वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-88, verse-9

सर्वान् समागतान्दृष्ट्वा सीता काषायवासिनी ।
अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमधोदृष्टिरवान्मुखी ॥९॥

9. sarvān samāgatāndṛṣṭvā sītā kāṣāyavāsinī ,
abravīt prāñjalirvākyamadhodṛṣṭiravānmukhī.

9. sarvān samāgatān dṛṣṭvā sītā kāṣāyavāsinī
abravīt prāñjaliḥ vākyam adhodṛṣṭiḥ avānmukhī

9. sītā kāṣāyavāsinī adhodṛṣṭiḥ avānmukhī
prāñjaliḥ samāgatān sarvān dṛṣṭvā vākyam abravīt

9. Having seen everyone assembled, Sita, dressed in saffron robes, with her gaze and face downcast, spoke with folded hands.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, everyone

• समागतान् (samāgatān) - assembled, arrived, gathered

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• सीता (sītā) - Sita, wife of Rama (Sita)

• काषायवासिनी (kāṣāyavāsinī) - wearing saffron robes

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, reverent

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• अधोदृष्टिः (adhodṛṣṭiḥ) - with downcast gaze, looking downwards

• अवान्मुखी (avānmukhī) - with downcast face, facing downwards

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, everyone

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

समागतान् (samāgatān) - assembled, arrived, gathered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, arrived, approached, met

Past Passive Participle

from sam-ā-gam + kta

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from dṛś + ktvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सीता (sītā) - Sita, wife of Rama (Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita, furrow

काषायवासिनी (kāṣāyavāsinī) - wearing saffron robes

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāṣāyavāsinī

kāṣāyavāsin - wearing a reddish-brown garment, dressed in saffron robes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṣāya+vāsin)

• kāṣāya – reddish-brown, saffron (color or garment)
  noun/adjective (neuter/masculine)
• vāsin – wearing, dwelling, inhabitant
  noun/adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  from vas 'to wear' or 'to dwell'
  Root: vas (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, reverent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāñjali

prāñjali - with folded hands (in respect), reverent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pra+añjali)

• pra – forward, forth, before (prefix)
  indeclinable
• añjali – folded hands, reverence, salutation
  noun (masculine)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

अधोदृष्टिः (adhodṛṣṭiḥ) - with downcast gaze, looking downwards

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adhodṛṣṭi

adhodṛṣṭi - having downcast eyes, looking downwards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adhas+dṛṣṭi)

• adhas – below, downwards, underneath
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭi – sight, gaze, vision
  noun (feminine)

अवान्मुखी (avānmukhī) - with downcast face, facing downwards

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avānmukha

avānmukha - having a downcast face, facing downwards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avāñc+mukha)

• avāñc – downwards, turned downwards
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• mukha – face, mouth, opening
  noun (neuter)

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