वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-51, verse-3

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा हनुमान्मारुतात्मजः ।
आर्जवेन यथातत्त्वमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥३॥

3. tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā hanumānmārutātmajaḥ ,
ārjavena yathātattvamākhyātumupacakrame.

3. tasyāḥ tat vacanam śrutvā hanumān mārutātmajaḥ
ārjavena yathātattvam ākhyātum upacakrame

3. Having heard her words, Hanumān, the son of Maruta (Vāyu), began to narrate the events truthfully and directly.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her

• तत् (tat) - that

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

• मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of the wind god (Vāyu) (son of Maruta)

• आर्जवेन (ārjavena) - with straightforwardness, sincerely

• यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - truthfully, as it actually is

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell

• उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, undertook

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

Derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (name of a prominent Vanara deity)

मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of the wind god (Vāyu) (son of Maruta)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Maruta (Vāyu)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – belonging to Maruta; wind, air; Maruta (a class of deities or the wind god Vāyu)
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – born of oneself; son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  From ātman (self) + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

आर्जवेन (ārjavena) - with straightforwardness, sincerely

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ārjava

ārjava - straightforwardness, sincerity, honesty

Derived from ṛju (straight)

यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - truthfully, as it actually is

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• tattva – truth, reality, essence
  noun (neuter)

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From ā + root khyā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, undertook

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of upa-kram

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)

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