वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-95, verse-8

तां श्रुत्वा करुणां वाचं पितुर्मरणसंहिताम् ।
राघवो भरतेनोक्तां बभूव गतचेतनः ॥८॥

8. tāṃ śrutvā karuṇāṃ vācaṃ piturmaraṇasaṃhitām ,
rāghavo bharatenoktāṃ babhūva gatacetanaḥ.

8. tām śrutvā karuṇām vācam pituḥ maraṇasaṃhitām
rāghavaḥ bharatena uktām babhūva gatacetanaḥ

8. bharatena uktām pituḥ maraṇasaṃhitām tām karuṇām
vācam śrutvā rāghavaḥ gatacetanaḥ babhūva

8. Hearing those compassionate words concerning his father's death, spoken by Bharata, Rāghava became unconscious.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular, referring to 'vācam') (that, her, them)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• करुणाम् (karuṇām) - compassionate, pitiful

• वाचम् (vācam) - word, speech, voice

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• मरणसंहिताम् (maraṇasaṁhitām) - concerning his father's death (connected with death, relating to death)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma)

• भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

• उक्ताम् (uktām) - spoken, said

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• गतचेतनः (gatacetanaḥ) - unconscious, having lost consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular, referring to 'vācam') (that, her, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Feminine, Accusative, Singular form of 'tad'

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

करुणाम् (karuṇām) - compassionate, pitiful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karuṇā

karuṇā - compassionate, pitiful (as adjective), compassion, pity (as noun)

Note: Qualifies 'vācam'.

वाचम् (vācam) - word, speech, voice

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice, language

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Qualifies 'maraṇasaṃhitām'.

मरणसंहिताम् (maraṇasaṁhitām) - concerning his father's death (connected with death, relating to death)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maraṇasaṃhitā

maraṇasaṁhitā - connected with death, relating to death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+saṃhitā)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• saṃhitā – joined, connected, composed; collection, text
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle (feminine)
  From sam-dha (to put together, compose)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'vācam'.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rama), Rama

Patronymic from Raghu

Note: Subject of 'babhūva'.

भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of Rama's brother)

Note: Agent of 'uktām'.

उक्ताम् (uktām) - spoken, said

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root √vac (to speak), irregular past participle

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'vācam'.

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect Indicative Mood, 3rd Person, Singular

From root √bhū (1st class, P.P. - bhavati)

Root: bhū (class 1)

गतचेतनः (gatacetanaḥ) - unconscious, having lost consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gatacetana

gatacetana - unconscious, senseless, having lost consciousness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+cetana)

• gata – gone, departed, lost
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cetana – consciousness, sensation, spirit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'rāghavaḥ'.