वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-52, verse-10

वानरास्तु महात्मानो हस्तरुद्धमुखास्तदा ।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण बिलादुत्तारितास्तया ॥१०॥

10. vānarāstu mahātmāno hastaruddhamukhāstadā ,
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa bilāduttāritāstayā.

10. vānarāḥ tu mahā-ātmānaḥ hasta-ruddha-mukhāḥ
tadā nimeṣa-antara-mātreṇa bilāt uttāritāḥ tayā

10. tu tadā mahā-ātmānaḥ hasta-ruddha-mukhāḥ vānarāḥ
tayā nimeṣa-antara-mātreṇa bilāt uttāritāḥ

10. Then, those noble-souled monkeys, whose mouths were covered by their hands, were rescued from the cave by her in just the blink of an eye.

Words meanings summery:

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

• महा-आत्मानः (mahā-ātmānaḥ) - great-souled, noble-minded

• हस्त-रुद्ध-मुखाः (hasta-ruddha-mukhāḥ) - with mouths covered by hands

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• निमेष-अन्तर-मात्रेण (nimeṣa-antara-mātreṇa) - in merely the interval of a wink, in just a moment

• बिलात् (bilāt) - from the cave

• उत्तारिताः (uttāritāḥ) - rescued, lifted out, taken out

• तया (tayā) - by Svayaṃprabhā (the female ascetic) (by her)

Words meanings and morphology

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

महा-आत्मानः (mahā-ātmānaḥ) - great-souled, noble-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-ātman

mahā-ātman - great soul, noble person

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

हस्त-रुद्ध-मुखाः (hasta-ruddha-mukhāḥ) - with mouths covered by hands

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hasta-ruddha-mukha

hasta-ruddha-mukha - having mouths covered by hands

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hasta+ruddha+mukha)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• ruddha – covered, obstructed, stopped
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root √rudh (to obstruct, cover)
  Root: √rudh (class 7)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

निमेष-अन्तर-मात्रेण (nimeṣa-antara-mātreṇa) - in merely the interval of a wink, in just a moment

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nimeṣa-antara-mātra

nimeṣa-antara-mātra - having only the interval of a wink, in the mere duration of a blink

Compound type : tatpurusha (nimeṣa+antara+mātra)

• nimeṣa – wink, blinking
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interval, space, difference
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – measure, quantity, mere, only
  adjective

बिलात् (bilāt) - from the cave

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bila

bila - cave, hole, burrow

उत्तारिताः (uttāritāḥ) - rescued, lifted out, taken out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uttārita

uttārita - rescued, lifted out, caused to cross

Past Passive Participle (causative)

derived from root √tṛ (to cross) with prefix ut-, causative form

Prefix: ut

Root: √tṛ (class 1)

तया (tayā) - by Svayaṃprabhā (the female ascetic) (by her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, she