वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-81, verse-21

एतत्तदिङ्गुदीमूलमिदमेव च तत्तृणम् ।
यस्मिन् रामश्च सीता च रात्रिं तां शयिताव् उभौ ॥२१॥

21. etattadiṅgudīmūlamidameva ca tattṛṇam ,
yasmin rāmaśca sītā ca rātriṃ tāṃ śayitāv ubhau.

21. etat tat iṅgudīmūlam idam eva ca tat tṛṇam
yasmin rāmaḥ ca sītā ca rātrim tām śayitau ubhau

21. etat tat iṅgudīmūlam ca idam eva tat tṛṇam
yasmin rāmaḥ ca sītā ca ubhau tām rātrim śayitau

21. This is that base of the Ingudi tree, and this indeed is that very grass, on which both Rama and Sita slept that night.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• तत् (tat) - that

• इङ्गुदीमूलम् (iṅgudīmūlam) - root of an Ingudi tree, base of an Ingudi tree

• इदम् (idam) - this

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, very

• च (ca) - and

• तत् (tat) - that

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - on which, in which

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• च (ca) - and

• सीता (sītā) - Sita

• च (ca) - and

• रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night

• ताम् (tām) - that

• शयितौ (śayitau) - (they two) slept, lying down

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: adjectival use, agreeing with iṅgudīmūlam

इङ्गुदीमूलम् (iṅgudīmūlam) - root of an Ingudi tree, base of an Ingudi tree

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṅgudīmūla

iṅgudīmūla - root of an Ingudi tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṅgudī+mūla)

• iṅgudī – Ingudi tree (Terminalia catappa)
  noun (feminine)
• mūla – root, base, foundation
  noun (neuter)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, very

(indeclinable)

Note: emphatic particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: adjectival use, agreeing with tṛṇam

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - on which, in which

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: refers to iṅgudīmūlam and tṛṇam

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सीता (sītā) - Sita

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (proper name)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

Note: denotes duration of time

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: adjectival use, agreeing with rātrim

शयितौ (śayitau) - (they two) slept, lying down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śayita

śayita - slept, lying down

Past Passive Participle

from root śī + kta

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: agrees with rāmaḥ and sītā, hence dual masculine nominative

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: agrees with rāmaḥ and sītā