वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-36, verse-11

एवमुक्ता हनुमता सीता सुरसुतोपमा ।
उवाच वचनं मन्दं बाष्पप्रग्रथिताक्षरम् ॥११॥

11. evamuktā hanumatā sītā surasutopamā ,
uvāca vacanaṃ mandaṃ bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram.

11. evam uktā hanumatā sītā surasutopamā uvāca
vacanam mandam bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram

11. hanumatā evam uktā surasutopamā sītā
bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram mandam vacanam uvāca

11. Having been addressed thus by Hanumān, Sītā, who resembled a divine maiden, spoke slow words, her syllables choked with tears.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्ता (uktā) - spoken, addressed

• हनुमता (hanumatā) - by Hanumān

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• सुरसुतोपमा (surasutopamā) - resembling a daughter of a god, goddess-like

• उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke, she said

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, utterance

• मन्दम् (mandam) - referring to the manner of speech (soft, low, slow, gentle)

• बाष्पप्रग्रथिताक्षरम् (bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram) - describes the nature of Sītā's words (with syllables choked/interrupted by tears)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies uktā.

उक्ता (uktā) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak), irregular past passive participle.

Root: vac (class 2)

हनुमता (hanumatā) - by Hanumān

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (name of a prominent Vanara deity)

Note: Agent in passive construction (uktā).

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of the wife of Rāma)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

सुरसुतोपमा (surasutopamā) - resembling a daughter of a god, goddess-like

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of surasutopamā

surasutopamā - similar to a daughter of the gods, divine maiden-like

Compound sura-sutā-upamā.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sura+sutā+upamā)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of suta, from √sū (to give birth)
  Root: sū (class 2)
• upamā – likeness, comparison, simile
  noun (feminine)
  from upa-√mā (to compare)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying sītā.

उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke, she said

(verb)

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

Perfect form of √vac (root class 2, parasmaipada), irregular.

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, utterance, saying

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: object of uvāca.

मन्दम् (mandam) - referring to the manner of speech (soft, low, slow, gentle)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manda

manda - slow, sluggish, gentle, soft, low, faint

बाष्पप्रग्रथिताक्षरम् (bāṣpapragrathitākṣaram) - describes the nature of Sītā's words (with syllables choked/interrupted by tears)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāṣpapragrathitākṣara

bāṣpapragrathitākṣara - having letters/syllables choked or interrupted by tears

Bahuvrīhi compound: "having tears that have choked syllables".

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāṣpa+pragrathita+akṣara)

• bāṣpa – tears, weeping
  noun (masculine)
• pragrathita – strung together, linked, choked, stammered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from pra-√grath (to string, to bind, to choke)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: grath (class 9)
• akṣara – syllable, letter, imperishable
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying vacanam.

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