वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-49, verse-4

स हि देशो दुरन्वेषो गुहा गहनवान्महान् ।
तत्र वायुसुतः सर्वं विचिनोति स्म पर्वतम् ॥४॥

4. sa hi deśo duranveṣo guhā gahanavānmahān ,
tatra vāyusutaḥ sarvaṃ vicinoti sma parvatam.

4. saḥ hi deśaḥ duranveṣaḥ guhāgahanavān mahān
tatra vāyusutaḥ sarvam vicinoti sma parvatam

4. saḥ hi deśaḥ duranveṣaḥ guhāgahanavān mahān
tatra vāyusutaḥ sarvam parvatam vicinoti sma

4. Indeed, that region was vast, difficult to explore, and full of caves and dense thickets. There, Hanuman, the son of Vayu, searched the entire mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• देशः (deśaḥ) - region, country, place

• दुरन्वेषः (duranveṣaḥ) - difficult to search/explore

• गुहागहनवान् (guhāgahanavān) - full of caves and thickets

• महान् (mahān) - great, vast, large

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वायुसुतः (vāyusutaḥ) - Hanuman, the son of Vayu (the son of Vayu (Hanuman))

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire, all

• विचिनोति (vicinoti) - he searches, he seeks

• स्म (sma) - (turns present tense into past tense)

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

देशः (deśaḥ) - region, country, place

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - region, country, place, spot

दुरन्वेषः (duranveṣaḥ) - difficult to search/explore

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duranveṣa

duranveṣa - difficult to be searched, hard to find

Compound of dur (difficult) and anveṣa (search)

Note: Modifies 'deśaḥ'

गुहागहनवान् (guhāgahanavān) - full of caves and thickets

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guhāgahanavat

guhāgahanavat - having caves and thickets/dense places

Compound formed with matup suffix, meaning 'possessing'. Guhā (cave) + gahana (thicket) + mat (possessing)

Compound type : dvandva-bahuvrihi (guhā-gahana as dvandva, then -vat as bahuvrihi) (guhā+gahana+vat)

• guhā – cave, cavern
  noun (feminine)
• gahana – thicket, dense place
  noun (neuter)
• vat – having, possessing
  suffix
  Matup suffix denoting possession

Note: Modifies 'deśaḥ'

महान् (mahān) - great, vast, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Modifies 'deśaḥ'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

वायुसुतः (vāyusutaḥ) - Hanuman, the son of Vayu (the son of Vayu (Hanuman))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyusuta

vāyusuta - son of Vayu, son of the wind-god (an epithet for Hanuman)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāyu+suta)

• vāyu – wind, wind-god
  noun (masculine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire, all

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'parvatam'

विचिनोति (vicinoti) - he searches, he seeks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of vicin

present active indicative

3rd singular present active of root ci (5th class) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

स्म (sma) - (turns present tense into past tense)

(indeclinable)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill