वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-42, verse-2

उवाच राजा मन्त्रज्ञः सर्ववानरसंमतम् ।
वाक्यमात्महितं चैव रामस्य च हितं तथा ॥२॥

2. uvāca rājā mantrajñaḥ sarvavānarasaṃmatam ,
vākyamātmahitaṃ caiva rāmasya ca hitaṃ tathā.

2. uvāca rājā mantrajñaḥ sarvavānarasaṃmatam
vākyam ātmahitaṃ ca eva rāmasya ca hitaṃ tathā

2. rājā mantrajñaḥ sarvavānarasaṃmatam ātmahitaṃ
ca eva rāmasya ca tathā hitaṃ vākyam uvāca

2. ...the king, a master of strategy, spoke a command that was agreeable to all the monkeys, beneficial to himself, and similarly beneficial to Rama.

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• मन्त्रज्ञः (mantrajñaḥ) - master of strategy (knower of counsel, expert in strategy)

• सर्ववानरसंमतम् (sarvavānarasaṁmatam) - approved by all monkeys, agreeable to all monkeys

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, command, sentence

• आत्महितं (ātmahitaṁ) - beneficial to oneself, self-beneficial

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• च (ca) - and, also

• हितं (hitaṁ) - beneficial, salutary, good

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

मन्त्रज्ञः (mantrajñaḥ) - master of strategy (knower of counsel, expert in strategy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantrajña

mantrajña - knower of counsel, skilled in strategy, expert in sacred formulas (mantra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantra+jña)

• mantra – counsel, advice, plan, sacred utterance (mantra)
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, conversant with, expert
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'jñā' (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सर्ववानरसंमतम् (sarvavānarasaṁmatam) - approved by all monkeys, agreeable to all monkeys

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarvavānarasaṃmata

sarvavānarasaṁmata - approved by all monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+vānara+saṃmata)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• saṃmata – agreed, approved, esteemed, acceptable
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'man' with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: man (class 4)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, command, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, command

आत्महितं (ātmahitaṁ) - beneficial to oneself, self-beneficial

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmahita

ātmahita - beneficial to oneself, salutary for the self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+hita)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• hita – beneficial, salutary, good, placed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhā' (to place, do, hold).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name of the seventh avatar of Vishnu)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हितं (hitaṁ) - beneficial, salutary, good

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, salutary, good, suitable, placed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place, do, hold).

Root: dhā (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)