वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-96, verse-24

ब्रुवन्त्यामेवमार्तायां जनन्यां भरताग्रजः ।
पादावासाद्य जग्राह वसिष्ठस्य स राघवः ॥२४॥

24. bruvantyāmevamārtāyāṃ jananyāṃ bharatāgrajaḥ ,
pādāvāsādya jagrāha vasiṣṭhasya sa rāghavaḥ.

24. bruvantyām evam ārtāyām jananyām bharata-agrajaḥ
pādau āsādya jagrāha vasiṣṭhasya saḥ rāghavaḥ

24. evam ārtāyām jananyām bruvantyām saḥ bharata-agrajaḥ
rāghavaḥ vasiṣṭhasya pādau āsādya jagrāha

24. While his distressed mother was speaking thus, Rāghava, the elder brother of Bharata, approached and clasped the feet of Vasiṣṭha.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रुवन्त्याम् (bruvantyām) - while speaking (while speaking, when speaking, to the speaking one)

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

• आर्तायाम् (ārtāyām) - distressed (distressed, afflicted, suffering (feminine))

• जनन्याम् (jananyām) - mother (in the mother, concerning the mother)

• भरत-अग्रजः (bharata-agrajaḥ) - Rāma, the elder brother of Bharata (Bharata's elder brother (Rāma))

• पादौ (pādau) - feet (two feet)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached (having reached, having approached, having obtained)

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - clasped (he took, he grasped, he seized)

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma))

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रुवन्त्याम् (bruvantyām) - while speaking (while speaking, when speaking, to the speaking one)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, saying

present active participle

Derived from root brū (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

आर्तायाम् (ārtāyām) - distressed (distressed, afflicted, suffering (feminine))

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of ārta

ārta - distressed, afflicted, hurt, suffering

past passive participle

Derived from root ṛ (to go, to move), meaning 'gone to suffering'

Root: ṛ (class 1)

जनन्याम् (jananyām) - mother (in the mother, concerning the mother)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, producer, generatrix

Derived from root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

भरत-अग्रजः (bharata-agrajaḥ) - Rāma, the elder brother of Bharata (Bharata's elder brother (Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata-agraja

bharata-agraja - Bharata's elder brother

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+agraja)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a king, brother of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• agraja – elder brother, first-born
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: agra
  Root: jan (class 4)

पादौ (pādau) - feet (two feet)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, ray, verse-line

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached (having reached, having approached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root sad (to sit, to go) with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

जग्राह (jagrāha) - clasped (he took, he grasped, he seized)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage), most excellent, richest

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, scion of Raghu (an epithet for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa)

Patronymic from Raghu

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