वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-30, verse-34

लक्ष्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शोकाविष्टो ऽङ्गदो ऽब्रवीत् ।
पितुः समीपमागम्य सौमित्रिरयमागतः ॥३४॥

34. lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā śokāviṣṭo'ṅgado'bravīt ,
pituḥ samīpamāgamya saumitrirayamāgataḥ.

34. lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā śokāviṣṭaḥ aṅgadaḥ
abravīt pituḥ samīpam āgamya saumitriḥ ayam āgataḥ

34. lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā śokāviṣṭaḥ aṅgadaḥ abravīt
"ayam saumitriḥ pituḥ samīpam āgamya āgataḥ"

34. Upon hearing Lakshmana's words, Angada, overcome with grief, spoke: 'This Soumitri has come near his father.'

Words meanings summery:

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• शोकाविष्टः (śokāviṣṭaḥ) - overcome by grief, filled with sorrow

• अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Angada

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, said

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, to the father

• समीपम् (samīpam) - proximity, near, presence

• आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, approaching

• सौमित्रिः (saumitriḥ) - Soumitri (son of Sumitra, i.e., Lakshmana)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come

Words meanings and morphology

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's younger brother)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of the gerund 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'śru' (to hear) with the suffix '-tvā'

Root: śru (class 5)

शोकाविष्टः (śokāviṣṭaḥ) - overcome by grief, filled with sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śokāviṣṭa

śokāviṣṭa - overcome by grief, grief-stricken

Compound of 'śoka' (grief) and 'āviṣṭa' (entered, possessed by)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoka+āviṣṭa)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'śuc' (to grieve)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• āviṣṭa – entered, possessed, overcome, seized
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'ā' and root 'viś' (to enter) with 'kta' suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)

अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Angada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgada

aṅgada - Angada (name of the son of Vali, a monkey warrior)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, to the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Can also be ablative; here used with 'samīpam'.

समीपम् (samīpam) - proximity, near, presence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samīpa

samīpa - nearness, proximity, vicinity

Note: Used adverbially to denote 'to/near'.

आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, approaching

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From prefix 'ā' and root 'gam' (to go) with the suffix '-ya' (lyap)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

सौमित्रिः (saumitriḥ) - Soumitri (son of Sumitra, i.e., Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitra (referring to Lakshmana)

Patronymic from 'sumitrā' (Sumitra)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine stem 'ida'

आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'ā' and root 'gam' (to go) with 'kta' suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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