वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-48, verse-16

स्वागतं ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ चिरस्यागमनं प्रभो ।
अभिवादयामः सर्वास्त्वामुच्यतां किं च कुर्महे ॥१६॥

16. svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha cirasyāgamanaṃ prabho ,
abhivādayāmaḥ sarvāstvāmucyatāṃ kiṃ ca kurmahe.

16. svāgatam te muniśreṣṭha cirasya āgamanam prabho
abhivādayāmaḥ sarvāḥ tvām ucyatām kim ca kurmahe

16. muniśreṣṭha prabho te svāgatam cirasya āgamanam
sarvāḥ tvām abhivādayāmaḥ ca kim ucyatām kurmahe

16. "Welcome to you, O best of sages (muni)! Your arrival, O lord, is after a long time. All of us salute you. Please tell us what we can do for you."

Words meanings summery:

• स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome, good arrival

• ते (te) - to you, for you (dative singular)

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ (muniśreṣṭha) - O best of sages, O most excellent sage

• चिरस्य (cirasya) - of a long time, after a long time

• आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival, coming, approach

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

• अभिवादयामः (abhivādayāmaḥ) - we salute, we pay homage

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all of us (female ascetics) (all (feminine plural))

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - tell us (what to do) (let it be said, tell us, please speak)

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• कुर्महे (kurmahe) - we do, we make, we perform

Words meanings and morphology

स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome, good arrival

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well arrived, good arrival

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+āgata)

• su – good, well, excellent (prefix)
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root gam (to go) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

ते (te) - to you, for you (dative singular)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Second person pronoun.

मुनिश्रेष्ठ (muniśreṣṭha) - O best of sages, O most excellent sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muniśreṣṭha

muniśreṣṭha - best of sages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+śreṣṭha)

• muni – sage, ascetic, holy person
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent).

चिरस्य (cirasya) - of a long time, after a long time

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cira

cira - long (of time), lasting, old, ancient

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'after a long time'.

आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival, coming, approach

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - arrival, coming, approach

Derived from the root gam (to go) with the prefix ā- and suffix -ana.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king, powerful, mighty

अभिवादयामः (abhivādayāmaḥ) - we salute, we pay homage

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhi-vad

present

Root vad (to speak) with prefix abhi-. Present 1st person plural.

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all of us (female ascetics) (all (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Second person pronoun.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - tell us (what to do) (let it be said, tell us, please speak)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

imperative

Root vac (to speak). Imperative 3rd person singular passive.

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

कुर्महे (kurmahe) - we do, we make, we perform

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present

Root kṛ (to do). Present 1st person plural middle voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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