वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-57, verse-27

बलवीर्योपपन्नानां रूपयौवनशालिनाम् ।
षष्ठस्तु पन्था हंसानां वैनतेयगतिः परा ।
वैनतेयाच्च नो जन्म सर्वेषां वानरर्षभाः ॥२७॥

27. balavīryopapannānāṃ rūpayauvanaśālinām ,
ṣaṣṭhastu panthā haṃsānāṃ vainateyagatiḥ parā ,
vainateyācca no janma sarveṣāṃ vānararṣabhāḥ.

27. balavīryopapannānāṃ rūpayauvanaśālinām
ṣaṣṭhaḥ tu panthāḥ haṃsānāṃ
vainateyagatiḥ parā vainateyāt ca
naḥ janma sarveṣāṃ vānararṣabhāḥ

27. tu ṣaṣṭhaḥ panthāḥ balavīryopapannānāṃ
rūpayauvanaśālinām haṃsānāṃ
vainateyagatiḥ parā vānararṣabhāḥ
sarveṣāṃ naḥ janma ca vainateyāt

27. However, the sixth path belongs to swans, to those endowed with strength, valor, beauty, and youth. It is a supreme speed, like that of Vinata's son (Vainateya). O best of monkeys, our birth too is from Vainateya.

Words meanings summery:

• बलवीर्योपपन्नानां (balavīryopapannānāṁ) - of those swans possessing strength and valor (of those possessing strength and valor, endowed with might and energy)

• रूपयौवनशालिनाम् (rūpayauvanaśālinām) - of those swans endowed with beauty and youth (of those endowed with beauty and youth, beautiful and youthful)

• षष्ठः (ṣaṣṭhaḥ) - the sixth (path) (sixth)

• तु (tu) - however, indeed (but, indeed, however)

• पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, aerial route (path, way, road, route)

• हंसानां (haṁsānāṁ) - of swans (of swans, of geese)

• वैनतेयगतिः (vainateyagatiḥ) - a speed like that of Garuda (the speed/flight of Vinata's son (Garuda))

• परा (parā) - supreme, excellent (speed) (supreme, excellent, highest, ultimate)

• वैनतेयात् (vainateyāt) - from Garuda (from Vinata's son (Garuda))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• नः (naḥ) - our (birth) (our, to us, by us)

• जन्म (janma) - origin, birth (birth, origin, life, existence)

• सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṁ) - of all (monkeys, referring to those addressed) (of all)

• वानरर्षभाः (vānararṣabhāḥ) - O best of monkeys (addressing the monkey leaders) (best of monkeys, chief monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

बलवीर्योपपन्नानां (balavīryopapannānāṁ) - of those swans possessing strength and valor (of those possessing strength and valor, endowed with might and energy)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of balavīryopapanna

balavīryopapanna - endowed with strength and valor

Compound: bala (strength) + vīrya (valor) + upapanna (endowed with)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+vīrya+upapanna)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• vīrya – valor, heroism, energy
  noun (neuter)
• upapanna – furnished with, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from upa-pad (to happen, arrive, be endowed)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'haṃsānāṃ'

रूपयौवनशालिनाम् (rūpayauvanaśālinām) - of those swans endowed with beauty and youth (of those endowed with beauty and youth, beautiful and youthful)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rūpayauvanaśālin

rūpayauvanaśālin - endowed with beauty and youth

Compound: rūpa (beauty) + yauvana (youth) + śālin (possessing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rūpa+yauvana+śālin)

• rūpa – form, beauty, shape
  noun (neuter)
• yauvana – youth, adolescence
  noun (neuter)
• śālin – possessing, adorned with, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)
  from śāla (house/possessing)

Note: Agrees with 'haṃsānāṃ'

षष्ठः (ṣaṣṭhaḥ) - the sixth (path) (sixth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth

from ṣaṣ (six)

Note: Agrees with 'panthāḥ'

तु (tu) - however, indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, aerial route (path, way, road, route)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, way, road

हंसानां (haṁsānāṁ) - of swans (of swans, of geese)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose

वैनतेयगतिः (vainateyagatiḥ) - a speed like that of Garuda (the speed/flight of Vinata's son (Garuda))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vainateyagati

vainateyagati - the speed/movement of Vinata's son (Garuda)

Compound: vainateya (son of Vinata, Garuda) + gati (movement, speed)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vainateya+gati)

• vainateya – son of Vinata (Garuda)
  proper noun (masculine)
  from Vinatā (mother of Garuda) + ḍhak suffix
• gati – movement, speed, course
  noun (feminine)
  from gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

परा (parā) - supreme, excellent (speed) (supreme, excellent, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, distant

Note: Agrees with 'gatiḥ' (implied by 'vainateyagatiḥ')

वैनतेयात् (vainateyāt) - from Garuda (from Vinata's son (Garuda))

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vainateya

vainateya - son of Vinata (Garuda)

from Vinatā (mother of Garuda) + ḍhak suffix

Note: Indicates origin

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our (birth) (our, to us, by us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: enclitic form, here genitive plural

जन्म (janma) - origin, birth (birth, origin, life, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence, life

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṁ) - of all (monkeys, referring to those addressed) (of all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'vānararṣabhāḥ' (implied)

वानरर्षभाः (vānararṣabhāḥ) - O best of monkeys (addressing the monkey leaders) (best of monkeys, chief monkeys)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vānararṣabha

vānararṣabha - best of monkeys, chief monkey

Compound: vānara (monkey) + ṛṣabha (bull, best)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vānara+ṛṣabha)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

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