वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-22, verse-40

ततः शूर्पणखा नाम राक्षसी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
अजामुखा यदुक्तं हि तदेव मम रोचते ॥४०॥

40. tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī vākyamabravīt ,
ajāmukhā yaduktaṃ hi tadeva mama rocate.

40. tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī vākyam abravīt
ajāmukhā yat uktam hi tat eva mama rocate

40. tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī vākyam abravīt
ajāmukhā yat hi uktam tat eva mama rocate

40. Then a demoness (rākṣasī) named Śūrpaṇakhā spoke: "What Ajāmukhā has said truly pleases me."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

• शूर्पणखा (śūrpaṇakhā) - Śūrpaṇakhā (a proper name)

• नाम (nāma) - named (name, by name, indeed, for instance)

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - demoness, female demon

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

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• अजामुखा (ajāmukhā) - O Ajāmukhā (vocative) (Ajāmukhā (a proper name, often a demoness))

• यत् (yat) - what, which, that

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

• हि (hi) - truly, indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• एव (eva) - alone, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• मम (mama) - pleases me (dative sense) (my, to me, for me)

• रोचते (rocate) - pleases (pleases, shines, appears)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

शूर्पणखा (śūrpaṇakhā) - Śūrpaṇakhā (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūrpaṇakhā

śūrpaṇakhā - Śūrpaṇakhā (Ravana's sister)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūrpa+nakha)

• śūrpa – winnowing basket
  noun (neuter)
• nakha – fingernail, claw
  noun (masculine)

नाम (nāma) - named (name, by name, indeed, for instance)

(indeclinable)

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - demoness, female demon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - a female demon, demoness

Feminine form of rākṣasa

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement, declaration

Derived from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active Third Person Singular

From the root √brū (2nd class), augmented imperfect form

Root: brū (class 2)

अजामुखा (ajāmukhā) - O Ajāmukhā (vocative) (Ajāmukhā (a proper name, often a demoness))

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of ajāmukhā

ajāmukhā - Ajāmukhā (a proper name, typically a demoness with a goat's face or resembling a goat)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ajā+mukha)

• ajā – she-goat, goat
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

यत् (yat) - what, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

From root √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

हि (hi) - truly, indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

एव (eva) - alone, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - pleases me (dative sense) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Used here in a dative sense with 'rocate'.

रोचते (rocate) - pleases (pleases, shines, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rocate

Present Middle Third Person Singular

From the root √ruc (1st class, Ātmanepada)

Root: ruc (class 1)