वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-5, verse-14

ततो हनूमान् संत्यज्य भिक्षुरूपमरिंदमः ।
काष्ठयोः स्वेन रूपेण जनयामास पावकम् ॥१४॥

14. tato hanūmān saṃtyajya bhikṣurūpamariṃdamaḥ ,
kāṣṭhayoḥ svena rūpeṇa janayāmāsa pāvakam.

14. tataḥ hanumān saṃtyajya bhikṣurūpam ariṃdamaḥ
kāṣṭhayoḥ svena rūpeṇa janayāmāsa pāvakam

14. tataḥ ariṃdamaḥ hanumān bhikṣurūpam saṃtyajya
kāṣṭhayoḥ svena rūpeṇa pāvakam janayāmāsa

14. Then, Hanuman, the subduer of foes, abandoning his mendicant disguise, produced fire from two pieces of wood in his true form.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (then, therefrom, after that)

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman, the monkey chief (Hanuman)

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned (his mendicant disguise) (having abandoned, having given up)

• भिक्षुरूपम् (bhikṣurūpam) - mendicant's disguise (mendicant's form, beggar's appearance)

• अरिंदमः (ariṁdamaḥ) - subduer of foes (an epithet of Hanuman) (subduer of foes, conqueror of enemies)

• काष्ठयोः (kāṣṭhayoḥ) - from two pieces of wood (used for generating fire by rubbing) (of the two pieces of wood, from the two pieces of wood)

• स्वेन (svena) - by his own (true) (by one's own, by his own)

• रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by his (true) form (referring to Hanuman's true, gigantic form) (by form, by appearance, by nature)

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - he produced (fire) (he produced, he generated, he caused to be born)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (then, therefrom, after that)

(indeclinable)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman, the monkey chief (Hanuman)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanuman (name of a powerful monkey chief)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned (his mendicant disguise) (having abandoned, having given up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from prefix 'sam' + root 'tyaj' + suffix 'ya'

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

भिक्षुरूपम् (bhikṣurūpam) - mendicant's disguise (mendicant's form, beggar's appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhikṣurūpa

bhikṣurūpa - form of a mendicant, appearance of a beggar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhikṣu+rūpa)

• bhikṣu – mendicant, beggar, monk
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

अरिंदमः (ariṁdamaḥ) - subduer of foes (an epithet of Hanuman) (subduer of foes, conqueror of enemies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ariṃdama

ariṁdama - subduer of foes, conqueror of enemies

From 'ari' (foe) + root 'dam' (to subdue)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduing, taming
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dam' (to subdue)
  Root: dam (class 4)

काष्ठयोः (kāṣṭhayoḥ) - from two pieces of wood (used for generating fire by rubbing) (of the two pieces of wood, from the two pieces of wood)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, dual of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - a piece of wood, firewood

स्वेन (svena) - by his own (true) (by one's own, by his own)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, relative, kin

Note: Agrees with rūpeṇa.

रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by his (true) form (referring to Hanuman's true, gigantic form) (by form, by appearance, by nature)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - he produced (fire) (he produced, he generated, he caused to be born)

(verb)

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

Perfect

Periphrastic Perfect of causative root 'jan' (to be born) + 'āmāsa'

Root: jan (class 10)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, producer of purity

From root 'pū' (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

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