वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-40, verse-2

नीलमग्निसुतं चैव हनुमन्तं च वानरम् ।
पितामहसुतं चैव जाम्बवन्तं महाकपिम् ॥२॥

2. nīlamagnisutaṃ caiva hanumantaṃ ca vānaram ,
pitāmahasutaṃ caiva jāmbavantaṃ mahākapim.

2. nīlam agnisutam ca eva hanumantam ca vānaram
| pitāmahasutam ca eva jāmbavantam mahākapim

2. nīlam agnisutam ca eva,
hanumantam vānaram ca,
pitāmahasutam ca eva jāmbavantam mahākapim

2. (He sent) Nila, who is the son of Agni; and also Hanuman, the monkey; and Jambavan, the great monkey, who is the son of Pitāmaha (Brahma).

Words meanings summery:

• नीलम् (nīlam) - Nila (name)

• अग्निसुतम् (agnisutam) - Nila, son of Agni (son of Agni)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - also (emphasizing 'and also') (indeed, only, just)

• हनुमन्तम् (hanumantam) - Hanuman (name)

• च (ca) - and

• वानरम् (vānaram) - Hanuman, the monkey (monkey)

• पितामहसुतम् (pitāmahasutam) - Jambavan, son of Brahma (son of Pitāmaha (Brahma's son))

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - also (emphasizing 'and also') (indeed, only, just)

• जाम्बवन्तम् (jāmbavantam) - Jambavan (name)

• महाकपिम् (mahākapim) - Jambavan, the great monkey (great monkey)

Words meanings and morphology

नीलम् (nīlam) - Nila (name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - Nila (name of a monkey chief), blue, dark

Note: Object of implied 'sent'.

अग्निसुतम् (agnisutam) - Nila, son of Agni (son of Agni)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agnisuta

agnisuta - son of Agni

Compound type : tatpurusha (agni+suta)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• suta – son, born, produced
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √sū (to give birth, to produce) with suffix -ta
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, in apposition to 'nīlam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - also (emphasizing 'and also') (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphatic particle.

हनुमन्तम् (hanumantam) - Hanuman (name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanuman (name of the monkey chief), having strong jaws

From 'hanu' (jaw) + 'matup' (possessive suffix).

Note: Object of implied 'sent'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वानरम् (vānaram) - Hanuman, the monkey (monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

Note: Accusative singular masculine, in apposition to 'hanumantam'.

पितामहसुतम् (pitāmahasutam) - Jambavan, son of Brahma (son of Pitāmaha (Brahma's son))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmahasuta

pitāmahasuta - son of the grandfather (Brahma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitāmaha+suta)

• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather, Brahma
  noun (masculine)
• suta – son, born, produced
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √sū (to give birth, to produce) with suffix -ta
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, in apposition to 'jāmbavantam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - also (emphasizing 'and also') (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphatic particle.

जाम्बवन्तम् (jāmbavantam) - Jambavan (name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāmbavat

jāmbavat - Jambavan (name of the bear king)

Note: Object of implied 'sent'.

महाकपिम् (mahākapim) - Jambavan, the great monkey (great monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahākapi

mahākapi - great monkey, chief monkey

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+kapi)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
• kapi – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, in apposition to 'jāmbavantam'.

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