वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-3, verse-1

सुग्रीवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हेतुमत् परमार्थवित् ।
प्रतिजग्राह काकुत्स्थो हनूमन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥१॥

1. sugrīvasya vacaḥ śrutvā hetumat paramārthavit ,
pratijagrāha kākutstho hanūmantamathābravīt.

1. sugrīvasya vacaḥ śrutvā hetumat paramārthavit
pratijagrāha kākutsthaḥ hanūmantam atha abravīt

1. paramārthavit kākutsthaḥ sugrīvasya hetumat
vacaḥ śrutvā pratijagrāha atha hanūmantam abravīt

1. Having heard Sugrīva's logical words, Rāma (kākutstha), the knower of supreme reality (paramārtha), accepted them, and then spoke to Hanūmān.

Words meanings summery:

• सुग्रीवस्य (sugrīvasya) - of Sugrīva

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, utterance

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• हेतुमत् (hetumat) - logical, reasonable, endowed with reason

• परमार्थवित् (paramārthavit) - knower of the supreme truth/reality (paramārtha)

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - he accepted, he received, he assented

• काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha)

• हनूमन्तम् (hanūmantam) - Hanūmān (accusative)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, next

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

सुग्रीवस्य (sugrīvasya) - of Sugrīva

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (name of the monkey king)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance, saying

Note: Object of the absolutive 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from √śru (to hear) + -ktvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

हेतुमत् (hetumat) - logical, reasonable, endowed with reason

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hetumat

hetumat - reasonable, rational, logical, causative

From 'hetu' (reason) + '-mat' (possessive suffix).

Note: Qualifies 'vacaḥ' (neuter singular accusative).

परमार्थवित् (paramārthavit) - knower of the supreme truth/reality (paramārtha)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramārthavid

paramārthavid - knower of the ultimate truth, one who discerns the supreme reality

Compound type : tatpurusha (parama+artha+vid)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, best, principal
  adjective
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth, reality, substance
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, learned person, one who understands
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from the root √vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'kākutsthaḥ'.

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - he accepted, he received, he assented

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet of Rāma)

हनूमन्तम् (hanūmantam) - Hanūmān (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanūmān (name of a powerful monkey chief)

Note: Object of the verb 'abravīt'.

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, next

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bravīt

Root: brū (class 2)