वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-20

तमुवाच हरिश्रेष्ठो जाम्बवान् वाक्यकोविदः ।
ज्ञायते गमने शक्तिस्तव हर्यृक्षसत्तम ॥२०॥

20. tamuvāca hariśreṣṭho jāmbavān vākyakovidaḥ ,
jñāyate gamane śaktistava haryṛkṣasattama.

20. tam uvāca hariśreṣṭhaḥ jāmbavān vākyakovidaḥ
jñāyate gamane śaktiḥ tava haryṛkṣasattama

20. hariśreṣṭhaḥ vākyakovidaḥ jāmbavān tam uvāca
he haryṛkṣasattama! tava gamane śaktiḥ jñāyate

20. To him spoke Jambavan, the chief of the Vānaras and an eloquent speaker: 'Your ability to go is known, O best among monkeys and bears!'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to Angada (to him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• हरिश्रेष्ठः (hariśreṣṭhaḥ) - chief of the Vānaras (best of monkeys, chief of Vānaras)

• जाम्बवान् (jāmbavān) - Jambavan

• वाक्यकोविदः (vākyakovidaḥ) - skilled in speech, eloquent

• ज्ञायते (jñāyate) - is known, is understood

• गमने (gamane) - for going (in going, for the purpose of going)

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, strength, ability

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• हर्यृक्षसत्तम (haryṛkṣasattama) - O best among monkeys and bears!

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to Angada (to him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

हरिश्रेष्ठः (hariśreṣṭhaḥ) - chief of the Vānaras (best of monkeys, chief of Vānaras)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariśreṣṭha

hariśreṣṭha - best of monkeys, chief of Vānaras

compound of hari (monkey) and śreṣṭha (best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śreṣṭha)

• hari – monkey, lion, sun, Vishnu
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, foremost
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'jāmbavān'.

जाम्बवान् (jāmbavān) - Jambavan

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāmbavat

jāmbavat - Jambavan (a wise bear king in the Rāmāyaṇa)

वाक्यकोविदः (vākyakovidaḥ) - skilled in speech, eloquent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vākyakovida

vākyakovida - skilled in speech, eloquent speaker

compound of vākya (speech) and kovida (skilled)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vākya+kovida)

• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)
• kovida – skilled, expert, wise
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'jāmbavān'.

ज्ञायते (jñāyate) - is known, is understood

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

गमने (gamane) - for going (in going, for the purpose of going)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, motion, journey

verbal noun from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, strength, ability

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, ability, energy (śakti)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

हर्यृक्षसत्तम (haryṛkṣasattama) - O best among monkeys and bears!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of haryṛkṣasattama

haryṛkṣasattama - best among monkeys and bears

compound of hari (monkey), ṛkṣa (bear), and sattama (best)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (hari+ṛkṣa+sattama)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• ṛkṣa – bear
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective

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