वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-25, verse-12

सा त्वेवं ब्रुवतीं सीतां सरमा वल्गुभाषिणी ।
उवाच वचनं तस्याः स्पृशन्ती बाष्पविक्लवम् ॥१२॥

12. sā tvevaṃ bruvatīṃ sītāṃ saramā valgubhāṣiṇī ,
uvāca vacanaṃ tasyāḥ spṛśantī bāṣpaviklavam.

12. sā tu evam bruvatīm sītām saramā valgubhāṣiṇī
uvāca vacanam tasyāḥ spṛśantī bāṣpaviklavam

12. sā valgubhāṣiṇī saramā,
evam bruvatīm sītām spṛśantī,
tasyāḥ bāṣpaviklavam vacanam uvāca.

12. The sweet-speaking Sarama, touching Sītā as she was speaking thus, then spoke words to her, words that were choked with tears.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, however

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• ब्रुवतीम् (bruvatīm) - speaking, saying

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• सरमा (saramā) - Sarama

• वल्गुभाषिणी (valgubhāṣiṇī) - sweet-speaking, well-speaking

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, to her (feminine)

• स्पृशन्ती (spṛśantī) - touching

• बाष्पविक्लवम् (bāṣpaviklavam) - agitated/choked with tears

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, however

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ब्रुवतीम् (bruvatīm) - speaking, saying

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

Root: brū (class 2)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, wife of Rāma)

सरमा (saramā) - Sarama

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saramā

saramā - Sarama (name of a female Rākṣasa, a friend of Sītā)

वल्गुभाषिणी (valgubhāṣiṇī) - sweet-speaking, well-speaking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of valgubhāṣin

valgubhāṣin - speaking sweetly, eloquent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (valgu+bhāṣin)

• valgu – sweet, pleasing, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāṣin – speaking, speaker
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root bhāṣ (to speak) with suffix -in
  Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, word, statement

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, to her (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Here used as dative 'to her'.

स्पृशन्ती (spṛśantī) - touching

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of spṛśat

spṛśat - touching

Present Active Participle

Root: spṛś (class 6)

बाष्पविक्लवम् (bāṣpaviklavam) - agitated/choked with tears

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāṣpaviklava

bāṣpaviklava - agitated or overcome by tears

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṣpa+viklava)

• bāṣpa – tear, steam
  noun (masculine)
• viklava – agitated, confused, distressed
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adjectival usage modifying 'vacanam'.