महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-270, verse-7

ततस्तान्सहसा दीर्णान्दृष्ट्वा वानरपुंगवान् ।
निर्याय कपिशार्दूलो हनूमान्पर्यवस्थितः ॥७॥

7. tatastānsahasā dīrṇāndṛṣṭvā vānarapuṁgavān ,
niryāya kapiśārdūlo hanūmānparyavasthitaḥ.

7. tataḥ tān sahasā dīrṇān dṛṣṭvā vānara-puṅgavān
niryāya kapi-śārdūlaḥ hanūmān paryavasthitaḥ

7. Then, having seen those chief monkeys (vānarapuṅgavān) suddenly routed, Hanuman (Hanūmān), the tiger among monkeys (kapiśārdūla), emerged and stood firm.

7. אז כשראה הַנוּמָאן, גיבור הקופים, את גדולי הקופים מתפזרים פתאום, הוא יצא ועמד איתן.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thereafter

• तान् (tān) - those, them

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, by force

• दीर्णान् (dīrṇān) - torn, rent, scattered, distressed, routed

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

• वानर-पुङ्गवान् (vānara-puṅgavān) - chief monkeys, excellent monkeys, foremost of monkeys

• निर्याय (niryāya) - having come out, having emerged, having departed

• कपि-शार्दूलः (kapi-śārdūlaḥ) - tiger among monkeys, chief of monkeys, excellent monkey

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

• पर्यवस्थितः (paryavasthitaḥ) - stood firm, took up a position, settled down, remained

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those, them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, by force

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of 'sahas' used adverbially.

दीर्णान् (dīrṇān) - torn, rent, scattered, distressed, routed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dīrṇa

dīrṇa - torn, rent, broken, split, scattered, distressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṝ (to tear, split).

Root: dṝ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'vānara-puṅgavān'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वानर-पुङ्गवान् (vānara-puṅgavān) - chief monkeys, excellent monkeys, foremost of monkeys

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara-puṅgava

vānara-puṅgava - chief of monkeys, excellent monkey

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vānara+puṅgava)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent, pre-eminent
  noun (masculine)

निर्याय (niryāya) - having come out, having emerged, having departed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root yā with prefix nis.

Prefix: nis

Root: yā (class 2)

कपि-शार्दूलः (kapi-śārdūlaḥ) - tiger among monkeys, chief of monkeys, excellent monkey

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kapi-śārdūla

kapi-śārdūla - tiger among monkeys, chief of monkeys

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kapi+śārdūla)

• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, best, excellent, pre-eminent
  noun (masculine)

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (name of a prominent monkey deity)

पर्यवस्थितः (paryavasthitaḥ) - stood firm, took up a position, settled down, remained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paryavasthita

paryavasthita - standing firmly, established, surrounded, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā with prefixes pari and ava.

Prefixes: pari+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective, describing Hanuman's action.

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