वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-11, verse-28

एवमुक्त्वा धनाध्यक्षो जगाम पितुरन्तिकम् ।
अभिवाद्य गुरुं प्राह रावणस्य यदीप्सितम् ॥२८॥

28. evamuktvā dhanādhyakṣo jagāma piturantikam ,
abhivādya guruṃ prāha rāvaṇasya yadīpsitam.

28. evam uktvā dhanādhyakṣaḥ jagāma pituḥ antikam
abhivādya gurum prāha rāvaṇasya yat īpsitam

28. evam uktvā dhanādhyakṣaḥ pituḥ antikam jagāma
gurum abhivādya rāvaṇasya yat īpsitam prāha

28. Having spoken thus, the lord of wealth (Kubera) went to his father. After saluting his teacher (guru), he reported what Rāvaṇa desired.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, after saying

• धनाध्यक्षः (dhanādhyakṣaḥ) - Kubera (lord of wealth, treasurer)

• जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, from the father

• अन्तिकम् (antikam) - near, to the proximity

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having bowed

• गुरुम् (gurum) - his father, Viśravas (teacher, preceptor)

• प्राह (prāha) - he said, he spoke

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for, sought

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, after saying

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root `vac` (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

धनाध्यक्षः (dhanādhyakṣaḥ) - Kubera (lord of wealth, treasurer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanādhyakṣa

dhanādhyakṣa - lord of wealth, treasurer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+adhyakṣa)

• dhana – wealth, riches, money
  noun (neuter)
• adhyakṣa – superintendent, chief, overseer
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi

जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of gam

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular, intensive stem `jagā-` (reduplicated)

Root: gam (class 1)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, from the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

अन्तिकम् (antikam) - near, to the proximity

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'to the vicinity of'.

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having bowed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root `vad` (to speak) with prefix `abhi-` and suffix -ya (after prefixes)

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

गुरुम् (gurum) - his father, Viśravas (teacher, preceptor)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, respected elder

प्राह (prāha) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of brū

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular form from root `brū` with prefix `pra-`

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper name, king of Laṅkā)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for, sought

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, sought

past passive participle

derived from the desiderative stem of root `āp` (to obtain)

Root: āp (class 5)

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