वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-8, verse-14

तावासीनौ ततो दृष्ट्वा हनूमानपि लक्ष्मणम् ।
सालशाखां समुत्पाट्य विनीतमुपवेशयत् ॥१४॥

14. tāvāsīnau tato dṛṣṭvā hanūmānapi lakṣmaṇam ,
sālaśākhāṃ samutpāṭya vinītamupaveśayat.

14. tau āsīnau tataḥ dṛṣṭvā hanūmān api lakṣmaṇam
sālaśākhām samutpāṭya vinītam upaveśayat

14. Then, seeing them both seated, Hanuman respectfully uprooted a Sāla tree branch and made Lakshmana sit upon it.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• आसीनौ (āsīnau) - seated, sitting

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

• अपि (api) - also, even

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

• सालशाखाम् (sālaśākhām) - a branch of a Sala tree

• समुत्पाट्य (samutpāṭya) - having uprooted, having plucked out

• विनीतम् (vinītam) - humbly, respectfully

• उपवेशयत् (upaveśayat) - made him sit, caused to sit

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आसीनौ (āsīnau) - seated, sitting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āsīna

āsīna - seated, sitting

Present Active Participle

From root 'ās' (to sit) + śānac suffix, used adjectivally.

Root: ās (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) with the suffix '-tas'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From root 'dṛś' (to see) + ktvā suffix.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (a prominent divine Vanara companion of the god Rama)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (brother of Rama)

सालशाखाम् (sālaśākhām) - a branch of a Sala tree

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sālaśākhā

sālaśākhā - branch of a Sala tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāla+śākhā)

• sāla – Sala tree (Shorea robusta)
  noun (masculine)
• śākhā – branch, bough
  noun (feminine)

समुत्पाट्य (samutpāṭya) - having uprooted, having plucked out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'paṭ' (to split, tear) in causative (pāṭaya) form, with prefixes 'sam' and 'ut'.

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: paṭ (class 1)

विनीतम् (vinītam) - humbly, respectfully

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vinīta

vinīta - humble, modest, well-behaved, respectful, trained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'nī' (to lead) with prefix 'vi', meaning 'led away', 'disciplined'. Used here adverbially.

Prefix: vi

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter) to modify the action of making sit.

उपवेशयत् (upaveśayat) - made him sit, caused to sit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of upaveśaya

Causative

Causative form of 'upa-viś' (to sit near).

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)