वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-49, verse-2

प्रस्थितांश्चैव तान्प्रेक्ष्य पिता पुत्रानिवान्वगात् ।
ततः प्रचक्रमे वक्तुं वचनं स महामुनिः ॥२॥

2. prasthitāṃścaiva tānprekṣya pitā putrānivānvagāt ,
tataḥ pracakrame vaktuṃ vacanaṃ sa mahāmuniḥ.

2. prasthitān ca eva tān prekṣya pitā putrān iva
anvagāt tataḥ pracakrame vaktum vacanam sa mahāmuniḥ

2. tān prasthitān ca eva prekṣya pitā putrān iva (saḥ
anvagāt) tataḥ saḥ mahāmuniḥ vacanam vaktum pracakrame

2. Seeing them set out, that great sage followed them just like a father follows his sons. Then, he began to speak words.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रस्थितान् (prasthitān) - those who had set out, departed

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, perceiving

• पिता (pitā) - father

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अन्वगात् (anvagāt) - he followed, he went after

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began, he commenced

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• स (sa) - he, that

• महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - great sage

Words meanings and morphology

प्रस्थितान् (prasthitān) - those who had set out, departed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prasthita

prasthita - set out, departed, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√sthā (to set out, depart)

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tān'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund form

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अन्वगात् (anvagāt) - he followed, he went after

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of tad (that)

प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began, he commenced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kram

Prefix: pra

Root: kram (class 1)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

(infinitive)

Note: Infinitive form using -tumun suffix

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, expression

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Sandhi form of 'saḥ' before a soft consonant

महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - great sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage, great ascetic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• muni – sage, ascetic, contemplative
  noun (masculine)

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