वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-31, verse-9

सुग्रीवेणैवमुक्तस्तु हनुमान् हरिपुंगवः ।
उवाच स्वेन तर्केण मध्ये वानरमन्त्रिणाम् ॥९॥

9. sugrīveṇaivamuktastu hanumān haripuṃgavaḥ ,
uvāca svena tarkeṇa madhye vānaramantriṇām.

9. sugrīveṇa eva uktaḥ tu hanumān haripuṅgavaḥ
uvāca svena tarkeṇa madhye vānaramantriṇām

9. tu sugrīveṇa eva uktaḥ haripuṅgavaḥ hanumān
vānaramantriṇām madhye svena tarkeṇa uvāca

9. But Hanumān, the foremost among monkeys, thus addressed by Sugrīva, spoke with his own reasoning amidst the monkey ministers.

Words meanings summery:

• सुग्रीवेण (sugrīveṇa) - by Sugrīva

• एव (eva) - thus, indeed, certainly

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed, said

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān (name of the monkey deity)

• हरिपुङ्गवः (haripuṅgavaḥ) - foremost among monkeys, chief of monkeys

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• स्वेन (svena) - by his own, with his own

• तर्केण (tarkeṇa) - by reasoning, by argument, by speculation

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

• वानरमन्त्रिणाम् (vānaramantriṇām) - of the monkey ministers

Words meanings and morphology

सुग्रीवेण (sugrīveṇa) - by Sugrīva

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (name of the monkey king)

एव (eva) - thus, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed, said

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak) with suffix -ta, with vocalic alternation 'va' -> 'u'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'hanumān'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān (name of the monkey deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (the monkey general, son of Vayu)

हरिपुङ्गवः (haripuṅgavaḥ) - foremost among monkeys, chief of monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haripuṅgava

haripuṅgava - chief of monkeys, foremost monkey

Compound: 'hari' (monkey) + 'puṅgava' (bull, chief, excellent).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+puṅgava)

• hari – monkey, tawny, lion
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, eminent, excellent (used as a suffix meaning 'best of')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Hanumān.

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active indicative, strong form with reduplication.

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वेन (svena) - by his own, with his own

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, property

Note: Adjective modifying 'tarkeṇa'.

तर्केण (tarkeṇa) - by reasoning, by argument, by speculation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tarka

tarka - reasoning, argument, speculation, logic

Root: tark (class 10)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

(indeclinable)

Note: Often functions adverbially or as a preposition with genitive.

वानरमन्त्रिणाम् (vānaramantriṇām) - of the monkey ministers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānaramantrin

vānaramantrin - monkey minister

Compound of 'vānara' (monkey) and 'mantrin' (minister).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+mantrin)

• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• mantrin – minister, counsellor
  noun (masculine)
  From 'mantra' (council, sacred utterance) + suffix -in.
  Root: man (class 4)

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