वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-48, verse-17

तासां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा वाल्मीकिरिदमब्रवीत् ।
सीतेयं समनुप्राप्ता पत्नी रामस्य धीमतः ॥१७॥

17. tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vālmīkiridamabravīt ,
sīteyaṃ samanuprāptā patnī rāmasya dhīmataḥ.

17. tāsām tat vacanam śrutvā vālmīkiḥ idam abravīt
| sītā iyam samanuprāptā patnī rāmasya dhīmataḥ

17. vālmīkiḥ tāsām tat vacanam śrutvā idam abravīt
iyam sītā dhīmataḥ rāmasya patnī samanuprāptā

17. Having heard their words, Vālmīki spoke this: "This is Sītā, the wife of the wise Rāma, who has arrived here."

Words meanings summery:

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of them, of those

• तत् (tat) - that

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वाल्मीकिः (vālmīkiḥ) - Valmiki

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• सीता (sītā) - Sita

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• समनुप्राप्ता (samanuprāptā) - has arrived, well-attained

• पत्नी (patnī) - wife

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise, intelligent

Words meanings and morphology

तासाम् (tāsām) - of them, of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'vacanam'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive form from root 'śru'

Root: śru (class 5)

वाल्मीकिः (vālmīkiḥ) - Valmiki

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālmīki

vālmīki - Valmiki (name of the sage and author of the Rāmāyaṇa)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to the following statement.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

सीता (sītā) - Sita

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (name of Rama's wife)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to Sita.

समनुप्राप्ता (samanuprāptā) - has arrived, well-attained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samanuprāpta

samanuprāpta - arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

PPP from root 'āp' with upasargas 'sam', 'anu', 'pra'

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Qualifies Sita.

पत्नी (patnī) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress of the house

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the hero of Ramayana)

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise, intelligent

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent, sagacious

Possessive suffix -mat added to 'dhī' (intellect)

Note: Qualifies Rama.