वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-38

एवमुक्तस्तु हनुमान् सीतया वाक्यकोविदः ।
प्रत्युवाच ततः सीतां रामपत्नीं यशस्विनीम् ॥३८॥

38. evamuktastu hanumān sītayā vākyakovidaḥ ,
pratyuvāca tataḥ sītāṃ rāmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm.

38. evam uktaḥ tu hanumān sītayā vākyakovidaḥ
pratyuvāca tataḥ sītām rāmapatnīm yaśasvinīm

38. sītayā evam uktaḥ vākyakovidaḥ hanumān tu
tataḥ rāmapatnīm yaśasvinīm sītām pratyuvāca

38. Thus addressed by Sītā, Hanumān, who was skilled in speech, then replied to the illustrious Sītā, the wife of Rāma.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān (Hanumān (name of the monkey deity))

• सीतया (sītayā) - by Sītā

• वाक्यकोविदः (vākyakovidaḥ) - skilled in speech (skilled in speech, eloquent)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from that)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• रामपत्नीम् (rāmapatnīm) - the wife of Rāma (Rāma's wife)

• यशस्विनीम् (yaśasvinīm) - illustrious (illustrious, glorious, famous)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ta, with change of va to u

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān (Hanumān (name of the monkey deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (name of a monkey deity)

सीतया (sītayā) - by Sītā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rāma's wife)

वाक्यकोविदः (vākyakovidaḥ) - skilled in speech (skilled in speech, eloquent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vākyakovida

vākyakovida - skilled in speech, eloquent

compound of vākya (speech) and kovida (skilled)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vākya+kovida)

• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• kovida – skilled, expert, wise
  adjective (masculine)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of pratyuvāc

Perfect Active Indicative

root vac (to speak) with prefix prati, perfect form

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rāma's wife)

रामपत्नीम् (rāmapatnīm) - the wife of Rāma (Rāma's wife)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rāmapatnī

rāmapatnī - Rāma's wife

compound of Rāma and patnī (wife)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+patnī)

• rāma – Rāma (name of the hero of Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• patnī – wife
  noun (feminine)

यशस्विनीम् (yaśasvinīm) - illustrious (illustrious, glorious, famous)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yaśasvinī

yaśasvinī - illustrious, glorious, famous

feminine form of yaśasvin (having glory)

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