वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-103, verse-20

ते तमूचुर्महात्मानं पौरजानपदा जनाः ।
काकुत्स्थमभिजानीमः सम्यग्वदति राघवः ॥२०॥

20. te tamūcurmahātmānaṃ paurajānapadā janāḥ ,
kākutsthamabhijānīmaḥ samyagvadati rāghavaḥ.

20. te tam ūcuḥ mahātmānam paurajānapadāḥ janāḥ |
kākutstham abhijānīmaḥ samyak vadati rāghavaḥ

20. te paurajānapadāḥ janāḥ mahātmānam tam ūcuḥ
rāghavaḥ samyak vadati kākutstham abhijānīmaḥ

20. Those people, the citizens and country dwellers, said to that great-souled one (mahātman, referring to Bharata): "We acknowledge Kakutstha (Rama); Raghava (Rama) speaks rightly."

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• तम् (tam) - him, to him

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Referring to Bharata (to the great-souled one)

• पौरजानपदाः (paurajānapadāḥ) - citizens and country dwellers

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Kakutstha (an epithet of Rama)

• अभिजानीमः (abhijānīmaḥ) - we know well, we acknowledge

• सम्यक् (samyak) - rightly, correctly, properly

• वदति (vadati) - he speaks, he says

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Raghava (Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - him, to him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Referring to Bharata (to the great-souled one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous (mahā + ātman)

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

पौरजानपदाः (paurajānapadāḥ) - citizens and country dwellers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paurajānapada

paurajānapada - pertaining to citizens and country dwellers

Compound type : dvandva (paura+jānapada)

• paura – citizen, urban
  noun (masculine)
• jānapada – country dweller, rural
  noun (masculine)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Kakutstha (an epithet of Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an ancient king), epithet of Rama

अभिजानीमः (abhijānīmaḥ) - we know well, we acknowledge

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhi-jñā

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

सम्यक् (samyak) - rightly, correctly, properly

(indeclinable)

वदति (vadati) - he speaks, he says

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Raghava (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama