वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-43, verse-4

गतिर्वेगश्च तेजश्च लाघवं च महाकपे ।
पितुस्ते सदृशं वीर मारुतस्य महौजसः ॥४॥

4. gatirvegaśca tejaśca lāghavaṃ ca mahākape ,
pituste sadṛśaṃ vīra mārutasya mahaujasaḥ.

4. gatiḥ vegaḥ ca tejaḥ ca lāghavam ca mahākape
pituḥ te sadṛśam vīra mārutasya mahāojasaḥ

4. mahākape vīra te gatiḥ ca vegaḥ ca tejaḥ ca
lāghavam ca mahāojasaḥ mārutasya pituḥ sadṛśam

4. O great monkey, O hero, your speed, velocity, power, and agility are truly like those of your father Māruta, the mighty one.

Words meanings summery:

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - speed, swiftness (movement, gait, speed, destination)

• वेगः (vegaḥ) - velocity, swiftness (velocity, speed, impulse, force)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - power, strength (splendor, brilliance, power, energy, vigor)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• लाघवम् (lāghavam) - agility, quickness (lightness, agility, quickness, dexterity)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• महाकपे (mahākape) - O Hanumān, the great monkey (O great monkey)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of your father (of the father, from the father)

• ते (te) - your (referring to Hanumān) (your, of you (singular))

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - similar, matching (similar, like, equal to)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (referring to Hanumān) (O hero, brave one)

• मारुतस्य (mārutasya) - of Vayu, the god of wind (Hanumān's father) (of Māruta, of the wind god)

• महाओजसः (mahāojasaḥ) - of the mighty one (referring to Māruta) (of great power, of great strength)

Words meanings and morphology

गतिः (gatiḥ) - speed, swiftness (movement, gait, speed, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, speed, course, destiny

From root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

वेगः (vegaḥ) - velocity, swiftness (velocity, speed, impulse, force)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, current, impulse

From root 'vij' (to move rapidly).

Root: vij (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

तेजः (tejaḥ) - power, strength (splendor, brilliance, power, energy, vigor)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, power, energy, vigor, fire, spirit

From root 'tij' (to be sharp).

Root: tij (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

लाघवम् (lāghavam) - agility, quickness (lightness, agility, quickness, dexterity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lāghava

lāghava - lightness, swiftness, agility, nimbleness

Derived from 'laghu' (light) with 'aṇ' suffix.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

महाकपे (mahākape) - O Hanumān, the great monkey (O great monkey)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahākapi

mahākapi - great monkey, great ape

Karmadhāraya compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'kapi' (monkey).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kapi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kapi – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressing Hanumān.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of your father (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

R-stem noun.

ते (te) - your (referring to Hanumān) (your, of you (singular))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Enclitic form of the second person pronoun.

Note: Enclitic pronoun, here in genitive sense 'your'.

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - similar, matching (similar, like, equal to)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling, equal

Compound of 'sa' (with, similar) and 'dṛś' (to see/look).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+dṛś)

• sa – with, similar
  indeclinable
• dṛś – seeing, looking, appearance
  noun
  From root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the collective nouns.

वीर (vīra) - O hero (referring to Hanumān) (O hero, brave one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Addressing Hanumān.

मारुतस्य (mārutasya) - of Vayu, the god of wind (Hanumān's father) (of Māruta, of the wind god)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - relating to Marut, wind, son of Marut, wind god (Vayu)

Derived from 'marut' (wind god).

महाओजसः (mahāojasaḥ) - of the mighty one (referring to Māruta) (of great power, of great strength)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahāojas

mahāojas - great power, mighty, vigorous

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'one whose ojas (vigor/power) is mahā (great)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ojas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ojas – vitality, vigor, power, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mārutaḥ'.

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