent, highest, other)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - other, distant, foreign, supreme, highest

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - reasoning (reasoning, logic, skill, propriety, suitability)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - reason, logic, method, means, skill, propriety

Root: yuj

स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - with one's own intellect

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svabuddhi

svabuddhi - one's own intellect or understanding

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+buddhi)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  adjective
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind, judgment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अविपन्नया (avipannayā) - unimpaired (unimpaired, unfailing, undamaged)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avipannā

avipannā - unimpaired, unerring, not failed or fallen

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vipanna)

• a – not, un-, without
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• vipanna – failed, fallen, damaged, destroyed, undergone
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'pad' (to go, fall) with prefix 'vi' and 'kta' suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: pad (class 4)