वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-107, verse-1

एतच्छ्रुत्वा शुभं वाक्यं राघवेण सुभाषितम् ।
इदं शुभतरं वाक्यं व्याजहार महेश्वरः ॥१॥

1. etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ rāghaveṇa subhāṣitam ,
idaṃ śubhataraṃ vākyaṃ vyājahāra maheśvaraḥ.

1. etat śrutvā śubham vākyam rāghaveṇa subhāṣitam
idam śubhataram vākyam vyājahāra maheśvaraḥ

1. rāghaveṇa subhāṣitam etat śubham vākyam śrutvā
maheśvaraḥ idam śubhataram vākyam vyājahāra

1. Having heard these auspicious words well-spoken by Rāma (Rāghava), Maheśvara then uttered these even more auspicious words.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - these (words) (this, these)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (words) (auspicious, good, beautiful)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

• राघवेण (rāghaveṇa) - by Rāma (by Rāma (descendent of Raghu))

• सुभाषितम् (subhāṣitam) - well-spoken (words) (well-spoken, eloquent, good saying)

• इदम् (idam) - these (words) (this, these)

• शुभतरम् (śubhataram) - even more auspicious (words) (more auspicious, more good)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

• व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - uttered (spoke, uttered)

• महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheśvara (Śiva) (Great Lord (an epithet of Śiva))

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - these (words) (this, these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √śru + -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (words) (auspicious, good, beautiful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, bright

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

from √vac + -ya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of śrutvā.

राघवेण (rāghaveṇa) - by Rāma (by Rāma (descendent of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendent of Raghu (an epithet of Rāma)

patronymic from Raghu

Note: Agent of subhāṣitam.

सुभाषितम् (subhāṣitam) - well-spoken (words) (well-spoken, eloquent, good saying)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of subhāṣita

subhāṣita - well-spoken, eloquent, good saying

Past Passive Participle

from su-√bhāṣ + -ta

Prefix: su

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

इदम् (idam) - these (words) (this, these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

शुभतरम् (śubhataram) - even more auspicious (words) (more auspicious, more good)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śubhatara

śubhatara - more auspicious, better, more beautiful

comparative degree of śubha

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

from √vac + -ya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of vyājahāra.

व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - uttered (spoke, uttered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyājahāra

Perfect Active

from vi-ā-√hṛ, reduplicated perfect

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheśvara (Śiva) (Great Lord (an epithet of Śiva))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheśvara

maheśvara - Great Lord (epithet of Śiva)

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahat+īśvara)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• īśvara – lord, master, controller (epithet of Śiva)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of vyājahāra.