वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-70, verse-1

तमेवं शोकसंतप्तं भरतं केकयीसुतम् ।
उवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठवागृषिः ॥१॥

1. tamevaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bharataṃ kekayīsutam ,
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ.

1. tam evam śokasaṃtaptam bharatam kekayīsutam
uvāca vadatām śreṣṭhaḥ vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ vadatām uvāca
tam bharatam kekayīsutam evam śokasaṃtaptam

1. Vasiṣṭha, the foremost among eloquent sages and the best of speakers, addressed Bharata, the son of Kaikeyī, who was thus consumed by sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• शोकसंतप्तम् (śokasaṁtaptam) - afflicted by sorrow, tormented by grief

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata

• केकयीसुतम् (kekayīsutam) - the son of Kaikeyī

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• वदताम् (vadatām) - among speakers, of those who speak

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best, the most excellent

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

• श्रेष्ठवागृषिः (śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ) - the sage of excellent speech, the best among eloquent sages

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

शोकसंतप्तम् (śokasaṁtaptam) - afflicted by sorrow, tormented by grief

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śokasaṃtapta

śokasaṁtapta - afflicted by sorrow, tormented by grief

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śoka+saṃtapta)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, anguish
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• saṃtapta – heated, afflicted, tormented
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name, son of Daśaratha and Kaikeyī)

केकयीसुतम् (kekayīsutam) - the son of Kaikeyī

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kekayīsuta

kekayīsuta - son of Kaikeyī

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kekayī+suta)

• kekayī – Kaikeyī (proper name of a queen)
  proper noun (feminine)
• suta – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (from √sū)
  Root: sū (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect tense (Lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

वदताम् (vadatām) - among speakers, of those who speak

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, speaker

Present Active Participle

Root: vad (class 1)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best, the most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, foremost

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (proper name of a celebrated sage)

श्रेष्ठवागृषिः (śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ) - the sage of excellent speech, the best among eloquent sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭhavāgṛṣi

śreṣṭhavāgṛṣi - a sage with excellent speech

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śreṣṭhavāc+ṛṣi)

• śreṣṭhavāc – excellent speech, excellent speaker
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)