वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-1, verse-151

स संक्षिप्यात्मनः कायं जीमूत इव मारुतिः ।
तस्मिन्मुहूर्ते हनुमान्बभूवाङ्गुष्ठमात्रकः ॥१५१॥

151. sa saṃkṣipyātmanaḥ kāyaṃ jīmūta iva mārutiḥ ,
tasminmuhūrte hanumānbabhūvāṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ.

151. sa saṃkṣipya ātmanaḥ kāyam jīmūtaḥ iva mārutih
tasmin muhūrte hanumān babhūva aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ

151. tasmin muhūrte mārutih hanumān sa jīmūtaḥ iva
ātmanaḥ kāyam saṃkṣipya aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ babhūva

151. At that moment, Hanuman, the son of Vāyu (Maruti), contracted his body like a cloud and became thumb-sized.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Hanuman) (he, that)

• संक्षिप्य (saṁkṣipya) - having contracted, having compressed

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of his own (of self, of soul, of oneself, one's own)

• कायम् (kāyam) - body, collection, mass

• जीमूतः (jīmūtaḥ) - a cloud (cloud, a mountain)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मारुतिह् (mārutih) - Hanuman (son of Vayu) (son of Marut (Vayu), Hanuman)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• मुहूर्ते (muhūrte) - at the moment, in the instant

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman (name of the monkey deity)

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

• अङ्गुष्ठमात्रकः (aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ) - thumb-sized, having the measure of a thumb

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Hanuman) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संक्षिप्य (saṁkṣipya) - having contracted, having compressed

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Derived from root kṣip with prefix sam, forming an indeclinable past participle (gerund) indicating completion of action.

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: verbal derivative: gerund (absolutive)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of his own (of self, of soul, of oneself, one's own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, breath

कायम् (kāyam) - body, collection, mass

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, physical form, collection

जीमूतः (jīmūtaḥ) - a cloud (cloud, a mountain)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīmūta

jīmūta - cloud, a kind of plant, mountain

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मारुतिह् (mārutih) - Hanuman (son of Vayu) (son of Marut (Vayu), Hanuman)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maruti

maruti - son of Marut, Hanuman

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'muhūrte'.

मुहूर्ते (muhūrte) - at the moment, in the instant

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, an instant, a division of time (48 minutes)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman (name of the monkey deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanuman

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect tense 3rd singular active of root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अङ्गुष्ठमात्रकः (aṅguṣṭhamātrakaḥ) - thumb-sized, having the measure of a thumb

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅguṣṭhamātraka

aṅguṣṭhamātraka - thumb-sized, of the measure of a thumb

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aṅguṣṭha+mātraka)

• aṅguṣṭha – thumb, big toe
  noun (masculine)
• mātraka – measure, extent, only, merely
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from mātrā (measure) + ka (suffix indicating smallness or merely).