वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-71, verse-1

एतदाख्याय रामाय महर्षिः कुम्भसंभवः ।
अस्यामेवापरं वाक्यं कथायामुपचक्रमे ॥१॥

1. etadākhyāya rāmāya maharṣiḥ kumbhasaṃbhavaḥ ,
asyāmevāparaṃ vākyaṃ kathāyāmupacakrame.

1. etat ākhyāya rāmāya maharṣiḥ kumbhasambhavaḥ
asyām eva aparam vākyam kathāyām upacakrame

1. Having narrated this to Rāma, the great sage Agastya then commenced another statement within this same narrative.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this narrative (this)

• आख्याय (ākhyāya) - having narrated, after telling

• रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma

• महर्षिः (maharṣiḥ) - the great sage Agastya (great sage, seer)

• कुम्भसम्भवः (kumbhasambhavaḥ) - Agastya (the sage born from a jar) (born from a jar)

• अस्याम् (asyām) - in this story/narrative (in this)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• अपरम् (aparam) - another, further, other

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, sentence, discourse

• कथायाम् (kathāyām) - in the story, in the narrative

• उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, undertook, commenced

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this narrative (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

आख्याय (ākhyāya) - having narrated, after telling

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from the root 'khyā' (to tell, relate) with the prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā

रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name, son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming

महर्षिः (maharṣiḥ) - the great sage Agastya (great sage, seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, great seer

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahat+ṛṣi)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

कुम्भसम्भवः (kumbhasambhavaḥ) - Agastya (the sage born from a jar) (born from a jar)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhasambhava

kumbhasambhava - born from a jar (an epithet of Agastya)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kumbha+sambhava)

• kumbha – jar, pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• sambhava – origin, birth, born from, produced from
  adjective
  Derived from verb bhū with prefix sam
  Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be, to exist) with the prefix 'sam' (together, with), indicating origin.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū

अस्याम् (asyām) - in this story/narrative (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

अपरम् (aparam) - another, further, other

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, sentence, discourse

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - sentence, speech, statement, discourse, word

कथायाम् (kathāyām) - in the story, in the narrative

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, undertook, commenced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of upa-kram

Root 'kram' (class 1, also ātmanepada in perfect tense).

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)