वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-11, verse-43

स महर्षिं समासाद्य
याचते स्म कृताञ्जलिः ॥४३॥

43. sa maharṣiṃ samāsādya
yācate sma kṛtāñjaliḥ.

43. saḥ maharṣim samāsādya
yācate sma kṛtāñjaliḥ

43. saḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ maharṣim
samāsādya yācate sma

43. Having approached the great sage (maharṣi), he (Vālī) begged with clasped hands (kṛtāñjali).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (Vali) (he)

• महर्षिम् (maharṣim) - Matanga (the great sage) (the great sage)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached

• याचते (yācate) - he begs, implores

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with present verb

• कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined hands, having made the añjali gesture

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Vali) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Vali.

महर्षिम् (maharṣim) - Matanga (the great sage) (the great sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, eminent seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √sad (to sit, go) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā', and the suffix -ya (lyap).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

याचते (yācate) - he begs, implores

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Present (Laṭ) of √yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Used with 'sma' to indicate past tense.

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with present verb

(indeclinable)

कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined hands, having made the añjali gesture

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtāñjali

kṛtāñjali - having made the añjali (gesture of reverence), with joined hands

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+añjali)

• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, make) with the suffix -ta.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• añjali – hollow of the hands, the gesture of reverence (palms joined together)
  noun (masculine)