वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-111, verse-2

व्यक्ताक्षरपदं चित्रं भाषितं मधुरं त्वया ।
यथा स्वयंवरं वृत्तं तत् सर्वं हि श्रुतं मया ॥२॥

2. vyaktākṣarapadaṃ citraṃ bhāṣitaṃ madhuraṃ tvayā ,
yathā svayaṃvaraṃ vṛttaṃ tat sarvaṃ hi śrutaṃ mayā.

2. vyaktākṣarapadam citram bhāṣitam madhuram tvayā
yathā svayamvaram vṛttam tat sarvam hi śrutam mayā

2. tvayā vyaktākṣarapadam citram madhuram bhāṣitam
yathā svayamvaram vṛttam tat sarvam hi mayā śrutam

2. Your speech, with its clear syllables and words, was wonderful and sweet. Indeed, all of it, how the self-choice ceremony (svayaṃvara) took place, has been heard by me.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यक्ताक्षरपदम् (vyaktākṣarapadam) - with clearly articulated words and syllables

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, amazing, clear, variegated

• भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - speech, spoken word, discourse

• मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet, pleasant, delightful

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, just as

• स्वयम्वरम् (svayamvaram) - self-choice ceremony

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, occurred, taken place

• तत् (tat) - that

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

व्यक्ताक्षरपदम् (vyaktākṣarapadam) - with clearly articulated words and syllables

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyaktākṣarapada

vyaktākṣarapada - consisting of clear syllables and words, distinctly worded

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyakta+akṣara+pada)

• vyakta – clear, distinct, manifest, evident
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vyaj (to manifest, to articulate)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vyaj (class 7)
• akṣara – syllable, imperishable, letter
  noun (neuter)
• pada – word, foot, step, position
  noun (neuter)

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, amazing, clear, variegated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - wonderful, variegated, diverse, clear, bright, strange

भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - speech, spoken word, discourse

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāṣita

bhāṣita - spoken, said; speech, discourse, utterance (as noun)

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

From root √bhāṣ (to speak)

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet, pleasant, delightful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, delightful, charming, melodious

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, just as

(indeclinable)

स्वयम्वरम् (svayamvaram) - self-choice ceremony

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svayamvara

svayamvara - self-choice ceremony (where a princess chooses her husband from a group of suitors)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svayam+vara)

• svayam – oneself, personally, by one's own choice
  indeclinable
• vara – choice, boon, bridegroom, excellent
  noun (masculine)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, occurred, taken place

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, existed, being, round, conduct, event

Past Passive Participle

From root √vṛt (to be, to turn, to happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, such

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, known, revealed (as in śruti)

Past Passive Participle

From root √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used here as the predicate of an impersonal passive construction with instrumental agent.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I