वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-41, verse-22

एवं सीतावचः श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा च मृगमद्भुतम् ।
उवाच राघवो हृष्टो भ्रातरं लक्ष्मणं वचः ॥२२॥

22. evaṃ sītāvacaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca mṛgamadbhutam ,
uvāca rāghavo hṛṣṭo bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ vacaḥ.

22. evam sītā-vacaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca mṛgam adbhutam
uvāca rāghavaḥ hṛṣṭaḥ bhrātaram lakṣmaṇam vacaḥ

22. evam sītā-vacaḥ śrutvā adbhutam mṛgam ca dṛṣṭvā
hṛṣṭaḥ rāghavaḥ bhrātaram lakṣmaṇam vacaḥ uvāca

22. Having heard Sita's words and seen the extraordinary deer, Rama, delighted, spoke to his brother Lakshmana.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सीता-वचः (sītā-vacaḥ) - Sita's words, Sita's speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• च (ca) - and, also

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - deer

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)

• हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, pleased, joyful

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

सीता-वचः (sītā-vacaḥ) - Sita's words, Sita's speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sītā-vacas

sītā-vacas - Sita's words, Sita's speech

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (sītā+vacas)

• sītā – Sita (a proper name, wife of Rama)
  proper noun (feminine)
• vacas – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Can also be nominative plural or accusative plural for neuter -as stems, but contextual meaning leans towards singular here for 'speech/words'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā, with sandhi transformation.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मृगम् (mṛgam) - deer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

Root: mṛj (class 2)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, amazing, extraordinary, miraculous

Note: Matches gender, number, and case of 'mṛgam'.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

perfect tense (liṭ)

Root vac (class 2) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

Patronymic from Raghu.

हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, pleased, joyful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, pleased, joyful, thrilled

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root hṛṣ (to be excited, glad).

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'rāghavaḥ'.

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (brother of Rama)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Could also be nominative singular or nominative/accusative plural, but accusative singular makes sense for 'a word' or 'speech' as the object of 'spoke'.