वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-47, verse-15

इत्युक्त्वा मैथिलीं वाक्यं प्रियार्हां प्रियवादिनीम् ।
जग्राह रावणः सीतां बुधः खे रोहिणीमिव ॥१५॥

15. ityuktvā maithilīṃ vākyaṃ priyārhāṃ priyavādinīm ,
jagrāha rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ budhaḥ khe rohiṇīmiva.

15. iti uktvā maithilīm vākyam priyārhām priyavādinīm
jagrāha rāvaṇaḥ sītām budhaḥ khe rohiṇīm iva

15. rāvaṇaḥ iti uktvā priyārhām priyavādinīm maithilīm
vākyam sītām jagrāha budhaḥ khe rohiṇīm iva

15. Having thus spoken to Maithilī (Sītā), who was worthy of love and spoke kindly, Rāvaṇa seized Sītā, just as the planet Mercury (Budha) seizes Rohiṇī in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

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

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sita, daughter of Janaka and princess of Mithila (Maithili (Sita))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, utterance

• प्रियार्हाम् (priyārhām) - worthy of love, deserving affection

• प्रियवादिनीम् (priyavādinīm) - speaking kindly, sweet-speaking

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

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana, the demon king of Lanka (Ravana)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita, wife of Rama, daughter of Janaka (Sita)

• बुधः (budhaḥ) - the planet Mercury (Budha, the planet Mercury, a wise man)

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

• रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohini, the star Aldebaran, associated with Budha (Rohini (name of a star))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root √vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sita, daughter of Janaka and princess of Mithila (Maithili (Sita))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a princess of Mithila, Sita

From Mithilā + -ī (P. 4.1.15), denoting origin or relation

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, utterance

From √vac (to speak) + -ya suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रियार्हाम् (priyārhām) - worthy of love, deserving affection

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priyārha

priyārha - worthy of love, deserving affection

Compound of priya (dear, beloved) and arha (worthy, deserving)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (priya+arha)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective
  From √prī (to please), suffix -a
  Root: prī (class 9)
• arha – worthy, deserving
  adjective
  From √arh (to deserve) + -a suffix
  Root: arh (class 1)

प्रियवादिनीम् (priyavādinīm) - speaking kindly, sweet-speaking

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priyavādin

priyavādin - speaking kindly, sweet-speaking, speaking what is pleasing

Compound of priya (pleasing) and vādin (speaking). Vādin is derived from √vad (to speak) + -in suffix. Feminine form -inī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (priya+vādin)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective
  From √prī (to please), suffix -a
  Root: prī (class 9)
• vādin – speaking, speaker
  noun (masculine)
  From √vad (to speak) + -in (agent noun suffix)
  Root: vad (class 1)

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √grah

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: grah (class 9)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana, the demon king of Lanka (Ravana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana, name of the chief of the Rākṣasas

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita, wife of Rama, daughter of Janaka (Sita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita, name of Janaka's daughter and Rāma's wife

बुधः (budhaḥ) - the planet Mercury (Budha, the planet Mercury, a wise man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budha

budha - the planet Mercury, a wise man, learned person

From √budh (to know, to awaken)

Root: budh (class 1)

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohini, the star Aldebaran, associated with Budha (Rohini (name of a star))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - name of a star (Aldebaran), one of the wives of the moon-god

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)