वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-12, verse-23

अगस्त्येनैवमुक्तस्तु रामः सौमित्रिणा सह ।
सात्कृत्यामन्त्रयामास तमृषिं सत्यवादिनम् ॥२३॥

23. agastyenaivamuktastu rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha ,
sātkṛtyāmantrayāmāsa tamṛṣiṃ satyavādinam.

23. agastyena evam uktaḥ tu rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha
sātkṛtya āmantrayāmāsa tam ṛṣim satyavādinam

23. agastyena evam uktaḥ tu rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha
satyavādinam tam ṛṣim sātkṛtya āmantrayāmāsa

23. Thus addressed by Agastya, Rama, accompanied by Saumitri, first honored that truthful sage and then bid him farewell.

Words meanings summery:

• अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya

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

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• सौमित्रिणा (saumitriṇā) - by Saumitri (Lakshmana)

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• सात्कृत्य (sātkṛtya) - having honored, having treated with respect

• आमन्त्रयामास (āmantrayāmāsa) - he bid farewell, he addressed, he invited

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage

• सत्यवादिनम् (satyavādinam) - truthful speaker, one who speaks truth

Words meanings and morphology

अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya (name of a revered sage)

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

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

from root vac- 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the hero)

सौमित्रिणा (saumitriṇā) - by Saumitri (Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā (i.e., Lakshmana)

patronymic from Sumitrā

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

सात्कृत्य (sātkṛtya) - having honored, having treated with respect

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root kṛ- 'to do' with prefix sāt- (honorific)

Prefix: sāt

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आमन्त्रयामास (āmantrayāmāsa) - he bid farewell, he addressed, he invited

(verb)

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

Denominative from mantra 'counsel' or causative of man- 'to think'

Prefix: ā

Root: mantr (class 10)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, inspired poet, seer

सत्यवादिनम् (satyavādinam) - truthful speaker, one who speaks truth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of satyavādin

satyavādin - speaking truth, truthful

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (satya+vādin)

• satya – truth, real, true
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaking, saying, speaker
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root vad- 'to speak' with suffix -in
  Root: vad (class 1)

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