वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-79, verse-1

तां कथामिलसंबद्धां रामेण समुदीरिताम् ।
लक्ष्मणो भरतश्चैव श्रुत्वा परमविस्मितौ ॥१॥

1. tāṃ kathāmilasaṃbaddhāṃ rāmeṇa samudīritām ,
lakṣmaṇo bharataścaiva śrutvā paramavismitau.

1. tām kathām ilā sambaddhām rāmeṇa samudirītām
lakṣmaṇaḥ bharataḥ ca eva śrutvā parama vismitau

1. rāmeṇa samudirītām ilā sambaddhām tām kathām
śrutvā eva lakṣmaṇaḥ ca bharataḥ parama vismitau

1. Having heard that story, related by Rāma and concerning Ilā, Lakṣmaṇa and Bharata were exceedingly astonished.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that, her

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, narrative, tale

• इला (ilā) - The mythological king Sudyumna in his female form. (Ilā (proper noun))

• सम्बद्धाम् (sambaddhām) - related to Ilā (connected, related, joined)

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rāma

• समुदिरीताम् (samudirītām) - recounted by Rāma (recounted, narrated, uttered)

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Rāma's brother. (Lakṣmaṇa (proper noun))

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Rāma's brother. (Bharata (proper noun))

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, even

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• परम (parama) - exceedingly, extremely (as an intensifying prefix) (supreme, highest, utmost, excellent)

• विस्मितौ (vismitau) - exceedingly astonished (astonished, amazed, surprised)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that, her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथाम् (kathām) - story, narrative, tale

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, narrative, tale, discourse

इला (ilā) - The mythological king Sudyumna in his female form. (Ilā (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ilā

ilā - Ilā (name of a legendary figure, often associated with transformations between male and female forms); earth; speech

Note: Used here as the first part of the compound 'ilā-sambaddhām'.

सम्बद्धाम् (sambaddhām) - related to Ilā (connected, related, joined)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sambaddha

sambaddha - connected, joined, related, bound

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'bandh' (to bind) with the prefix 'sam-'.

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 1)

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rāma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of an incarnation of Viṣṇu, son of Daśaratha)

समुदिरीताम् (samudirītām) - recounted by Rāma (recounted, narrated, uttered)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samudīrita

samudīrita - recounted, narrated, uttered, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'īr' (to stir, utter) with prefixes 'sam-' and 'ud-'.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: īr (class 2)

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Rāma's brother. (Lakṣmaṇa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rāma's younger brother)

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Rāma's brother. (Bharata (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of one of Rāma's brothers, or an ancient king)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, even

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from the root 'śru' (to hear) with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

परम (parama) - exceedingly, extremely (as an intensifying prefix) (supreme, highest, utmost, excellent)

(adjective)

of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent, chief

विस्मितौ (vismitau) - exceedingly astonished (astonished, amazed, surprised)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vismita

vismita - astonished, amazed, surprised

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'smi' (to smile) with the prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: smi (class 1)