वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-17, verse-9

सा चिरस्यात्मजं दृष्ट्वा मातृनन्दनमागतम् ।
अभिचक्राम संहृष्टा किशोरं वडवा यथा ॥९॥

9. sā cirasyātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanamāgatam ,
abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoraṃ vaḍavā yathā.

9. sā cirasya ātmajam dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanam āgatam
abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoram vaḍavā yathā

9. sā cirasya mātṛnandanam āgatam ātmajam dṛṣṭvā
saṃhṛṣṭā vaḍavā kiśoram yathā abhicakrāma

9. Seeing her son, who had returned after a long time and was a delight to his mother, she, greatly delighted, approached him, just as a mare approaches her colt.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (Kaushalya, implied) (she, that (feminine))

• चिरस्य (cirasya) - after a long time (of a long time, for a long time, after a long time)

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - her son (son, offspring, one born of oneself)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing, having beheld)

• मातृनन्दनम् (mātṛnandanam) - the delight of his mother (delight of the mother, one who delights his mother)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - who had arrived (arrived, come, approached)

• अभिचक्राम (abhicakrāma) - she approached (approached, went towards, attacked)

• संहृष्टा (saṁhṛṣṭā) - greatly delighted (greatly delighted, overjoyed, very happy)

• किशोरम् (kiśoram) - a colt (a colt, a young horse, a youth)

• वडवा (vaḍavā) - a mare (a mare, a female horse)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like, in which manner)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (Kaushalya, implied) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

चिरस्य (cirasya) - after a long time (of a long time, for a long time, after a long time)

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially from a genitive form

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - her son (son, offspring, one born of oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, offspring (born of self)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced, arising from
  adjective
  Suffix -ja derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen (having seen, after seeing, having beheld)

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मातृनन्दनम् (mātṛnandanam) - the delight of his mother (delight of the mother, one who delights his mother)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātṛnandana

mātṛnandana - delight of mother, beloved by mother

Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+nandana)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• nandana – delight, son, pleasing, rejoicing
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

आगतम् (āgatam) - who had arrived (arrived, come, approached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from ā-gam (to go/come)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अभिचक्राम (abhicakrāma) - she approached (approached, went towards, attacked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of abhi-kram

Prefix: abhi

Root: kram (class 1)

संहृष्टा (saṁhṛṣṭā) - greatly delighted (greatly delighted, overjoyed, very happy)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - greatly delighted, overjoyed, highly pleased

Past Passive Participle

Formed from sam-hṛṣ (to be excited, rejoice)

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

किशोरम् (kiśoram) - a colt (a colt, a young horse, a youth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kiśora

kiśora - a colt, a young horse, a youth

वडवा (vaḍavā) - a mare (a mare, a female horse)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaḍavā

vaḍavā - a mare, a female horse

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like, in which manner)

(indeclinable)

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