वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-16, verse-17

अचिन्तयित्वा स तदा नन्दिवाक्यं निशाचरः ।
पर्वतं तं समासाद्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥१७॥

17. acintayitvā sa tadā nandivākyaṃ niśācaraḥ ,
parvataṃ taṃ samāsādya vākyametaduvāca ha.

17. acintayitvā saḥ tadā nandivākyam niśācaraḥ
parvatam tam samāsādya vākyam etat uvāca ha

17. tadā niśācaraḥ saḥ nandivākyam acintayitvā
tam parvatam samāsādya etat vākyam ha uvāca

17. Without considering Nandi's words, that night-wanderer (Rāvaṇa) then approached that mountain and indeed spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• अचिन्तयित्वा (acintayitvā) - without having thought, without having considered

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• नन्दिवाक्यम् (nandivākyam) - Nandi's words, Nandi's speech

• निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - Rāvaṇa (as the night-wanderer) (the night-wanderer, the demon)

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

• तम् (tam) - that

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, speech, sentence

• एतत् (etat) - this

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

Words meanings and morphology

अचिन्तयित्वा (acintayitvā) - without having thought, without having considered

(indeclinable)

causative of cit, with negative prefix a-

Prefix: a

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

नन्दिवाक्यम् (nandivākyam) - Nandi's words, Nandi's speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nandivākya

nandivākya - Nandi's words, Nandi's speech

compound of Nandi (proper noun) and vākya (word)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nandi+vākya)

• nandi – Nandi (name of Shiva's bull and doorkeeper)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vākya – word, speech, sentence, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - Rāvaṇa (as the night-wanderer) (the night-wanderer, the demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, goblin

compound of niśā (night) and cara (moving, wandering)

Compound type : tatpurusha (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering; one who moves
  adjective (masculine)
  root car + a
  Root: car (class 1)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached

(indeclinable)

verb root sad with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)