वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-47, verse-1

सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा दशग्रीवः प्रतापवान् ।
हस्ते हस्तं समाहत्य चकार सुमहद्वपुः ॥१॥

1. sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān ,
haste hastaṃ samāhatya cakāra sumahadvapuḥ.

1. sītāyāḥ vacanam śrutvā daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān
haste hastam samāhatya cakāra sumahat vapuḥ

1. sītāyāḥ vacanam śrutvā pratāpavān daśagrīvaḥ haste hastam samāhatya sumahat vapuḥ cakāra.

1. Having heard Sita's words, the powerful Dashagriva (Ravana) clapped his hands together and assumed a very colossal form.

Words meanings summery:

• सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - of Sita

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Ravana, who has ten necks (Dashagriva (Ravana))

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful, glorious, majestic

• हस्ते (haste) - in the hand, on the hand

• हस्तम् (hastam) - hand

• समाहत्य (samāhatya) - having struck together, having clapped

• चकार (cakāra) - he did, he made, he assumed

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, enormous

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

Words meanings and morphology

सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - of Sita

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - name of Janaka's daughter, wife of Rama; a furrow

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, utterance

Derived from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root śru (to hear), forming an absolutive.

Root: śru (class 5)

दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Ravana, who has ten necks (Dashagriva (Ravana))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - ten-necked (an epithet of Ravana)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśa+grīva)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• grīva – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful, glorious, majestic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - powerful, glorious, majestic, splendid

Possessive adjective formed with suffix -vat.

हस्ते (haste) - in the hand, on the hand

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand; arm; trunk of an elephant

हस्तम् (hastam) - hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand; arm; trunk of an elephant

समाहत्य (samāhatya) - having struck together, having clapped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root han (to strike) with prefixes sam (together) and ā (towards), forming an absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: han (class 2)

चकार (cakāra) - he did, he made, he assumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect Indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of the root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, enormous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, enormous

Compound of intensifier su- and mahat (great).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, shape, appearance