वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-2

आगता विनिविष्टाश्च बलिनः कामरूपिणः ।
वानरेन्द्रा महेन्द्राभा ये मद्विषयवासिनः ॥२॥

2. āgatā viniviṣṭāśca balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ ,
vānarendrā mahendrābhā ye madviṣayavāsinaḥ.

2. āgatāḥ viniviṣṭāḥ ca balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
vānarendrāḥ mahendrābhāḥ ye madviṣayavāsinaḥ

2. ye madviṣayavāsinaḥ balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
mahendrābhāḥ vānarendrāḥ ca āgatāḥ viniviṣṭāḥ

2. The powerful monkey chiefs (vānararendrāḥ) who reside in my domain, capable of assuming any form at will and splendid as great Indra, have arrived and are now stationed.

Words meanings summery:

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - arrived, come, attained

• विनिविष्टाः (viniviṣṭāḥ) - settled, stationed, placed, established

• च (ca) - and, also

• बलिनः (balinaḥ) - powerful, strong, mighty

• कामरूपिणः (kāmarūpiṇaḥ) - shapeshifters, able to change form at will

• वानरेन्द्राः (vānarendrāḥ) - the monkey chiefs, lords of monkeys

• महेन्द्राभाः (mahendrābhāḥ) - resembling great Indra, splendid as Mahendra

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• मद्व्षयवासिनः (madvṣayavāsinaḥ) - residents of my territory/domain

Words meanings and morphology

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - arrived, come, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached; obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā' and suffix -ta

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

विनिविष्टाः (viniviṣṭāḥ) - settled, stationed, placed, established

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viniviṣṭa

viniviṣṭa - placed, fixed, stationed, settled

Past Passive Participle

From root 'viś' (to enter) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni' and suffix -ta

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: viś (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बलिनः (balinaḥ) - powerful, strong, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty; having strength

From 'bala' (strength) + suffix -in

कामरूपिणः (kāmarūpiṇaḥ) - shapeshifters, able to change form at will

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmarūpin

kāmarūpin - assuming any shape at will, shapeshifting

From 'kāma' (desire, will) + 'rūpin' (having form)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāma+rūpin)

• kāma – desire, wish, will
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• rūpin – having form, endowed with shape
  adjective
  From 'rūpa' (form) + suffix -in

वानरेन्द्राः (vānarendrāḥ) - the monkey chiefs, lords of monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānarendra

vānarendra - chief of monkeys, lord of monkeys

Compound type : tatpurusha (vānara+indra)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, foremost
  noun (masculine)

महेन्द्राभाः (mahendrābhāḥ) - resembling great Indra, splendid as Mahendra

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahendrābha

mahendrābha - resembling Mahendra (Indra), splendid like a great lord

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+indra+ābhā)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• indra – Indra, a chief deity; lord, ruler
  proper noun (masculine)
• ābhā – light, splendor, resemblance
  noun (feminine)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

मद्व्षयवासिनः (madvṣayavāsinaḥ) - residents of my territory/domain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madvṣayavāsin

madvṣayavāsin - residing in my territory/domain

Compound type : tatpurusha (mat+viṣaya+vāsin)

• mat – my, mine (stem of first person pronoun)
  pronoun
• viṣaya – territory, region, domain, object of sense
  noun (masculine)
• vāsin – dwelling, residing, inhabiting; an inhabitant
  adjective
  Agent Noun (kṛt)
  From root 'vas' (to dwell) + suffix -in
  Root: vas (class 1)

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