वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-16

तान् गुणान् संप्रधार्याहमग्र्यं चाभिजनं तव ।
तारया प्रतिषिद्धः सन् सुग्रीवेण समागतः ॥१६॥

16. tān guṇān saṃpradhāryāhamagryaṃ cābhijanaṃ tava ,
tārayā pratiṣiddhaḥ san sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ.

16. tān guṇān saṃpradhārya aham agryam ca abhijanam
tava tārayā pratiṣiddhaḥ san sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ

16. aham tān guṇān tava agryam abhijanam ca saṃpradhārya,
tārayā pratiṣiddhaḥ san,
sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ

16. Having thoroughly considered those qualities and your noble lineage, I then, despite being forbidden by Tara, joined with Sugriva.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues

• संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having considered thoroughly, having deliberated well

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अग्र्यम् (agryam) - excellent, pre-eminent, noble

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभिजनम् (abhijanam) - lineage, birth, noble descent

• तव (tava) - your

• तारया (tārayā) - by Tara

• प्रतिषिद्धः (pratiṣiddhaḥ) - forbidden, prohibited, prevented

• सन् (san) - being, existing

• सुग्रीवेण (sugrīveṇa) - by Sugriva

• समागतः (samāgataḥ) - met, joined, came together

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Declined from the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, constituent of nature

संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having considered thoroughly, having deliberated well

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from the root 'dhṛ' with prefixes 'sam-' and 'pra-', forming an absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अग्र्यम् (agryam) - excellent, pre-eminent, noble

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of agrya

agrya - chief, first, excellent, noble

Note: Agrees with 'abhijanam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभिजनम् (abhijanam) - lineage, birth, noble descent

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhijana

abhijana - descent, race, lineage, birthplace

Derived from prefix 'abhi-' and root 'jan' (to be born).

Prefix: abhi

Root: jan (class 4)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

तारया (tārayā) - by Tara

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tārā

tārā - star; name of Sugriva's wife and Vali's consort

प्रतिषिद्धः (pratiṣiddhaḥ) - forbidden, prohibited, prevented

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratiṣiddha

pratiṣiddha - forbidden, prohibited, rejected, prevented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sidh' (to ward off, repel) with prefix 'prati-'.

Prefix: prati

Root: sidh (class 1)

Note: Functions as a participle, modifying 'aham' (implied subject).

सन् (san) - being, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, true

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'aham' (implied subject), forming a nominative absolute construction with 'pratiṣiddhaḥ'.

सुग्रीवेण (sugrīveṇa) - by Sugriva

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugriva (name of the monkey king, brother of Vali)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+grīva)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• grīva – neck
  noun (masculine)

समागतः (samāgataḥ) - met, joined, came together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgata

samāgata - come together, met, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'sam-' and 'ā-'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as predicate, referring to 'aham'.

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