वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-71, verse-2

चिन्तयित्वा तु धर्मात्मा प्रभावं तं महात्मनाम् ।
हितकारिणमेकाग्रं लक्ष्मणं राघवो ऽब्रवीत् ॥२॥

2. cintayitvā tu dharmātmā prabhāvaṃ taṃ mahātmanām ,
hitakāriṇamekāgraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavo'bravīt.

2. cintayitvā tu dharmātmā prabhāvam tam mahātmanām
hitakāriṇam ekāgram lakṣmaṇam rāghavaḥ abravīt

2. dharmātmā rāghavaḥ tu tam mahātmanām prabhāvam
cintayitvā hitakāriṇam ekāgram lakṣmaṇam abravīt

2. And having pondered that power (prabhāva) of the great souls (mahātmanām), Rāghava, whose nature was intrinsically righteous (dharmātmā), spoke to Lakshmana, who was devoted to his welfare and singularly focused.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - having thought, having pondered

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Rāghava, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) was righteousness (whose nature is righteous, righteous-souled)

• प्रभावम् (prabhāvam) - influence, power, majesty

• तम् (tam) - that

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls, of the noble ones

• हितकारिणम् (hitakāriṇam) - helpful, benevolent, well-wishing

• एकाग्रम् (ekāgram) - one-pointed, concentrated, singularly focused

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - Rāghava spoke (he spoke, he said)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - having thought, having pondered

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from causative stem cintay- with -itvā suffix

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Indicates a completed action before the main verb.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Rāghava, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) was righteousness (whose nature is righteous, righteous-souled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - one whose soul or nature is righteousness, righteous-souled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  from dhṛ (to uphold, sustain)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Refers to Rāghava.

प्रभावम् (prabhāvam) - influence, power, majesty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, influence, majesty, glory, origin

from pra-bhū (to be powerful, to arise)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of cintayitvā.

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with prabhāvam.

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls, of the noble ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, illustrious person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, eminent
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Possessive, refers to prabhāvam.

हितकारिणम् (hitakāriṇam) - helpful, benevolent, well-wishing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hitakārin

hitakārin - benevolent, helpful, well-wishing, doing good

agent noun from hita-kṛ (to do good)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hita+kārin)

• hita – beneficial, welfare, good, placed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from dhā (to place, to set)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• kārin – making, doing, causing (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun suffix
  from kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with lakṣmaṇam.

एकाग्रम् (ekāgram) - one-pointed, concentrated, singularly focused

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekāgra

ekāgra - one-pointed, concentrated, focused on a single object

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+agra)

• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective (masculine)
• agra – tip, front, chief, foremost
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with lakṣmaṇam.

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (Rāma's brother)

Note: Object of abravīt.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

from Raghu, a patronymic

Note: Subject of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - Rāghava spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect active 3rd singular

from brū (to speak), augmented

Root: brū (class 2)