वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-8

स रामं दृश्य सहसा पूर्णचन्द्रसमद्युतिम् ।
अगस्त्यं कथयामास संप्रातमृषिभिः सह ॥८॥

8. sa rāmaṃ dṛśya sahasā pūrṇacandrasamadyutim ,
agastyaṃ kathayāmāsa saṃprātamṛṣibhiḥ saha.

8. sa rāmam dṛṣṭvā sahasā pūrṇacandrasamadyutim
agastyam kathayāmāsa samprātam ṛṣibhiḥ saha

8. sa pūrṇacandrasamadyutim rāmam dṛṣṭvā sahasā
ṛṣibhiḥ saha samprātam agastyam kathayāmāsa

8. He, having quickly seen Rāma, whose splendor was like that of the full moon, then announced that Agastya had arrived with the sages (muni).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - the doorkeeper (he, that)

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, forcibly

• पूर्णचन्द्रसमद्युतिम् (pūrṇacandrasamadyutim) - Rāma, whose splendor was like that of the full moon (whose splendor is like the full moon)

• अगस्त्यम् (agastyam) - Agastya

• कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - informed, narrated, told

• सम्प्रातम् (samprātam) - Agastya, having arrived (arrived, obtained, reached)

• ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the sages, with the sages

• सह (saha) - with, together with

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - the doorkeeper (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma, charming, pleasing

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, forcibly

(indeclinable)

पूर्णचन्द्रसमद्युतिम् (pūrṇacandrasamadyutim) - Rāma, whose splendor was like that of the full moon (whose splendor is like the full moon)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūrṇacandrasamadyuti

pūrṇacandrasamadyuti - having a luster like the full moon

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pūrṇacandra+sama+dyuti)

• pūrṇacandra – full moon
  noun (masculine)
  Karmadhāraya compound: pūrṇa (full) + candra (moon)
• sama – like, equal, similar
  adjective
• dyuti – splendor, luster, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dyut' (to shine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'rāmam'.

अगस्त्यम् (agastyam) - Agastya

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - name of a revered sage

कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - informed, narrated, told

(verb)

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

Denominative verb

Formed from noun 'kathā' (story)

Root: kath (class 10)

सम्प्रातम् (samprātam) - Agastya, having arrived (arrived, obtained, reached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, reached, obtained, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'āp' with prefixes 'sam' and 'pra'

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'agastyam'.

ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the sages, with the sages

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

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