वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-18, verse-16

एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणस्य महात्मनः ।
उवाच रामं कौसल्या रुदन्ती शोकलालसा ॥१६॥

16. etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ ,
uvāca rāmaṃ kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā.

16. etat tu vacanam śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ
uvāca rāmam kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā

16. kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā mahātmanaḥ
lakṣmaṇasya etat vacanam śrutvā rāmam uvāca

16. Having heard these words of the great-souled (mahātman) Lakshmana, Kausalya, weeping and overcome with sorrow, spoke to Rama.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, utterance

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the magnanimous

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• रामम् (rāmam) - to Rama

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya

• रुदन्ती (rudantī) - weeping, crying

• शोकलालसा (śokalālasā) - filled with grief, longing due to sorrow

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, that

Note: Refers to the speech of Lakshmana.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, utterance, saying

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed from root śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the magnanimous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

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

Note: Agrees with lakṣmaṇasya.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

रामम् (rāmam) - to Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, a deity)

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya (name of Rama's mother)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

रुदन्ती (rudantī) - weeping, crying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rudant

rudant - weeping, crying

Present Active Participle

From root rud (to weep) with present participle suffix -at, feminine form

Root: rud (class 2)

Note: Agrees with kausalyā.

शोकलालसा (śokalālasā) - filled with grief, longing due to sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokalālasa

śokalālasa - filled with grief, longing due to sorrow

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoka+lālasā)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
• lālasā – longing, yearning, desire; filled with, overcome by
  noun (feminine)
  From root lal (to long, desire)
  Root: lal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kausalyā.