वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-66, verse-1

संस्तूयमानो हनुमान् व्यवर्धत महाबलः ।
समाविध्य च लाङ्गूलं हर्षाच्च बलमेयिवान् ॥१॥

1. saṃstūyamāno hanumān vyavardhata mahābalaḥ ,
samāvidhya ca lāṅgūlaṃ harṣācca balameyivān.

1. saṃstūyamānaḥ hanumān vyavardhata mahābalaḥ
samāvidhya ca lāṅgūlam harṣāt ca balam eyivān

1. saṃstūyamānaḥ mahābalaḥ hanumān vyavardhata
ca lāṅgūlam samāvidhya ca harṣāt balam eyivān

1. As he was being praised, Hanumān, the immensely strong one, grew in size. And having twirled his tail, he gained even more strength from his joy.

Words meanings summery:

• संस्तूयमानः (saṁstūyamānaḥ) - being praised, being extolled

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

• व्यवर्धत (vyavardhata) - he grew, he increased

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - of great strength, immensely powerful

• समाविध्य (samāvidhya) - having twirled, having whirled, having shaken

• च (ca) - and

• लाङ्गूलम् (lāṅgūlam) - tail

• हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, with joy

• च (ca) - and

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, might

• एयिवान् (eyivān) - he attained, he gained, he approached

Words meanings and morphology

संस्तूयमानः (saṁstūyamānaḥ) - being praised, being extolled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃstūyamāna

saṁstūyamāna - being praised, being lauded, being extolled

Present Passive Participle

Present Passive Participle (śānac) of the root √stu (to praise) with the prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: stu (class 2)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (name of a prominent monkey deity, son of the wind god)

व्यवर्धत (vyavardhata) - he grew, he increased

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛdh

Imperfect

Root vṛdh, 1st class, middle voice, 3rd person singular imperfect form (laṅ) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - of great strength, immensely powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bala – strength, power, might, force
  noun (neuter)

समाविध्य (samāvidhya) - having twirled, having whirled, having shaken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root √vyadh (to pierce, strike) with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vyadh (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लाङ्गूलम् (lāṅgūlam) - tail

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lāṅgūla

lāṅgūla - tail

हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, with joy

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, happiness, exhilaration

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, might

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

एयिवान् (eyivān) - he attained, he gained, he approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyivas

āyivas - having approached, having attained, having come

Perfect Active Participle (vasu)

Perfect Active Participle (vasu suffix) of the root √i (to go) with the prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

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