वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-102, verse-12

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मैथिली भर्तृदेवता ।
भर्तृभक्तिव्रता साध्वी तथेति प्रत्यभाषत ॥१२॥

12. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā maithilī bhartṛdevatā ,
bhartṛbhaktivratā sādhvī tatheti pratyabhāṣata.

12. tasya tat vacanam śrutvā maithilī bhartṛdevatā
bhartṛbhaktivratā sādhvī tathā iti prati abhāṣata

12. maithilī bhartṛdevatā bhartṛbhaktivratā sādhvī
tasya tat vacanam śrutvā tathā iti prati abhāṣata

12. Having heard his words, Maithili (Sita), who regarded her husband as a deity and whose sacred vow (vrata) was devotion (bhakti) to him, the virtuous woman, replied, "So be it."

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Rama) (his, her, its, of that)

• तत् (tat) - his (referring to Rama's words) (that, his)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, saying)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita (daughter of Mithila, Sita)

• भर्तृदेवता (bhartṛdevatā) - for whom her husband is a deity (one for whom her husband is a deity)

• भर्तृभक्तिव्रता (bhartṛbhaktivratā) - one whose sacred vow is devotion to her husband (one whose vow is devotion to her husband)

• साध्वी (sādhvī) - virtuous woman (virtuous woman, chaste woman)

• तथा (tathā) - "So be it" (so, thus, in that manner, yes)

• इति (iti) - (marks direct speech) (thus, so, (marks direct speech))

• प्रति (prati) - in return (as a prefix to 'abhāṣata') (towards, against, in return)

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - replied, spoke (spoke, addressed)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Rama) (his, her, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rama.

तत् (tat) - his (referring to Rama's words) (that, his)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies 'vacanam'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

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

Root: śru (class 5)

मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita (daughter of Mithila, Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - daughter of Mithila, an epithet of Sita

भर्तृदेवता (bhartṛdevatā) - for whom her husband is a deity (one for whom her husband is a deity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhartṛdevatā

bhartṛdevatā - one who has her husband as a deity

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhartṛ+devatā)

• bhartṛ – husband, maintainer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• devatā – deity, divinity
  noun (feminine)

Note: A bahuvrihi compound describing Sita.

भर्तृभक्तिव्रता (bhartṛbhaktivratā) - one whose sacred vow is devotion to her husband (one whose vow is devotion to her husband)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhartṛbhaktivratā

bhartṛbhaktivratā - one whose vow (vrata) is devotion (bhakti) to her husband (bhartṛ)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhartṛ+bhakti+vrata)

• bhartṛ – husband, maintainer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• bhakti – devotion, faith
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance
  noun (neuter)

Note: A bahuvrihi compound describing Sita. The word (bhakti) is bracketed in translation.

साध्वी (sādhvī) - virtuous woman (virtuous woman, chaste woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sādhvī

sādhvī - virtuous woman, chaste woman, saintly woman

Feminine form of sādhu (virtuous).

तथा (tathā) - "So be it" (so, thus, in that manner, yes)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as part of a direct quote, meaning 'yes' or 'so be it'.

इति (iti) - (marks direct speech) (thus, so, (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

प्रति (prati) - in return (as a prefix to 'abhāṣata') (towards, against, in return)

(indeclinable)

It acts as a verbal prefix here.

Note: This is a verbal prefix (upasarga).

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - replied, spoke (spoke, addressed)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

3rd person singular middle voice imperfect (laṅ) of root bhāṣ (1st conjugation, ātmanepada).

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)