वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-1, verse-57

ततो गृध्रस्य वचनात् संपातेर्हनुमान्बली ।
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं पुप्लुवे लवणार्णवम् ॥५७॥

57. tato gṛdhrasya vacanāt saṃpāterhanumānbalī ,
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve lavaṇārṇavam.

57. tataḥ gṛdhrasya vacanāt saṃpāteḥ hanumān balī
śatayojanavistīrṇam pupluve lavaṇārṇavam

57. hanumān balī tataḥ gṛdhrasya saṃpāteḥ vacanāt
śatayojanavistīrṇam lavaṇārṇavam pupluve

57. Then, empowered and acting upon the words of the vulture Sampati, Hanuman leaped across the salt ocean (lavaṇārṇavam) which stretched a hundred yojanas.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating sequence) (then, thereafter, from there)

• गृध्रस्य (gṛdhrasya) - of the vulture

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the words, from the speech, by command

• संपातेः (saṁpāteḥ) - of Sampati

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman

• बली (balī) - powerful, strong, mighty

• शतयोजनविस्तीर्णम् (śatayojanavistīrṇam) - extending over a hundred yojanas

• पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - he leaped, he jumped

• लवणार्णवम् (lavaṇārṇavam) - the salt ocean

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating sequence) (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas added to pronoun base ta-

गृध्रस्य (gṛdhrasya) - of the vulture

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the words, from the speech, by command

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, command

Root: vac (class 2)

संपातेः (saṁpāteḥ) - of Sampati

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃpāti

saṁpāti - Sampati (name of a mythological vulture)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanuman (name of a powerful Vanara deity)

बली (balī) - powerful, strong, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - powerful, strong, mighty

Derived from 'bala' (strength) with suffix -in

शतयोजनविस्तीर्णम् (śatayojanavistīrṇam) - extending over a hundred yojanas

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śatayojanavistīrṇa

śatayojanavistīrṇa - extending over a hundred yojanas

Compound type : tatpurusha (śata+yojana+vistīrṇa)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-10 miles)
  noun (neuter)
• vistīrṇa – extensive, broad, wide, stretched out
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi- + √stṛ (to spread)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - he leaped, he jumped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of plu

Root: plu (class 1)

लवणार्णवम् (lavaṇārṇavam) - the salt ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lavaṇārṇava

lavaṇārṇava - salt ocean, ocean of salt

Compound type : tatpurusha (lavaṇa+arṇava)

• lavaṇa – salt, salty
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)