वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-37, verse-4

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणस्य सुभाषितम् ।
सुग्रीवः परमप्रीतो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥४॥

4. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya subhāṣitam ,
sugrīvaḥ paramaprīto vākyametaduvāca ha.

4. tasya tat vacanam śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya subhāṣitam
sugrīvaḥ paramaprītaḥ vākyam etat uvāca ha

4. lakṣmaṇasya tat subhāṣitaṃ vacanam śrutvā,
paramaprītaḥ sugrīvaḥ etat vākyaṃ ha uvāca

4. Hearing that well-spoken word of Lakṣmaṇa, Sugrīva, greatly pleased, then spoke this word.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Lakṣmaṇa's) (his, of that)

• तत् (tat) - that (word) (that, this)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word (word, speech, sentence)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa

• सुभाषितम् (subhāṣitam) - well-spoken (word) (well-spoken, excellent speech, wise saying)

• सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva

• परमप्रीतः (paramaprītaḥ) - greatly pleased (greatly pleased, extremely delighted)

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

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (he said, he spoke)

• ह (ha) - (then) (indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (Lakṣmaṇa's) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Genitive singular masculine/neuter form.

तत् (tat) - that (word) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Nominative/Accusative singular neuter form.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, word, statement, sentence

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of śrutvā.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from śru root with -tvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (brother of Rāma), having auspicious marks

Note: Possessive, modifying vacanam.

सुभाषितम् (subhāṣitam) - well-spoken (word) (well-spoken, excellent speech, wise saying)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of subhāṣita

subhāṣita - well-spoken, eloquent, good speech, wise saying

Past Passive Participle

From root bhāṣ (to speak) with su- prefix and -ta suffix.

Prefix: su

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vacanam.

सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (lit. 'beautiful-necked'), king of the monkeys

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+grīvā)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

परमप्रीतः (paramaprītaḥ) - greatly pleased (greatly pleased, extremely delighted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramaprīta

paramaprīta - supremely delighted, greatly pleased

Karmadhāraya compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+prīta)

• parama – highest, supreme, greatest, extreme
  adjective (masculine)
• prīta – pleased, delighted, happy
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root prī (to please, satisfy) with -ta suffix.
  Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Agrees with sugrīvaḥ.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Derived from vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of uvāca.

एतत् (etat) - this (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Nominative/Accusative singular neuter form.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect (Lit)

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, Perfect Tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - (then) (indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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