वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-47, verse-4

अन्वेषमाणास्ते सर्वे वानराः सर्वतो दिशम् ।
न सीतां ददृशुर्वीरा मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ॥४॥

4. anveṣamāṇāste sarve vānarāḥ sarvato diśam ,
na sītāṃ dadṛśurvīrā maithilīṃ janakātmajām.

4. anveṣamāṇāḥ te sarve vānarāḥ sarvataḥ diśam na
sītām dadṛśuḥ vīrāḥ maithilīm janaka-ātmajām

4. te sarve vānarāḥ vīrāḥ sarvataḥ diśam anveṣamāṇāḥ
sītām maithilīm janaka-ātmajām na dadṛśuḥ

4. All those brave monkeys, searching in every direction, did not see Sita, Janaka's daughter, the princess of Mithila.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्वेषमाणाः (anveṣamāṇāḥ) - searching (for Sita) (searching, seeking)

• ते (te) - those (monkeys) (those, they)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - the monkey search party (monkeys)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - in every direction, everywhere (from all sides, everywhere, in every respect)

• दिशम् (diśam) - (in) every direction (direction, quarter)

• न (na) - not

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (wife of Rama) (Sita (a proper noun))

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they found, caught sight of (they saw)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - brave (monkeys) (heroes, brave men)

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithili (Sita, daughter of the king of Mithila) (princess of Mithila (Sita))

• जनक-आत्मजाम् (janaka-ātmajām) - Janaka's daughter (Sita) (Janaka's daughter)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्वेषमाणाः (anveṣamāṇāḥ) - searching (for Sita) (searching, seeking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anveṣamāṇa

anveṣamāṇa - searching, seeking, investigating

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada)

From root iṣ (4P) with upasargas anu- and ā- (from ā-iṣ) and suffix -śānac

Prefixes: anu+ā

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Participle modifying 'vānarāḥ'

ते (te) - those (monkeys) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - the monkey search party (monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - in every direction, everywhere (from all sides, everywhere, in every respect)

(indeclinable)

From sarva + suffix -tas

Note: Adverb

दिशम् (diśam) - (in) every direction (direction, quarter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

Note: Often used with 'sarvataḥ' to mean 'in all directions'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (wife of Rama) (Sita (a proper noun))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (name of Rama's wife)

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they found, caught sight of (they saw)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

perfect (liṭ)

From root dṛś (1P)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - brave (monkeys) (heroes, brave men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Acts as an epithet for the monkeys

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithili (Sita, daughter of the king of Mithila) (princess of Mithila (Sita))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila, princess of Mithila (an epithet for Sita)

Feminine derivative of Mithila

Note: An epithet for Sita

जनक-आत्मजाम् (janaka-ātmajām) - Janaka's daughter (Sita) (Janaka's daughter)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janaka-ātmajā

janaka-ātmajā - Janaka's daughter (an epithet for Sita)

Tatpurusha compound (ṣaṣṭhī tatpurusha - 'daughter of Janaka')

Compound type : tatpurusha (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (king of Mithila, father of Sita)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter (lit. 'self-born')
  noun (feminine)
  From ātman + jan + ḍa; feminine form of ātmaja
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: An epithet for Sita

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