वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-28, verse-17

तमुवाचात्मवान् रामः प्रीत्या लक्ष्मणमागतम् ।
काले त्वमागतः सौम्य काङ्क्षिते मम लक्ष्मण ॥१७॥

17. tamuvācātmavān rāmaḥ prītyā lakṣmaṇamāgatam ,
kāle tvamāgataḥ saumya kāṅkṣite mama lakṣmaṇa.

17. tam uvāca ātmavān rāmaḥ prītyā lakṣmaṇam āgatam
kāle tvam āgataḥ saumya kāṅkṣite mama lakṣmaṇa

17. ātmavān rāmaḥ prītyā āgatam lakṣmaṇam tam uvāca
sauṃya lakṣmaṇa tvam mama kāṅkṣite kāle āgataḥ

17. Self-possessed (ātmavān) Rama (Rāma) lovingly addressed Lakshmana (Lakṣmaṇa), who had arrived, saying: 'You have come at the perfect and desired time, O gentle Lakshmana (Lakṣmaṇa)!'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to him, that (masculine accusative)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed, wise, steady-minded, endowed with (ātman)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (Rāma)

• प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, lovingly, with love

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - to Lakshmana (Lakṣmaṇa)

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

• काले (kāle) - at the right time, in due season

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - you have come, arrived

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one, O gracious one

• काङ्क्षिते (kāṅkṣite) - desired, longed for, awaited

• मम (mama) - my, mine, by me

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana, O Lakshmana

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to him, that (masculine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular

root reduplicated, from vac (2nd class)

Root: vac (class 2)

आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed, wise, steady-minded, endowed with (ātman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmavat

ātmavat - self-possessed, wise, steady-minded, endowed with the self (ātman)

from ātman + matup

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a prominent deity in Hinduism)

प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, lovingly, with love

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - love, affection, joy

from prī + ktin

Root: prī (class 9)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - to Lakshmana (Lakṣmaṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)

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

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

from ā-gam + kta

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

काले (kāle) - at the right time, in due season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - you have come, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

from ā-gam + kta

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one, O gracious one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, gracious

काङ्क्षिते (kāṅkṣite) - desired, longed for, awaited

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāṅkṣita

kāṅkṣita - desired, longed for, awaited

Past Passive Participle

from kāṅkṣ + kta

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, mine, by me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana, O Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)