वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-56, verse-17

अथ प्रह्लादितो वाक्यैर्देव्या कौसल्यया नृपः ।
शोकेन च समाक्रान्तो निद्राया वशमेयिवान् ॥१७॥

17. atha prahlādito vākyairdevyā kausalyayā nṛpaḥ ,
śokena ca samākrānto nidrāyā vaśameyivān.

17. atha prahlāditaḥ vākyaiḥ devyā kausalyayā nṛpaḥ
śokena ca samākrāntaḥ nidrāyāḥ vaśam eyivān

17. atha nṛpaḥ devyā kausalyayā vākyaiḥ prahlāditaḥ
ca śokena samākrāntaḥ nidrāyāḥ vaśam eyivān

17. Then the king, delighted by the words of Queen Kauśalyā, yet also overcome by sorrow, succumbed to sleep.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• प्रह्लादितः (prahlāditaḥ) - gladdened, delighted, cheered

• वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, by speeches, by statements

• देव्या (devyā) - by Queen Kauśalyā (by the queen, by the goddess)

• कौसल्यया (kausalyayā) - by Kauśalyā

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king, ruler

• शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow, by grief

• च (ca) - and

• समाक्रान्तः (samākrāntaḥ) - overcome, seized, afflicted, pervaded

• निद्रायाः (nidrāyāḥ) - of sleep

• वशम् (vaśam) - control, sway, power (accusative for 'into control')

• एयिवान् (eyivān) - succumbed to (sleep's sway) (attained, reached, gone, succumbed)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

प्रह्लादितः (prahlāditaḥ) - gladdened, delighted, cheered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahlādita

prahlādita - gladdened, delighted, cheered, refreshed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'hlād' (to gladden) with the prefix 'pra' and the 'kta' suffix for past passive participle.

Prefix: pra

Root: hlād (class 1)

वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, by speeches, by statements

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

From 'vac' (to speak) + 'ya' suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

देव्या (devyā) - by Queen Kauśalyā (by the queen, by the goddess)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Feminine form of 'deva' (god, lord).

कौसल्यया (kausalyayā) - by Kauśalyā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kauśalyā (name of Dasaratha's chief queen and Rama's mother)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

From 'nṛ' (man) + 'pa' (protector, from root 'pā' to protect).

Root: pā (class 2)

शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow, by grief

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

From root 'śuc' (to grieve, lament).

Root: śuc (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समाक्रान्तः (samākrāntaḥ) - overcome, seized, afflicted, pervaded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samākrānta

samākrānta - overcome, seized, afflicted, attacked, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'kram' (to step, go) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā' and the 'kta' suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: kram (class 1)

निद्रायाः (nidrāyāḥ) - of sleep

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

वशम् (vaśam) - control, sway, power (accusative for 'into control')

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, desire, control, power, sway

एयिवान् (eyivān) - succumbed to (sleep's sway) (attained, reached, gone, succumbed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of i

i - to go, move, attain, reach

Perfect Active Participle

Derived from the root 'i' (to go) with the 'kvasu' suffix for perfect active participle.

Root: i (class 2)