वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-41, verse-23

प्रहसन्ती तु वैदेही रामं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ।
तपोवनानि पुण्यानि द्रष्टुमिच्छामि राघव ॥२३॥

23. prahasantī tu vaidehī rāmaṃ vākyamathābravīt ,
tapovanāni puṇyāni draṣṭumicchāmi rāghava.

23. prahasantī tu vaidehī rāmam vākyam atha abravīt
tapovanāni puṇyāni draṣṭum icchāmi rāghava

23. tu prahasantī vaidehī atha rāmam vākyam abravīt:
rāghava puṇyāni tapovanāni draṣṭum icchāmi

23. But Vaidehī, smiling, then spoke this word to Rāma: 'O Rāma (Rāghava), I wish to see the sacred hermitages.'

Words meanings summery:

• प्रहसन्ती (prahasantī) - smiling

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā (Vaidehī (Sītā, princess of Videha))

• रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - this statement or speech (word, speech, sentence)

• अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she said

• तपोवनानि (tapovanāni) - hermitages, ascetic groves

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred, holy, meritorious

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• राघव (rāghava) - Rāma, addressed directly by Sītā (O Rāma (descendant of Raghu))

Words meanings and morphology

प्रहसन्ती (prahasantī) - smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prahasant

prahasant - smiling, laughing

Present Active Participle

From root has with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Qualifies vaidehī.

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

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

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā (Vaidehī (Sītā, princess of Videha))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sītā

Derived from Videha (the kingdom of Sītā's father)

Note: Subject of abravīt.

रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the son of Daśaratha), delight, joy

Note: Direct object of abravīt (recipient of the speech).

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - this statement or speech (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, word

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abravīt.

अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence of events.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she 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).

तपोवनानि (tapovanāni) - hermitages, ascetic groves

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tapovana

tapovana - hermitage, ascetic grove, forest for austerities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+vana)

• tapas – austerity, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of draṣṭum.

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred, holy, meritorious

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - auspicious, sacred, holy, pure, meritorious

Note: Qualifies tapovanāni.

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present 1st singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Root iṣ (6th class, parasmaipada).

राघव (rāghava) - Rāma, addressed directly by Sītā (O Rāma (descendant of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

A patronymic from Raghu