वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-37, verse-8

तानुवाच ततः प्राप्तान् राजार्कसदृशप्रभः ।
उपस्थापयत क्षिप्रं शिबिकां मम वानराः ॥८॥

8. tānuvāca tataḥ prāptān rājārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ ,
upasthāpayata kṣipraṃ śibikāṃ mama vānarāḥ.

8. tān uvāca tataḥ prāptān rājārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ
upasthāpayata kṣipram śibikām mama vānarāḥ

8. tataḥ rājārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ tān prāptān uvāca: "he vānarāḥ,
mama śibikām kṣipram upasthāpayata.
"

8. Then, the one whose splendor was like the sun, spoke to those who had arrived: "O monkeys, quickly bring my palanquin!"

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - to them, those

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who had arrived, obtained

• राजार्कसदृशप्रभः (rājārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ) - Sugriva, who had just been crowned king and was radiant. (whose splendor is like the sun, resplendent like the royal sun)

• उपस्थापयत (upasthāpayata) - bring near, cause to stand near, fetch

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• शिबिकाम् (śibikām) - palanquin, litter

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - O monkeys!

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - to them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect, Parasmaipada

Perfect tense of √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'tad'.

प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who had arrived, obtained

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From pra + √āp (to obtain, reach).

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Adjectival use.

राजार्कसदृशप्रभः (rājārkasadṛśaprabhaḥ) - Sugriva, who had just been crowned king and was radiant. (whose splendor is like the sun, resplendent like the royal sun)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājārkasadṛśaprabha

rājārkasadṛśaprabha - having splendor like the king and the sun, or like a royal sun

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'rājan' (king) + 'arka' (sun) + 'sadṛśa' (like) + 'prabhā' (splendor).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rājan+arka+sadṛśa+prabhā)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• arka – sun, ray
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'sa' (with) + √dṛś (to see).
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  From pra + √bhā (to shine).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies Sugriva.

उपस्थापयत (upasthāpayata) - bring near, cause to stand near, fetch

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (Lot) of upasthāpayata

Causative Imperative, Parasmaipada

Causative of upa + √sthā (to stand).

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Command to the monkeys.

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially (neuter accusative singular).

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

शिबिकाम् (śibikām) - palanquin, litter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śibikā

śibikā - palanquin, litter, sedan

From √śib (to go swiftly).

Root: śib (class 1)

Note: Object of 'upasthāpayata'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive singular of the first person pronoun.

Note: Possessive pronoun.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - O monkeys!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

From 'vana' (forest) + '-ra' suffix.