वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-41, verse-21

दृष्ट्वा तु राघवः पत्नीं कल्याणेन समन्विताम् ।
प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे साधु साध्विति चाब्रवीत् ॥२१॥

21. dṛṣṭvā tu rāghavaḥ patnīṃ kalyāṇena samanvitām ,
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe sādhu sādhviti cābravīt.

21. dṛṣṭvā tu rāghavaḥ patnīm kalyāṇena samanvitām
praharṣam atulam lebhe sādhu sādhu iti ca abravīt

21. tu rāghavaḥ kalyāṇena samanvitām patnīm dṛṣṭvā
atulam praharṣam lebhe ca sādhu sādhu iti abravīt

21. But Rāma (Rāghava), having seen his wife, endowed with auspiciousness, felt immense joy and exclaimed, 'Excellent! Excellent!'

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma, son of Daśaratha (Rāma (descendant of Raghu))

• पत्नीम् (patnīm) - his wife, Sītā (wife)

• कल्याणेन (kalyāṇena) - with auspiciousness, with welfare

• समन्विताम् (samanvitām) - endowed with, accompanied by

• प्रहर्षम् (praharṣam) - great joy, delight

• अतुलम् (atulam) - immeasurable, incomparable

• लेभे (lebhe) - he obtained, he received

• साधु (sādhu) - An exclamation of approval (good, excellent, well done)

• साधु (sādhu) - An exclamation of approval (good, excellent, well done)

• इति (iti) - Marks the preceding sādhu sādhu as a quotation (thus, so (quotation marker))

• च (ca) - and, also

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Indeclinable participle from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle, here meaning 'but'.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma, son of Daśaratha (Rāma (descendant of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

A patronymic from Raghu

Note: Subject of the sentence.

पत्नीम् (patnīm) - his wife, Sītā (wife)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

कल्याणेन (kalyāṇena) - with auspiciousness, with welfare

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - auspicious, propitious, excellence, welfare, happiness

समन्विताम् (samanvitām) - endowed with, accompanied by

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samanvita

samanvita - endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of

Past Passive Participle

From root i with sam-an

Prefixes: sam+an

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies patnīm.

प्रहर्षम् (praharṣam) - great joy, delight

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praharṣa

praharṣa - great joy, delight, ecstasy

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of lebhe.

अतुलम् (atulam) - immeasurable, incomparable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of atula

atula - incomparable, immeasurable, unequalled

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tula)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• tula – measure, comparison, equality
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies praharṣam.

लेभे (lebhe) - he obtained, he received

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of labh

perfect 3rd singular middle

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Root labh (1st class, atmanepada).

साधु (sādhu) - An exclamation of approval (good, excellent, well done)

(adjective)

of sādhu

sādhu - good, excellent, virtuous, well

Note: Used as an exclamation.

साधु (sādhu) - An exclamation of approval (good, excellent, well done)

(adjective)

of sādhu

sādhu - good, excellent, virtuous, well

Note: Used as an exclamation.

इति (iti) - Marks the preceding sādhu sādhu as a quotation (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two actions: obtaining joy and speaking.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Root brū (2nd class, parasmaipada).

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