वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-62, verse-22

एवं तु वदतां तेषामङ्गदः प्रत्यभाषत ।
बाढं गच्छाम इत्युक्त्वा उत्पपात महीतलात् ॥२२॥

22. evaṃ tu vadatāṃ teṣāmaṅgadaḥ pratyabhāṣata ,
bāḍhaṃ gacchāma ityuktvā utpapāta mahītalāt.

22. evaṃ tu vadatām teṣām aṅgadaḥ pratyabhāṣata
bāḍhaṃ gacchāmaḥ iti uktvā utpapāta mahītalāt

22. aṅgadaḥ teṣām evam vadatām tu pratyabhāṣata
bāḍham gacchāmaḥ iti uktvā mahītalāt utpapāta

22. As they were speaking thus, Angada replied. Saying, 'Certainly, let us go!' he sprang up from the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• वदताम् (vadatām) - of those speaking, while speaking

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Angada

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - he replied

• बाढं (bāḍhaṁ) - certainly, indeed, all right

• गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - we go, let us go

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, after speaking

• उत्पपात (utpapāta) - he sprang up, he flew up

• महीतलात् (mahītalāt) - from the surface of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

वदताम् (vadatām) - of those speaking, while speaking

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, telling

present active participle

derived from root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Matches gender of teṣām implicitly

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Angada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgada

aṅgada - Angada (name of a monkey prince)

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - he replied

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Root bhāṣ is ātmanepada

बाढं (bāḍhaṁ) - certainly, indeed, all right

(indeclinable)

गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - we go, let us go

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Can also be used in a hortative sense 'let us go'

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, after speaking

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root vac (to speak), irregular past participle stem ukta-

Root: vac (class 2)

उत्पपात (utpapāta) - he sprang up, he flew up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Prefix: ud

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated perfect form

महीतलात् (mahītalāt) - from the surface of the earth

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plain, flat ground
  noun (masculine)

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