वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-79, verse-18

शुभं तु तस्य तद्वाक्यं मधुरं मधुराक्षरम् ।
श्रुत्वा तु ताः स्त्रियः सर्वा ऊचुर्मधुरया गिरा ॥१८॥

18. śubhaṃ tu tasya tadvākyaṃ madhuraṃ madhurākṣaram ,
śrutvā tu tāḥ striyaḥ sarvā ūcurmadhurayā girā.

18. śubham tu tasya tat vākyam madhuram madhurākṣaram
śrutvā tu tāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ ūcuḥ madhurayā girā

18. Having heard that auspicious and sweet speech of his, with its melodious syllables, all those women then spoke with a sweet voice.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, beautiful

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, then, on the other hand

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, that

• तत् (tat) - that

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, utterance

• मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet, pleasant

• मधुराक्षरम् (madhurākṣaram) - having sweet syllables, melodious

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, then

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• मधुरया (madhurayā) - with sweet, with pleasant (feminine)

• गिरा (girā) - with voice, with speech

Words meanings and morphology

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious

तु (tu) - but, indeed, then, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, utterance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, utterance

मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet, pleasant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

मधुराक्षरम् (madhurākṣaram) - having sweet syllables, melodious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhurākṣara

madhurākṣara - having sweet syllables, melodious, soft-spoken

Compound type : karmadhāraya (madhura+akṣara)

• madhura – sweet, pleasant, charming
  adjective (neuter)
• akṣara – syllable, imperishable, letter
  noun (neuter)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

root 'śru' with gerund suffix '-tvā'

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, then

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मधुरया (madhurayā) - with sweet, with pleasant (feminine)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

गिरा (girā) - with voice, with speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gir

gir - voice, speech, song