वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-40, verse-2

अथापराह्णसमये भ्रातृभिः सह राघवः ।
शुश्राव मधुरां वाणीमन्तरिक्षात् प्रभाषिताम् ॥२॥

2. athāparāhṇasamaye bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rāghavaḥ ,
śuśrāva madhurāṃ vāṇīmantarikṣāt prabhāṣitām.

2. atha aparāhṇasamaye bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rāghavaḥ
śuśrāva madhurām vāṇīm antarikṣāt prabhāṣitām

2. atha rāghavaḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha aparāhṇasamaye
antarikṣāt prabhāṣitām madhurām vāṇīm śuśrāva

2. Then, in the afternoon, Rāghava, accompanied by his brothers, heard a sweet voice spoken from the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अपराह्णसमये (aparāhṇasamaye) - at the time of afternoon, in the afternoon

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by the brothers, with the brothers

• सह (saha) - with, together with, accompanied by

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma)

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

• मधुराम् (madhurām) - sweet, pleasant, melodious

• वाणीम् (vāṇīm) - voice, speech

• अन्तरिक्षात् (antarikṣāt) - from the sky, from space

• प्रभाषिताम् (prabhāṣitām) - spoken, uttered, addressed

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अपराह्णसमये (aparāhṇasamaye) - at the time of afternoon, in the afternoon

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aparāhṇasamaya

aparāhṇasamaya - afternoon time

Compound type : tatpurusha (aparāhṇa+samaya)

• aparāhṇa – afternoon
  noun (masculine)
• samaya – time, season, occasion
  noun (masculine)

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by the brothers, with the brothers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

सह (saha) - with, together with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मधुराम् (madhurām) - sweet, pleasant, melodious

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, charming, melodious, pleasant

वाणीम् (vāṇīm) - voice, speech

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāṇī

vāṇī - voice, speech, sound, word

अन्तरिक्षात् (antarikṣāt) - from the sky, from space

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - atmosphere, sky, space between heaven and earth

प्रभाषिताम् (prabhāṣitām) - spoken, uttered, addressed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhāṣita

prabhāṣita - spoken, addressed, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root bhāṣ (to speak) with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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