महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-149, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्तु भीमेन स्मितं कृत्वा प्लवंगमः ।
तद्रूपं दर्शयामास यद्वै सागरलङ्घने ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktastu bhīmena smitaṁ kṛtvā plavaṁgamaḥ ,
tadrūpaṁ darśayāmāsa yadvai sāgaralaṅghane.

2. vaiśampāyana uvāca | evam uktaḥ tu bhīmena smitam kṛtvā
plavaṃgamaḥ | tat rūpam darśayāmāsa yat vai sāgaralaṅghane

2. Vaiśampāyana said: "After being thus addressed by Bhīma, the monkey (Hanumān), smiling, displayed the form which he had assumed for crossing the ocean."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - The narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by Bhīma) (said, spoken, addressed)

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

• भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhīma

• स्मितम् (smitam) - a smile, smiling

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (a smile), i.e., smiling (having done, having made)

• प्लवंगमः (plavaṁgamaḥ) - Hanumān (monkey, 'one who goes by leaping')

• तत् (tat) - that (particular) (that)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

• दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - showed, caused to be seen

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• सागरलङ्घने (sāgaralaṅghane) - in crossing the ocean, for leaping the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - The narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root 'vac', Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by Bhīma) (said, spoken, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

vac - to speak, say

Past Passive Participle

Root 'vac', Past Passive Participle, nominative singular masculine

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'plavaṃgamaḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: A particle used for emphasis or contrast.

भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhīma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (one of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'uktaḥ'.

स्मितम् (smitam) - a smile, smiling

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of smita

smita - a smile, smiling

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Root 'smi', Past Passive Participle, used as a neuter noun

Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Object of the absolutive 'kṛtvā'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (a smile), i.e., smiling (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Root 'kṛ', suffix '-tvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्लवंगमः (plavaṁgamaḥ) - Hanumān (monkey, 'one who goes by leaping')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of plavaṃgama

plavaṁgama - monkey, 'one who goes by leaping'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (plava+gama)

• plava – a jump, a leap
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to Hanumān.

तत् (tat) - that (particular) (that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun, nominative/accusative neuter singular

Note: Here qualifying 'rūpam'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance

Note: Object of 'darśayāmāsa'.

दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - showed, caused to be seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Causative Perfect Active

Causative stem of root 'dṛś', Perfect 3rd person singular. Formed with an aux. verb 'ās' which coalesces with 'darśaya'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: This is a Periphrastic Perfect form.

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Relative pronoun, nominative/accusative neuter singular

Note: Refers to 'rūpam'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सागरलङ्घने (sāgaralaṅghane) - in crossing the ocean, for leaping the ocean

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sāgaralaṅghana

sāgaralaṅghana - crossing the ocean, leaping over the ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāgara+laṅghana)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• laṅghana – leaping over, crossing, transgressing
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  From root 'laṅgh' (to leap, cross)
  Root: laṅgh (class 1)

Note: Refers to Hanumān's famous leap to Laṅkā.