वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-44, verse-4

पूर्वां दिशं प्रति
ययौ विनतो हरियूथपः ॥४॥

4. pūrvāṃ diśaṃ prati yayau
vinato hariyūthapaḥ.

4. pūrvām diśam prati yayau
vinataḥ hariyūthapaḥ

4. hariyūthapaḥ vinataḥ
pūrvām diśam prati yayau

4. The monkey chief Vinata went towards the eastern direction.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - eastern (eastern, former, prior)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

• प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, concerning)

• ययौ (yayau) - he went (he went, he proceeded)

• विनतः (vinataḥ) - Vinata (a specific monkey chief) (Vinata (proper name), humble, bowed)

• हरियूथपः (hariyūthapaḥ) - the monkey chief (chief of monkeys, monkey leader)

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - eastern (eastern, former, prior)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - eastern, prior, former, first

दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, concerning)

(indeclinable)

ययौ (yayau) - he went (he went, he proceeded)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, perfect tense

Root: yā (class 2)

विनतः (vinataḥ) - Vinata (a specific monkey chief) (Vinata (proper name), humble, bowed)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinata

vinata - Vinata (proper name), humble, bent, bowed

हरियूथपः (hariyūthapaḥ) - the monkey chief (chief of monkeys, monkey leader)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariyūthapa

hariyūthapa - leader of a monkey troop, chief of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+yūthapa)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• yūthapa – leader of a troop/herd, chief
  noun (masculine)

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