वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-88, verse-13

तस्मिंस्तु धरणी देवी बाहुभ्यां गृह्य मैथिलीम् ।
स्वागतेनाभिनन्द्यैनामासने चोपवेषयत् ॥१३॥

13. tasmiṃstu dharaṇī devī bāhubhyāṃ gṛhya maithilīm ,
svāgatenābhinandyaināmāsane copaveṣayat.

13. tasmin tu dharaṇī devī bāhubhyām gṛhya maithilīm
svāgatena abhinandya enām āsane ca upaveṣayat

13. tasmin tu dharaṇī devī bāhubhyām maithilīm gṛhya
svāgatena enām abhinandya ca āsane upaveṣayat

13. At that moment, Goddess Earth, holding Maithili in her two arms, welcomed her and made her sit upon a seat.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - then, at that moment (in that, on that, then)

• तु (tu) - then, indeed (but, indeed, yet, then)

• धरणी (dharaṇī) - Goddess Earth (earth, ground, land)

• देवी (devī) - Goddess (referring to Earth) (goddess, divine woman)

• बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with her two arms (with two arms)

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having embraced/held (having taken, having seized, having held)

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sītā (Maithili (princess of Mithila), Sītā)

• स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - with a welcome (with welcome, by a welcome)

• अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having welcomed (having welcomed, having praised)

• एनाम् (enām) - her (Sītā) (her, this (feminine))

• आसने (āsane) - on a seat (on a seat, in a seat, on a posture)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उपवेषयत् (upaveṣayat) - she made her sit (she made him/her sit)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - then, at that moment (in that, on that, then)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the moment Sita entered the earth.

तु (tu) - then, indeed (but, indeed, yet, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

धरणी (dharaṇī) - Goddess Earth (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharaṇī

dharaṇī - earth, ground

From root dhṛ (to bear), with -aṇī suffix. Meaning 'that which holds'.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

देवी (devī) - Goddess (referring to Earth) (goddess, divine woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Feminine form of deva.

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with her two arms (with two arms)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having embraced/held (having taken, having seized, having held)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root grah (gṛh) with suffix -ya.

Root: grah (class 9)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sītā (Maithili (princess of Mithila), Sītā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - princess of Mithila, Sītā

Feminine derivative of mithila.

स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - with a welcome (with welcome, by a welcome)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, good arrival

Compound of su (good) + āgata (arrived).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+āgata)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• āgata – arrived, come
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go) with upasarga ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having welcomed (having welcomed, having praised)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root nand (to rejoice) with upasarga abhi, and suffix -ya.

Prefix: abhi

Root: nand (class 1)

एनाम् (enām) - her (Sītā) (her, this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enā

enā - her, this

Feminine accusative singular of the pronominal stem ena-.

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

आसने (āsane) - on a seat (on a seat, in a seat, on a posture)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āsana

āsana - seat, sitting, posture

From root ās (to sit).

Root: ās (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

उपवेषयत् (upaveṣayat) - she made her sit (she made him/her sit)

(verb)

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

Causative

Causative of root viś (to enter) with upasarga upa. Pāṇinian dhātupāṭha suggests viś (6th class), so causative stem is upaveśay.

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

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