वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-77, verse-10

इत्येवं कथयन्तस्ते संप्रहृष्टाः कथाः शुभाः ।
परिष्वजानाश्चान्योन्यं ययुर्नागरिकास्तदा ॥१०॥

10. ityevaṃ kathayantaste saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ ,
pariṣvajānāścānyonyaṃ yayurnāgarikāstadā.

10. iti evam kathayantaḥ te samprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
pariṣvajānāḥ ca anyonyam yayuḥ nāgarikāḥ tadā

10. te nāgarikāḥ iti evam śubhāḥ kathāḥ kathayantaḥ
samprahṛṣṭāḥ ca anyonyam pariṣvajānāḥ tadā yayuḥ

10. Thus conversing, filled with great joy, the citizens exchanged auspicious tales, and embracing each other, they then proceeded on their way.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• एवम् (evam) - in this way (thus, in this way, so)

• कथयन्तः (kathayantaḥ) - speaking, conversing (speaking, narrating)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• सम्प्रहृष्टाः (samprahṛṣṭāḥ) - greatly delighted, filled with great joy (greatly delighted, extremely joyful)

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - tales (stories, tales, narratives)

• शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious (auspicious, beautiful, good)

• परिष्वजानाः (pariṣvajānāḥ) - embracing

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (each other, mutually)

• ययुः (yayuḥ) - they proceeded (they went, they proceeded)

• नागरिकाः (nāgarikāḥ) - the citizens (citizens, townspeople)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - in this way (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

कथयन्तः (kathayantaḥ) - speaking, conversing (speaking, narrating)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kathayat

kathayat - speaking, narrating, telling

Present Active Participle

Derived from causative root kath (to tell, speak), kathayati (verb)

Root: kath (class 10)

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject

सम्प्रहृष्टाः (samprahṛṣṭāḥ) - greatly delighted, filled with great joy (greatly delighted, extremely joyful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samprahṛṣṭa

samprahṛṣṭa - greatly delighted, extremely joyful, exhilarated

Past Passive Participle

Root hṛṣ (to be excited, rejoice) with upasargas sam- and pra-

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

कथाः (kathāḥ) - tales (stories, tales, narratives)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

From root kath (to tell, speak)

Root: kath (class 10)

शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious (auspicious, beautiful, good)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śubhā

śubha - auspicious, beautiful, good, pure

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kathāḥ

परिष्वजानाः (pariṣvajānāḥ) - embracing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pariṣvajāna

pariṣvajāna - embracing, hugging

Present Middle Participle

Root svaj (to embrace) with upasarga pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (each other, mutually)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

Compound of anya + anya

Compound type : itaretarayoga dvandva (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)
• anya – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative, object of embracing

ययुः (yayuḥ) - they proceeded (they went, they proceeded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of yā

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Irregular perfect form of root yā

Root: yā (class 2)

नागरिकाः (nāgarikāḥ) - the citizens (citizens, townspeople)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgarika

nāgarika - citizen, townsman, urban

From nagara (city) + ika (suffix)

Note: Subject of yayuḥ

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -dā (suffix for time)

Note: Adverb of time