वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-22

जातरूपमिति ख्यातं तदा प्रभृति राघव ।
सुवर्णं पुरुषव्याघ्र हुताशनसमप्रभम् ॥२२॥

22. jātarūpamiti khyātaṃ tadā prabhṛti rāghava ,
suvarṇaṃ puruṣavyāghra hutāśanasamaprabham.

22. jātarūpam iti khyātam tadā prabhṛti rāghava
suvarṇam puruṣavyāghra hutāśanasamaprabham

22. rāghava puruṣavyāghra tadā prabhṛti jātarūpam
iti khyātam suvarṇam hutāśanasamaprabham

22. From that time onwards, O Rāghava, it has been known as jātarūpa (natural gold). This gold, O tiger among men, shines with the brilliance of fire.

Words meanings summery:

• जातरूपम् (jātarūpam) - natural gold, a specific term for gold (born form, natural form, gold)

• इति (iti) - thus (it is called) (thus, so, often indicates a quotation or designation)

• ख्यातम् (khyātam) - known as, called (known, famous, called)

• तदा (tadā) - from that time (referring to the event in the previous verse) (then, at that time)

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from that time onwards (from, since, beginning from)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rama or a similar princely figure) (descendant of Raghu, O Rāghava)

• सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - this gold (the subject being described) (gold, of beautiful color)

• पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men (epithet for the addressed person) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

• हुताशनसमप्रभम् (hutāśanasamaprabham) - having the brilliance equal to fire, shining like fire

Words meanings and morphology

जातरूपम् (jātarūpam) - natural gold, a specific term for gold (born form, natural form, gold)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jātarūpa

jātarūpa - gold, natural form, beautiful form, born form

Compound of jāta (born) + rūpa (form).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jāta+rūpa)

• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as a predicate nominative or an appositive, referring to gold.

इति (iti) - thus (it is called) (thus, so, often indicates a quotation or designation)

(indeclinable)

Particle

ख्यातम् (khyātam) - known as, called (known, famous, called)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of khyāta

khyāta - known, famous, celebrated, called

Past Passive Participle

From √khyā (to be known, to tell), formed with suffix -ta.

Root: khyā (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - from that time (referring to the event in the previous verse) (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time, from tad.

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from that time onwards (from, since, beginning from)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pra + bhṛ (to bear), often used as a postposition with ablative or adverbially.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rama or a similar princely figure) (descendant of Raghu, O Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (epithet of Rama or Lakshmana)

Patronymic from raghu.

सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - this gold (the subject being described) (gold, of beautiful color)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, of good color, beautiful, shining

Compound of su (good) + varṇa (color).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+varṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• varṇa – color, caste, class, letter
  noun (masculine)
  From root vṛ (to choose, to cover).
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Subject of the implied verb asti ('is').

पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men (epithet for the addressed person) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men, eminent man

Tatpurusha compound, often treated as a Bahuvrihi (metaphorical) or Karmadharaya (man-tiger).

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

हुताशनसमप्रभम् (hutāśanasamaprabham) - having the brilliance equal to fire, shining like fire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hutāśanasamaprabha

hutāśanasamaprabha - having splendor equal to fire, shining like fire

Bahuvrihi compound: hutāśana (fire) + sama (equal) + prabhā (splendor). 'Having splendor equal to fire'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hutāśana+sama+prabhā)

• hutāśana – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
  huta (offered) + aśana (eater) - 'eater of offerings'.
• sama – equal, similar, same, like
  adjective (neuter)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance, luster
  noun (feminine)
  pra + bhā (to shine).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with suvarṇam.