वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-83

एतच्छ्रुत्वा विदित्वा च सीता जनकनन्दिनी ।
आह रावणमुत्साद्य राघवो मां नयत्विति ॥८३॥

83. etacchrutvā viditvā ca sītā janakanandinī ,
āha rāvaṇamutsādya rāghavo māṃ nayatviti.

83. etat śrutvā viditvā ca sītā janakanandinī
āha rāvaṇam utsādya rāghavaḥ mām nayatu iti

83. sītā janakanandinī etat śrutvā ca viditvā
rāvaṇam utsādya rāghavaḥ mām nayatu iti āha

83. Having heard and understood this, Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, said, "May Rāghava take me after destroying Rāvaṇa."

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (news/statement) (this, that)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known, having understood

• च (ca) - and, also

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• जनकनन्दिनी (janakanandinī) - Sītā, daughter of Janaka (daughter of Janaka)

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

• उत्साद्य (utsādya) - having destroyed, having overthrown

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma)

• माम् (mām) - me

• नयतु (nayatu) - may he lead, may he take

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote (thus, so)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (news/statement) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root vid with suffix -itvā

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, Rāma's wife)

जनकनन्दिनी (janakanandinī) - Sītā, daughter of Janaka (daughter of Janaka)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janakanandinī

janakanandinī - daughter of Janaka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janaka+nandinī)

• janaka – Janaka (proper name), father, producer
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandinī – daughter, female offspring
  noun (feminine)

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of ah

Perfect tense form (defective verb)

Root: ah (class 2)

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

उत्साद्य (utsādya) - having destroyed, having overthrown

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root sad with prefix ut- and suffix -ya

Prefix: ut

Root: sad (class 1)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendent of Raghu, Rāma

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

नयतु (nayatu) - may he lead, may he take

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of nī

3rd person singular imperative active

Root: nī (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

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