वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-115, verse-39

अभिवाद्य सुमित्रां च कैकेयीं च यशस्विनीम् ।
स मातॄश्च तदा सर्वाः पुरोहितमुपागमत् ॥३९॥

39. abhivādya sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīṃ ca yaśasvinīm ,
sa mātṝśca tadā sarvāḥ purohitamupāgamat.

39. abhivādya sumitrām ca kaikeyīm ca yaśasvinīm
sa mātṝḥ ca tadā sarvāḥ purohitam upāgamat

39. abhivādya sumitrām ca yaśasvinīm kaikeyīm ca
tadā sa sarvāḥ mātṝḥ ca purohitam upāgamat

39. After greeting Sumitra and the glorious Kaikeyi, he then approached all the mothers and the family priest.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - After greeting (having greeted, after saluting)

• सुमित्राम् (sumitrām) - Sumitra

• च (ca) - and

• कैकेयीम् (kaikeyīm) - Kaikeyi

• च (ca) - and

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

• स (sa) - he (he, that)

• मातॄः (mātṝḥ) - the mothers (mothers)

• च (ca) - and

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

• पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - the family priest (priest, family priest)

• उपागमत् (upāgamat) - approached (approached, went near)

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - After greeting (having greeted, after saluting)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From prefix abhi + root √vad (to speak) + lyap pratyaya

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Absolutive, indicating a prior action.

सुमित्राम् (sumitrām) - Sumitra

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sumitrā

sumitrā - Sumitra (name of one of Dasaratha's wives, Lakshmana's mother)

Note: Object of abhivādya.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कैकेयीम् (kaikeyīm) - Kaikeyi

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (name of one of Dasaratha's wives, Bharata's mother)

Note: Object of abhivādya.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

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

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yaśasvinī

yaśasvinī - glorious, famous, renowned

Feminine form of yaśasvin

Note: Qualifies kaikeyīm.

स (sa) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rama, subject of upāgamat.

मातॄः (mātṝḥ) - the mothers (mothers)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Object of upāgamat.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies mātṝḥ.

पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - the family priest (priest, family priest)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - family priest, chaplain

Note: Object of upāgamat.

उपागमत् (upāgamat) - approached (approached, went near)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of upāgamat

Imperfect tense

From prefix upa + prefix ā + root √gam (to go)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Third person singular, imperfect tense.

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