वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-92, verse-14

भरतो ऽपि तथैवोष्य संवत्सरमथाधिकम् ।
अयोध्यां पुनरगम्य रामपादाव् उपागमत् ॥१४॥

14. bharato'pi tathaivoṣya saṃvatsaramathādhikam ,
ayodhyāṃ punaragamya rāmapādāv upāgamat.

14. bharataḥ api tathā eva uṣya saṃvatsaram atha
adhikam ayodhyām punaḥ āgamya rāmapādau upāgamat

14. bharataḥ api tathā eva adhikam saṃvatsaram
uṣya punaḥ ayodhyām āgamya rāmapādau upāgamat

14. Bharata also, having resided similarly for more than a year, returned to Ayodhya and approached the feet of Rama.

Words meanings summery:

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata, brother of Rama (Bharata)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, similarly

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

• उष्य (uṣya) - having resided, having dwelt

• संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for the duration of a year (a year)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अधिकम् (adhikam) - for more (than a year) (more, additional, excessive)

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - to Ayodhya

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

• आगम्य (āgamya) - having returned (to Ayodhya) (having come, having gone, having returned)

• रामपादौ (rāmapādau) - to Rama's feet

• उपागमत् (upāgamat) - he approached, came near

Words meanings and morphology

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata, brother of Rama (Bharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of an ancient king, or a brother of Rama)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

उष्य (uṣya) - having resided, having dwelt

(verbal derivative)

संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for the duration of a year (a year)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year, a complete revolution of the seasons

Note: Accusative case indicates duration of time.

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

अधिकम् (adhikam) - for more (than a year) (more, additional, excessive)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhika

adhika - additional, excessive, more, exceeding, superior

Note: Used adverbially, 'more than'.

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - to Ayodhya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (an ancient city, capital of Kosala)

Note: Indicates destination.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

(indeclinable)

आगम्य (āgamya) - having returned (to Ayodhya) (having come, having gone, having returned)

(verbal derivative)

रामपादौ (rāmapādau) - to Rama's feet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of rāmapāda

rāmapāda - feet of Rama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+pāda)

• rāma – Rama (an incarnation of Vishnu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter, ray, column
  noun (masculine)

Note: Dual form refers to both feet. Accusative indicates the object of the verb 'approached'.

उपागमत् (upāgamat) - he approached, came near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Verb form with prefixes upa- + ā-.

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