वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-37, verse-6

ज्ञात्वा संप्रस्थितं देवी वानरं मारुतात्मजम् ।
बाष्पगद्गदया वाचा मैथिली वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥६॥

6. jñātvā saṃprasthitaṃ devī vānaraṃ mārutātmajam ,
bāṣpagadgadayā vācā maithilī vākyamabravīt.

6. jñātvā samprasthitam devī vānaram mārutātmajam
bāṣpagadgadayā vācā maithilī vākyam abravīt

6. devī maithilī vānaram mārutātmajam samprasthitam
jñātvā bāṣpagadgadayā vācā vākyam abravīt

6. Knowing that the monkey, the son of the wind god (mārutātmajam), had set forth, Princess Maithilī, with a voice choked with tears, spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood, having realized

• सम्प्रस्थितम् (samprasthitam) - Hanuman, who was about to depart (one who has set out, departed)

• देवी (devī) - Princess Sītā (goddess, queen, lady)

• वानरम् (vānaram) - Hanuman, the monkey-hero (monkey)

• मारुतात्मजम् (mārutātmajam) - Hanuman, the son of Vayu (the wind god) (son of Maruta, son of the wind god)

• बाष्पगद्गदया (bāṣpagadgadayā) - with a voice choked with tears, with a sobbing voice

• वाचा (vācā) - with voice, with speech

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Princess Sītā, from Mithila (Maithilī (Sita))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - these words (the following message) (word, speech, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood, having realized

(indeclinable)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form

सम्प्रस्थितम् (samprasthitam) - Hanuman, who was about to depart (one who has set out, departed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samprasthita

samprasthita - departed, set forth, gone away

Past Passive Participle

From sam + pra + root sthā (to stand) + kta

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vānaram' and 'mārutātmajam'

देवी (devī) - Princess Sītā (goddess, queen, lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

वानरम् (vānaram) - Hanuman, the monkey-hero (monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, belonging to monkeys

मारुतात्मजम् (mārutātmajam) - Hanuman, the son of Vayu (the wind god) (son of Maruta, son of the wind god)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Maruta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – wind, Maruta (wind god)
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born of oneself
  noun (masculine)
  From ātman + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

बाष्पगद्गदया (bāṣpagadgadayā) - with a voice choked with tears, with a sobbing voice

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bāṣpagadgadā

bāṣpagadgadā - choked with tears, sobbing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṣpa+gadgadā)

• bāṣpa – tears
  noun (masculine)
• gadgadā – choked, stammering, indistinct (voice)
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'vācā'

वाचा (vācā) - with voice, with speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - voice, speech, word

मैथिली (maithilī) - Princess Sītā, from Mithila (Maithilī (Sita))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - daughter of the king of Mithila, Sita

Feminine of Mithila

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - these words (the following message) (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, statement, word

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

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