वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-37, verse-17

तटाकमिव तद्दृष्ट्वा रामः कुड्मलपङ्कजम् ।
वानराणां महत् सैन्यं सुग्रीवे प्रीतिमानभूत् ॥१७॥

17. taṭākamiva taddṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ kuḍmalapaṅkajam ,
vānarāṇāṃ mahat sainyaṃ sugrīve prītimānabhūt.

17. taṭākam iva tat dṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ kuḍmalapaṅkajam
vānarāṇām mahat sainyam sugrīve prītimān abhūt

17. rāmaḥ tat kuḍmalapaṅkajam taṭākam iva vānarāṇām mahat sainyam dṛṣṭvā sugrīve prītimān abhūt.

17. Seeing that vast army of monkeys, which resembled a pond full of budding lotuses, Rama felt great affection for Sugriva.

Words meanings summery:

• तटाकम् (taṭākam) - a pond, a tank

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• तत् (tat) - that army (that, it)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• कुड्मलपङ्कजम् (kuḍmalapaṅkajam) - resembling a pond full of budding lotuses (with budding lotuses, having lotuses in bud)

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

• महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

• सुग्रीवे (sugrīve) - towards Sugriva, in Sugriva

• प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - joyful, affectionate, delighted

• अभूत् (abhūt) - became, was

Words meanings and morphology

तटाकम् (taṭākam) - a pond, a tank

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of taṭāka

taṭāka - a pond, pool, tank

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that army (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, black

कुड्मलपङ्कजम् (kuḍmalapaṅkajam) - resembling a pond full of budding lotuses (with budding lotuses, having lotuses in bud)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuḍmalapaṅkaja

kuḍmalapaṅkaja - having budding lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kuḍmala+paṅkaja)

• kuḍmala – bud, unblown flower
  noun (neuter)
• paṅkaja – lotus (born in mud)
  noun (neuter)

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, mighty

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - an army, host, military force

सुग्रीवे (sugrīve) - towards Sugriva, in Sugriva

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugriva (a proper name, lit. 'one with a beautiful neck')

प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - joyful, affectionate, delighted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prītimat

prītimat - having joy, affectionate, beloved

derived from prīti (joy) with matup suffix

अभूत् (abhūt) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist (Luṅ)

3rd person singular aorist

Root: bhū (class 1)