वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-16, verse-7

ते तथोक्ता भगवता तत् प्रतिश्रुत्य शासनम् ।
जनयामासुरेवं ते पुत्रान् वानररूपिणः ॥७॥

7. te tathoktā bhagavatā tat pratiśrutya śāsanam ,
janayāmāsurevaṃ te putrān vānararūpiṇaḥ.

7. te tathā uktāḥ bhagavatā tat pratiśrutya śāsanam
| janayāmāsuḥ evam te putrān vānararūpiṇaḥ

7. bhagavatā tathā uktāḥ te tat śāsanam pratiśrutya,
te evam vānararūpiṇaḥ putrān janayāmāsuḥ.

7. Having been thus addressed by the revered lord and assenting to that command, they (the gods) accordingly gave birth to sons in the form of monkeys.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the gods (they, those)

• तथा (tathā) - in the manner they were addressed (thus, so, in that manner)

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed (by Brahma) (spoken, said, addressed)

• भगवता (bhagavatā) - by Brahma (by the lord, by the revered one)

• तत् (tat) - that (command) (that, his, its)

• प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - having agreed to the command (having promised, having assented)

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - Brahma's command (command, instruction, rule)

• जनयामासुः (janayāmāsuḥ) - the gods created (they gave birth to, they created)

• एवम् (evam) - in accordance with the command (thus, in this manner, accordingly)

• ते (te) - the gods (they, those)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - the sons they created (sons)

• वानररूपिणः (vānararūpiṇaḥ) - the sons having monkey forms (having the form of monkeys, monkey-shaped)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the gods (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Also accusative plural. Here nominative.

तथा (tathā) - in the manner they were addressed (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed (by Brahma) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Matches 'te' (masc. nom. pl.)

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by Brahma (by the lord, by the revered one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, revered, divine

Note: Denotes agent.

तत् (tat) - that (command) (that, his, its)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Matches 'śāsanam' (neuter acc. sg.)

प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - having agreed to the command (having promised, having assented)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: śru (class 5)

शासनम् (śāsanam) - Brahma's command (command, instruction, rule)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - command, instruction, ruling, discipline

From root śās (to teach, to command)

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Object of 'pratiśrutya'.

जनयामासुः (janayāmāsuḥ) - the gods created (they gave birth to, they created)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of janaya

Causative stem from jan

Periphrastic Perfect, 3rd Person Plural, Active Voice

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject is 'te' (the gods).

एवम् (evam) - in accordance with the command (thus, in this manner, accordingly)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - the gods (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'janayāmāsuḥ'.

पुत्रान् (putrān) - the sons they created (sons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of 'janayāmāsuḥ'.

वानररूपिणः (vānararūpiṇaḥ) - the sons having monkey forms (having the form of monkeys, monkey-shaped)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānararūpin

vānararūpin - having the form of a monkey

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vānara+rūpin)

• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• rūpin – having a form, embodied, shaped
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to rūpa

Note: Adjective modifying 'putrān'.

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