वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-9, verse-6

प्रसुप्तस्तु मम भ्राता नर्दितं भैरवस्वनम् ।
श्रुत्वा न ममृषे वाली निष्पपात जवात्तदा ॥६॥

6. prasuptastu mama bhrātā narditaṃ bhairavasvanam ,
śrutvā na mamṛṣe vālī niṣpapāta javāttadā.

6. prasuptaḥ tu mama bhrātā narditam bhairavasvanam
śrutvā na mamṛṣe vālī niṣpapāta javāt tadā

6. tu mama prasuptaḥ bhrātā vālī bhairavasvanam
narditam śrutvā na mamṛṣe tadā javāt niṣpapāta

6. But my brother (Vālin), who was fast asleep, heard the frightful roar. He could not tolerate it and immediately rushed out with great speed.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसुप्तः (prasuptaḥ) - fast asleep, deeply sleeping

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• नर्दितम् (narditam) - the roar, the shouting

• भैरवस्वनम् (bhairavasvanam) - a frightful sound

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• न (na) - not, no

• ममृषे (mamṛṣe) - he endured, tolerated

• वाली (vālī) - Vālin (the monkey king)

• निष्पपात (niṣpapāta) - he rushed out, sprang forth

• जवात् (javāt) - quickly, with speed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसुप्तः (prasuptaḥ) - fast asleep, deeply sleeping

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasupta

prasupta - fast asleep, completely dormant

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: svap (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

नर्दितम् (narditam) - the roar, the shouting

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nardita

nardita - roaring, shout, sound (as a noun)

Past Passive Participle

Root: nard (class 1)

भैरवस्वनम् (bhairavasvanam) - a frightful sound

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhairavasvana

bhairavasvana - a terrible sound, a frightful noise

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhairava+svana)

• bhairava – frightful, terrible, formidable
  adjective
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root: śru (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ममृषे (mamṛṣe) - he endured, tolerated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of mṛṣ

Root: mṛṣ (class 4)

वाली (vālī) - Vālin (the monkey king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vālin (name of the monkey king)

निष्पपात (niṣpapāta) - he rushed out, sprang forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of niṣpat

Prefix: nis

Root: pat (class 1)

जवात् (javāt) - quickly, with speed

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of java

java - speed, swiftness, quickness

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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