वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-97, verse-4

इत्युक्तः केकयीपुत्रः काकुत्स्थेन महात्मना ।
प्रगृह्य बलवद्भूयः प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥४॥

4. ityuktaḥ kekayīputraḥ kākutsthena mahātmanā ,
pragṛhya balavadbhūyaḥ prāñjalirvākyamabravīt.

4. iti uktaḥ kaikeyi-putraḥ kākutsthena mahā-ātmanā
pragṛhya balavat bhūyaḥ prāñjaliḥ vākyam abravīt

4. iti mahā-ātmanā kākutsthena uktaḥ kaikeyi-putraḥ
balavat bhūyaḥ pragṛhya prāñjaliḥ vākyam abravīt

4. Thus addressed by the great-souled (mahātman) Kakutstha (Rama), the son of Kaikeyī (Bharata), again clasping his hands firmly in supplication, spoke the following words.

Words meanings summery:

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

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• कैकेयि-पुत्रः (kaikeyi-putraḥ) - Bharata, the son of Kaikeyī (son of Kaikeyī (Bharata))

• काकुत्स्थेन (kākutsthena) - by Rama, who belongs to the lineage of Kakutstha (by Kakutstha (Rama))

• महा-आत्मना (mahā-ātmanā) - by the great-souled (Rama) (by the great-souled one (mahātman))

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having clasped (hands) firmly (having clasped, having taken firmly)

• बलवत् (balavat) - strongly, firmly, powerfully

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, furthermore

• प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, reverent

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a quote or refers to the preceding statement.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. from root vac (vać)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'kaikeyi-putraḥ'.

कैकेयि-पुत्रः (kaikeyi-putraḥ) - Bharata, the son of Kaikeyī (son of Kaikeyī (Bharata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaikeyi-putra

kaikeyi-putra - son of Kaikeyī

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaikeyī+putra)

• kaikeyī – Kaikeyī (proper name)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Bharata.

काकुत्स्थेन (kākutsthena) - by Rama, who belongs to the lineage of Kakutstha (by Kakutstha (Rama))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rama)

Taddhita derivation from Kakutstha

Note: Refers to Rama.

महा-आत्मना (mahā-ātmanā) - by the great-souled (Rama) (by the great-souled one (mahātman))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahā-ātman

mahā-ātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous (ātman)

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'kākutsthena'.

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having clasped (hands) firmly (having clasped, having taken firmly)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) with prefix

Absolutive form of root grah with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Often used with 'añjali' to mean 'folding hands in salutation'.

बलवत् (balavat) - strongly, firmly, powerfully

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of balavat (strong)

Note: Modifies 'pragṛhya'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates repetition of the action.

प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, reverent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāñjali

prāñjali - one who has folded hands (in reverence or supplication)

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prā+añjali)

• pra – before, forward, well
  prefix
• añjali – folded hands (as a gesture of respect)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'kaikeyi-putraḥ'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect tense

Root brū, 2nd class, imperfect 3rd person singular, active

Root: brū (class 2)

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