वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-49, verse-9

एता बहुविधा वाचः श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणभाषिताः ।
सुमन्त्रः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥९॥

9. etā bahuvidhā vācaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇabhāṣitāḥ ,
sumantraḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha.

9. etāḥ bahu-vidhāḥ vācaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇa-bhāṣitāḥ
sumantraḥ prāñjaliḥ bhūtvā vākyam etat uvāca ha

9. lakṣmaṇa-bhāṣitāḥ etāḥ bahu-vidhāḥ vācaḥ śrutvā,
sumantraḥ prāñjaliḥ bhūtvā,
etat vākyam uvāca ha

9. Having heard these many kinds of words spoken by Lakṣmaṇa, Sumantra, becoming reverent (prāñjali), then spoke this statement.

Words meanings summery:

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• बहु-विधाः (bahu-vidhāḥ) - of many kinds, various

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• लक्ष्मण-भाषिताः (lakṣmaṇa-bhāṣitāḥ) - spoken by Lakṣmaṇa

• सुमन्त्रः (sumantraḥ) - Sumantra

• प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, reverent

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, sentence

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle

Words meanings and morphology

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

बहु-विधाः (bahu-vidhāḥ) - of many kinds, various

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahu-vidha

bahu-vidha - of many kinds, various, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agreeing with 'vācaḥ'

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

लक्ष्मण-भाषिताः (lakṣmaṇa-bhāṣitāḥ) - spoken by Lakṣmaṇa

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of lakṣmaṇa-bhāṣita

lakṣmaṇa-bhāṣita - spoken by Lakṣmaṇa

Past Passive Participle

Compound of Lakṣmaṇa and bhāṣita (PPP of √bhāṣ 'to speak')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lakṣmaṇa+bhāṣita)

• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rāma's brother)
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhāṣita – spoken, said
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhāṣ (to speak)
  Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with 'vācaḥ'

सुमन्त्रः (sumantraḥ) - Sumantra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumantra

sumantra - Sumantra (name of Daśaratha's charioteer and minister); good counsel, good mantra

प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, reverent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāñjali

prāñjali - with folded hands (a gesture of respect or reverence), reverent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pra+añjali)

• pra – forward, onward, forth, very, greatly
  indeclinable
• añjali – hollow of the hands, folded hands (as a gesture of reverence)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Agreeing with 'sumantraḥ'

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root bhū with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, that

Note: Agreeing with 'vākyam'

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect

Root vac (to speak), perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle

(indeclinable)