वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-52, verse-11

अब्रवीन्मां महाराज धर्ममेवानुपालयन् ।
अञ्जलिं राघवः कृत्वा शिरसाभिप्रणम्य च ॥११॥

11. abravīnmāṃ mahārāja dharmamevānupālayan ,
añjaliṃ rāghavaḥ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca.

11. abravīt mām mahārāja dharmam eva anupālayan
añjalim rāghavaḥ kṛtvā śirasā abhipraṇamya ca

11. mahārāja,
rāghavaḥ dharmam eva anupālayan añjalim kṛtvā ca śirasā abhipraṇamya mām abravīt

11. O great king (mahārāja), Rāghava (Rāma), while upholding his duty (dharma), spoke to me after respectfully folding his hands and bowing his head.

Words meanings summery:

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• माम् (mām) - to me, me

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - his duty (dharma) (duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature (dharma))

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing 'dharma') (indeed, only, just)

• अनुपालयन् (anupālayan) - while upholding (his duty) (upholding, observing, following)

• अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - folded hands, respectful gesture

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having folded (his hands) (having done, having made)

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

• अभिप्रणम्य (abhipraṇamya) - having bowed deeply, having saluted, having prostrated

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

माम् (mām) - to me, me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person pronoun

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound of mahā (great) and rāja (king)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rāja – king
  noun (masculine)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - his duty (dharma) (duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature (dharma))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, virtue, natural law, intrinsic nature (dharma)

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing 'dharma') (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

अनुपालयन् (anupālayan) - while upholding (his duty) (upholding, observing, following)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anupālayat

anupālayat - upholding, observing, maintaining, protecting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pāl (10th class, 'to protect, maintain') with upasarga anu- and suffix -śatṛ

Prefix: anu

Root: pāl (class 10)

अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - folded hands, respectful gesture

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of añjali

añjali - the hollow of the hands placed side by side and held to hold liquids or as a gesture of reverence

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; an epithet for Rāma

Derived from Raghu with suffix -a (denoting offspring)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having folded (his hands) (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root kṛ (8th class) with suffix -ktvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

अभिप्रणम्य (abhipraṇamya) - having bowed deeply, having saluted, having prostrated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root nam (1st class, 'to bow') with upasargas abhi- and pra- and suffix -lyap

Prefixes: abhi+pra

Root: nam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)