वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-97, verse-9

तच्छ्रुत्वा भरतेनोक्तं दृष्ट्वा चापि ह्यधो मुखान् ।
पौरान्दुःखेन संतप्तान् वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥९॥

9. tacchrutvā bharatenoktaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpi hyadho mukhān ,
paurānduḥkhena saṃtaptān vasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt.

9. tat śrutvā bharatena uktam dṛṣṭvā ca api hi adho mukhān
paurān duḥkhena saṃtaptān vasiṣṭhaḥ vākyam abravīt

9. bharatena uktam tat śrutvā ca api hi duḥkhena saṃtaptān
adho mukhān paurān dṛṣṭvā vasiṣṭhaḥ vākyam abravīt

9. Having heard what Bharata said, and seeing the citizens with their faces cast down, tormented by sorrow, Vasiṣṭha spoke.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to what Bharata said) (that, this)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

• उक्तम् (uktam) - what was said (said, spoken)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• हि (hi) - (emphatic particle, often untranslated in this context) (indeed, for)

• अधो (adho) - down (in 'downcast faces') (down, downwards, below)

• मुखान् (mukhān) - faces (faces, mouth)

• पौरान् (paurān) - citizens, townsmen

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow (by sorrow, with pain)

• संतप्तान् (saṁtaptān) - tormented (distressed, afflicted, tormented)

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement (speech, word, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he spoke, he said)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to what Bharata said) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the statement made by Bharata.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive (ktvā)

Root: śru (class 5)

भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name, brother of Rama)

Note: Agent of the action 'spoken'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - what was said (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

past passive participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive (ktvā)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - (emphatic particle, often untranslated in this context) (indeed, for)

(indeclinable)

अधो (adho) - down (in 'downcast faces') (down, downwards, below)

(indeclinable)

मुखान् (mukhān) - faces (faces, mouth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, entrance

Note: Part of the compound `adhomukha` (downcast face), here in accusative plural.

पौरान् (paurān) - citizens, townsmen

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, townsman, inhabitant of a city

Note: Object of `dṛṣṭvā`.

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow (by sorrow, with pain)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

Note: Indicates the cause or means of distress.

संतप्तान् (saṁtaptān) - tormented (distressed, afflicted, tormented)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃtapta

saṁtapta - heated, afflicted, distressed, tormented

past passive participle

From root tap (to heat, suffer) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `paurān`.

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage in Hindu tradition)

Note: Subject of `abravīt`.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement (speech, word, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

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

imperfect, 3rd person singular

Root: bru (class 2)