वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-6, verse-22

ततः शुभं तापसभोज्यमन्नं स्वयं सुतीक्ष्णः पुरुषर्षभाभ्याम् ।
ताभ्यां सुसत्कृत्य ददौ महात्मा संध्यानिवृत्तौ रजनीं समीक्ष्य ॥२२॥

22. tataḥ śubhaṃ tāpasabhojyamannaṃ svayaṃ sutīkṣṇaḥ puruṣarṣabhābhyām ,
tābhyāṃ susatkṛtya dadau mahātmā saṃdhyānivṛttau rajanīṃ samīkṣya.

22. tataḥ śubham tāpasabhojyam annam
svayam sutīkṣṇaḥ puruṣarṣabhābhyām
tābhyām susat kṛtya dadau mahātmā
sandhyānivṛttau rajanīm samīkṣya

22. tataḥ sandhyānivṛttau rajanīm
samīkṣya mahātmā sutīkṣṇaḥ svayam
tābhyām puruṣarṣabhābhyām śubham
tāpasabhojyam annam susat kṛtya dadau

22. Then, after the completion of the evening rites and observing the nightfall, the great-souled (mahātmā) Sutikṣṇa himself, having shown great respect to those two best of men (puruṣarṣabha), offered them auspicious food suitable for ascetics.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, beautiful

• तापसभोज्यम् (tāpasabhojyam) - food suitable for ascetics, fit to be eaten by ascetics

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

• सुतीक्ष्णः (sutīkṣṇaḥ) - Sutikshna

• पुरुषर्षभाभ्याम् (puruṣarṣabhābhyām) - to Rama and Lakshmana (to/by the two best of men)

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - to Rama and Lakshmana (to/by those two)

• सुसत् (susat) - well, greatly, very properly

• कृत्य (kṛtya) - having honored (with susat) (having done, having made)

• ददौ (dadau) - he gave

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled Sutikshna (great-souled, noble)

• सन्ध्यानिवृत्तौ (sandhyānivṛttau) - at the completion of twilight

• रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious

तापसभोज्यम् (tāpasabhojyam) - food suitable for ascetics, fit to be eaten by ascetics

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tāpasabhojya

tāpasabhojya - fit for ascetics to eat, food for ascetics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tāpasa+bhojya)

• tāpasa – ascetic, pertaining to asceticism (tapas)
  noun (masculine)
  derived from `tapas` (asceticism)
• bhojya – to be eaten, eatable, food
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  formed from root `bhuj` (to eat, enjoy) with suffix `ya`
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, boiled rice

derived from root `ad` (to eat)

Root: ad (class 2)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

(indeclinable)

सुतीक्ष्णः (sutīkṣṇaḥ) - Sutikshna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sutīkṣṇa

sutīkṣṇa - Sutikshna (name of a sage)

पुरुषर्षभाभ्याम् (puruṣarṣabhābhyām) - to Rama and Lakshmana (to/by the two best of men)

(noun)

masculine, dual of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best of men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent, chief
  noun (masculine)

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - to Rama and Lakshmana (to/by those two)

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुसत् (susat) - well, greatly, very properly

(indeclinable)

adverbial prefix/particle `su-` (well) combined with `sat` (being, good)

कृत्य (kṛtya) - having honored (with susat) (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root `kṛ` (to do, make) with suffix `ya` (prefixed form)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ददौ (dadau) - he gave

(verb)

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

Root: dā (class 3)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled Sutikshna (great-souled, noble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted spirit

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the individual soul or universal spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

सन्ध्यानिवृत्तौ (sandhyānivṛttau) - at the completion of twilight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sandhyānivṛtti

sandhyānivṛtti - completion of twilight

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sandhyā+nivṛtti)

• sandhyā – twilight, evening, juncture
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• nivṛtti – cessation, completion, withdrawal
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root `vṛt` (to turn, exist) with prefix `ni`
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rajanī

rajanī - night

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root `īkṣ` (to see) with prefix `sam` and suffix `ya`

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

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