वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-67

मध्यं तु समनुप्राप्य भागीरथ्यास्त्वनिन्दिता ।
वैदेही प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तां नदीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥६७॥

67. madhyaṃ tu samanuprāpya bhāgīrathyāstvaninditā ,
vaidehī prāñjalirbhūtvā tāṃ nadīmidamabravīt.

67. madhyam tu samanuprāpya bhāgīrathyāḥ tu aninditā
vaidehī prāñjaliḥ bhūtvā tām nadīm idam abravīt

67. aninditā vaidehī tu bhāgīrathyāḥ madhyam
samanuprāpya prāñjaliḥ bhūtvā tām nadīm idam abravīt

67. And having reached the middle of the Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā), the blameless Vaidehī (Sītā), joining her palms in reverence, said this to that river.

Words meanings summery:

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - the middle (of the river) (middle, center, waist)

• तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and, moreover)

• समनुप्राप्य (samanuprāpya) - having reached (the middle of the river) (having reached, having obtained)

• भागीरथ्याः (bhāgīrathyāḥ) - of the river Gaṅgā (Bhāgīrathī) (of Bhagirathi, of the Ganges)

• तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and, moreover)

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless (Sītā) (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Vaidehī (Sītā) (daughter of Videha, Sita)

• प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - having joined her palms (in reverence) (with folded hands, respectful)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (in a state of having folded hands) (having become, having been)

• ताम् (tām) - to that (river) (her, that (feminine accusative))

• नदीम् (nadīm) - the river (Gaṅgā) (river)

• इदम् (idam) - this (speech) (this, this (neuter nominative/accusative))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she said (he/she/it said)

Words meanings and morphology

मध्यम् (madhyam) - the middle (of the river) (middle, center, waist)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, waist, neutral

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular. Context indicates accusative as object of 'samanuprāpya'.

तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

समनुप्राप्य (samanuprāpya) - having reached (the middle of the river) (having reached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) with prefixes 'sam', 'anu', and 'pra'. Absolutive suffix '-ya' after prefixes.

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

भागीरथ्याः (bhāgīrathyāḥ) - of the river Gaṅgā (Bhāgīrathī) (of Bhagirathi, of the Ganges)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhāgīrathī

bhāgīrathī - the Ganges river (named after King Bhagiratha)

Feminine noun derived from Bhagiratha.

तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless (Sītā) (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - blameless, faultless, irreproachable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'nind' (to blame) in P.P.P. form 'nindita', negated by 'a-'.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• nindita – blamed, reproached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'nind' with P.P.P. suffix '-ita'.
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'Vaidehī'.

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Vaidehī (Sītā) (daughter of Videha, Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sita

Feminine patronymic from Videha.

प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - having joined her palms (in reverence) (with folded hands, respectful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāñjali

prāñjali - having joined hands (in reverence), folded hands

From 'pra' + 'añjali' (folded hands).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (pra+añjali)

• pra – forth, forward, before
  indeclinable
  Prepositional prefix
• añjali – folded hands, cupped hands
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'añj' (to anoint, honor).
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'Vaidehī'.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (in a state of having folded hands) (having become, having been)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become) with absolutive suffix '-tvā'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - to that (river) (her, that (feminine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'nadīm'.

नदीम् (nadīm) - the river (Gaṅgā) (river)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

इदम् (idam) - this (speech) (this, this (neuter nominative/accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this (thing)

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'abravīt', referring to what is about to be said.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she said (he/she/it said)

(verb)

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

Imperfect third person singular

Root 'brū' (class 2) with 'a-' augment for Imperfect.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'Vaidehī'.

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