वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-67, verse-24

एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण वाक्यं दनुरनुत्तमम् ।
प्रोवाच कुशलो वक्तुं वक्तारमपि राघवम् ॥२४॥

24. evamuktastu rāmeṇa vākyaṃ danuranuttamam ,
provāca kuśalo vaktuṃ vaktāramapi rāghavam.

24. evam uktaḥ tu rāmeṇa vākyam danuḥ anuttamam
provāca kuśalaḥ vaktum vaktāram api rāghavam

24. rāmeṇa evam uktaḥ tu kuśalaḥ danuḥ vaktāram
api rāghavam anuttamam vākyam vaktum provāca

24. Thus addressed by Rama, Danu, being skilled in speech, spoke excellent words to Rāghava, who was himself a speaker.

Words meanings summery:

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

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence, statement)

• दनुः (danuḥ) - Danu (referring to the demon) (Danu (a name of a demon/Asura or a female deity))

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - excellent (words) (unequalled, unsurpassed, best, excellent)

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke, said, declared

• कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilled (in speaking) (skilled, expert, clever, auspicious)

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to utter

• वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - speaker, orator, one who speaks

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From √vac (to speak), irregular past passive participle

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, black, dark, a kind of deer

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

Root: vac

दनुः (danuḥ) - Danu (referring to the demon) (Danu (a name of a demon/Asura or a female deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of danu

danu - Danu (a Vedic goddess, mother of Vṛtra and the Danavas); a demon, a titan

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - excellent (words) (unequalled, unsurpassed, best, excellent)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unequalled, unsurpassed, best, excellent, paramount

Compound: Na + uttama (not best = unsurpassed)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (na+uttama)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective
  Superlative of ud (up/out)

प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke, said, declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of provāca

Perfect (Liṭ) 3rd singular

From √vac (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilled (in speaking) (skilled, expert, clever, auspicious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśala

kuśala - skilled, clever, expert; welfare, well-being, auspicious

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to utter

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of purpose from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - speaker, orator, one who speaks

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, reporter, announcer

Agent Noun

Formed from √vac (to speak) with suffix -tṛ

Root: vac (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

Patronymic from Raghu