वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-4, verse-3

ततः परमसंहृष्टो हनूमान्प्लवगर्षभः ।
प्रत्युवाच ततो वाक्यं रामं वाक्यविशारदः ॥३॥

3. tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo hanūmānplavagarṣabhaḥ ,
pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ rāmaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ.

3. tataḥ parama-saṁhṛṣṭaḥ hanumān plavaga-ṛṣabhaḥ
pratyuvāca tataḥ vākyam rāmam vākya-viśāradaḥ

3. tataḥ parama-saṁhṛṣṭaḥ hanumān plavaga-ṛṣabhaḥ,
tataḥ vākya-viśāradaḥ [saḥ] rāmam vākyam pratyuvāca

3. Then, the exceedingly delighted Hanumān, the chief of the monkeys, who was skilled in speech, thereupon replied to Rāma with words.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon, then

• परम-संहृष्टः (parama-saṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - supremely delighted, exceedingly joyful

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān (name of a monkey general)

• प्लवग-ऋषभः (plavaga-ṛṣabhaḥ) - chief of monkeys, foremost of the leaping ones

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, spoke in return

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

• रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma

• वाक्य-विशारदः (vākya-viśāradaḥ) - referring to Hanumān (skilled in speech, eloquent)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon, then

(indeclinable)

परम-संहृष्टः (parama-saṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - supremely delighted, exceedingly joyful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama-saṁhṛṣṭa

parama-saṁhṛṣṭa - supremely delighted, very glad

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (parama+saṁhṛṣṭa)

• parama – supreme, highest, excellent
  adjective
• saṁhṛṣṭa – delighted, gladdened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān (name of a monkey general)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān

प्लवग-ऋषभः (plavaga-ṛṣabhaḥ) - chief of monkeys, foremost of the leaping ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of plavaga-ṛṣabha

plavaga-ṛṣabha - chief of monkeys, best of the leaping ones

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (plavaga+ṛṣabha)

• plavaga – monkey, one who leaps or swims
  noun (masculine)
  from √plu + ga
  Root: plu (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, spoke in return

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prativac

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition of tataḥ for emphasis or flow

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, declaration

Root: vac (class 2)

रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a prominent deity in Hinduism)

वाक्य-विशारदः (vākya-viśāradaḥ) - referring to Hanumān (skilled in speech, eloquent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vākya-viśārada

vākya-viśārada - skilled in speech, eloquent, expert in words

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (vākya+viśārada)

• vākya – word, speech, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• viśārada – skilled, expert, clever, knowing
  adjective (masculine)

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