वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-84, verse-9

तथेति च प्रतिज्ञाय भरद्वाजो महातपाः ।
भरतं प्रत्युवाचेदं राघवस्नेहबन्धनात् ॥९॥

9. tatheti ca pratijñāya bharadvājo mahātapāḥ ,
bharataṃ pratyuvācedaṃ rāghavasnehabandhanāt.

9. tathā iti ca pratijñāya bharadvājaḥ mahātapāḥ
bharatam prati uvāca idam rāghavasnehabandhanāt

9. mahātapāḥ bharadvājaḥ tathā iti ca pratijñāya
rāghavasnehabandhanāt bharatam prati idam uvāca

9. And having assented with "So be it," Bharadvaja, the great ascetic, spoke this to Bharata, out of a bond of affection for Rama (Raghava).

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - as an assent, 'so be it' (so, thus, in that way)

• इति (iti) - marking a direct quote ("So be it") (thus, so)

• च (ca) - and

• प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having assented, having promised, having agreed

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja (a sage)

• महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Prince Bharata, Rama's brother (Bharata)

• प्रति (prati) - to (Bharata) (towards, to, in front of)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इदम् (idam) - this (which follows in speech) (this (neuter))

• राघवस्नेहबन्धनात् (rāghavasnehabandhanāt) - due to the bond of affection for Rama

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - as an assent, 'so be it' (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marking a direct quote ("So be it") (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having assented, having promised, having agreed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root jñā (9th class) with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvaja (name of an ancient sage, one of the Saptarishis)

महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātapas

mahātapas - great asceticism, great penance; one having great asceticism

compound noun (mahā + tapas) often used adjectivally; nominative singular masculine form

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+tapas)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• tapas – asceticism (tapas), penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
  from root tap 'to heat, to perform austerity'
  Root: tap (class 1)

भरतम् (bharatam) - Prince Bharata, Rama's brother (Bharata)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of several kings and heroes, son of Dasharatha)

derived from root bhṛ 'to bear, carry, support'

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - to (Bharata) (towards, to, in front of)

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense

from root vac (2nd class), 3rd person singular, parasmaipada, irregular perfect formation

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this (which follows in speech) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

neuter accusative singular of idam (demonstrative pronoun)

राघवस्नेहबन्धनात् (rāghavasnehabandhanāt) - due to the bond of affection for Rama

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rāghavasnehabandhana

rāghavasnehabandhana - bond of affection for Raghava (Rama)

compound of Rāghava (Rama) + sneha (affection) + bandhana (bond)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāghava+sneha+bandhana)

• rāghava – descendent of Raghu, Rama
  proper noun (masculine)
  patronymic from Raghu
• sneha – affection, love, tenderness, oil
  noun (masculine)
  from root snih 'to be moist, to love'
  Root: snih (class 4)
• bandhana – bond, tie, binding, imprisonment
  noun (neuter)
  from root bandh 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 1)