वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-37, verse-12

सीतायास्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा हनुमान्मारुतात्मजः ।
शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रवीत् ॥१२॥

12. sītāyāstadvacaḥ śrutvā hanumānmārutātmajaḥ ,
śirasyañjalimādhāya vākyamuttaramabravīt.

12. sītāyāḥ tat vacaḥ śrutvā hanumān mārutātmajaḥ
śirasi añjalim ādhāya vākyam uttaram abravīt

12. sītāyāḥ tat vacaḥ śrutvā hanumān mārutātmajaḥ
śirasi añjalim ādhāya uttaram vākyam abravīt

12. Having heard those words of Sītā, Hanumān, the son of the Wind God, placed his folded hands on his head and spoke the following reply.

Words meanings summery:

• सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - of Sītā

• तत् (tat) - that, those

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

• मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - Hanumān, as the son of the Wind God (son of Māruta (the wind god))

• शिरसि (śirasi) - on the head

• अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - folded hands (in reverence)

• आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed, having put

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, reply

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the answering speech, the reply (subsequent, later, reply)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke

Words meanings and morphology

सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - of Sītā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā, daughter of Janaka, wife of Rāma

तत् (tat) - that, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'vacaḥ'.

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān, the monkey deity

मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - Hanumān, as the son of the Wind God (son of Māruta (the wind god))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Māruta, Hanumān

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – relating to Marut; the Wind God
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, self-born
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: An epithet for Hanumān

शिरसि (śirasi) - on the head

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top

अञ्जलिम् (añjalim) - folded hands (in reverence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of añjali

añjali - the hollowing of the hands, folded hands for salutation or supplication

Root: añj (class 7)

आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed, having put

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root dhā (to place, hold) with upasarga ā- and suffix -ya (for compound verbs)

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, reply

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, sentence, word

Derived from vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the answering speech, the reply (subsequent, later, reply)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - upper, later, northern, superior, following, answer

Note: Modifies vākyam, meaning 'the answering speech' or 'the reply'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke

(verb)

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

Root: bru (class 2)