वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-33, verse-16

एवं ब्रुवन्तं पितरं रामः संप्रस्थितो वनम् ।
अवाक्शिरसमासीनमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१६॥

16. evaṃ bruvantaṃ pitaraṃ rāmaḥ saṃprasthito vanam ,
avākśirasamāsīnamidaṃ vacanamabravīt.

16. evam bruvantam pitaram rāmaḥ samprasthitaḥ
vanam avākśirasam āsīnam idam vacanam abravīt

16. rāmaḥ vanam samprasthitaḥ,
evam bruvantam avākśirasam āsīnam pitaram idam vacanam abravīt

16. To his father, who was speaking thus and sitting with his head bowed down, Rama, who had already set out for the forest, spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• ब्रुवन्तम् (bruvantam) - speaking

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• सम्प्रस्थितः (samprasthitaḥ) - having set out, departed

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

• अवाक्शिरसम् (avākśirasam) - with head bowed down, down-headed

• आसीनम् (āsīnam) - sitting

• इदम् (idam) - these, this

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ब्रुवन्तम् (bruvantam) - speaking

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root brū (to speak, say) + śatṛ suffix

Root: brū (class 2)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a celebrated ancient Indian king, central figure of the epic Ramayana)

सम्प्रस्थितः (samprasthitaḥ) - having set out, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samprasthita

samprasthita - having set out, departed, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefixes sam and pra

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Denoting destination

अवाक्शिरसम् (avākśirasam) - with head bowed down, down-headed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avākśiras

avākśiras - down-headed, with head bowed down

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ava+śiras)

• ava – down, off, away
  indeclinable
• śiras – head, top
  noun (neuter)

आसीनम् (āsīnam) - sitting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsīna

āsīna - sitting, seated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ās (to sit) + āna suffix

Root: ās (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - these, this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Tense

3rd person singular, root brū (class 2) with augment a- for imperfect

Root: brū (class 2)

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