वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-11, verse-61

स गत्वा मनसा पूर्वमशोकवनिकां शुभाम् ।
उत्तरं चिन्तयामास वानरो मारुतात्मजः ॥६१॥

61. sa gatvā manasā pūrvamaśokavanikāṃ śubhām ,
uttaraṃ cintayāmāsa vānaro mārutātmajaḥ.

61. saḥ gatvā manasā pūrvam aśoka-vanikām śubhām
uttaram cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ māruta-ātmajaḥ

61. saḥ vānaraḥ māruta-ātmajaḥ pūrvam manasā
śubhām aśoka-vanikām gatvā uttaram cintayāmāsa

61. Having first mentally proceeded to the beautiful Ashoka grove, that Vanara, the son of Maruta (Hanuman), then deeply pondered the next step.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (Hanuman) (he, that)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having proceeded (mentally) (having gone)

• मनसा (manasā) - mentally (by mind, mentally, with the mind)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously (first, before, formerly, previously)

• अशोक-वनिकाम् (aśoka-vanikām) - to the Ashoka grove

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - beautiful (auspicious, beautiful, splendid)

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the next step, the answer (to his problem) (answer, reply, next, higher, northern)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - deeply pondered (thought, pondered, reflected)

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - the Vanara (Hanuman) (monkey, forest-dweller)

• मारुत-आत्मजः (māruta-ātmajaḥ) - son of Maruta (epithet for Hanuman) (son of Maruta, son of the wind god)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Hanuman) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गत्वा (gatvā) - having proceeded (mentally) (having gone)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root gam with suffix -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adverbially modifies cintayāmāsa.

मनसा (manasā) - mentally (by mind, mentally, with the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, disposition

Root: man (class 4)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously (first, before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can be interpreted as adverb or accusative neuter singular adjective.

अशोक-वनिकाम् (aśoka-vanikām) - to the Ashoka grove

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśoka-vanikā

aśoka-vanikā - Ashoka grove (a specific garden in Lanka)

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśoka+vanikā)

• aśoka – Ashoka tree; grief-less
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'a' + 'śoka' (without grief)
• vanikā – small forest, grove, garden
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of motion implied by gatvā.

शुभाम् (śubhām) - beautiful (auspicious, beautiful, splendid)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - beautiful, auspicious, splendid

Feminine form of śubha.

Note: Agrees with aśoka-vanikām.

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the next step, the answer (to his problem) (answer, reply, next, higher, northern)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - upper, northern, later, subsequent, an answer

Note: Object of cintayāmāsa.

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - deeply pondered (thought, pondered, reflected)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of cint

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Periphrastic perfect with auxiliary ās. Usually from cint 10th class cintayati.

Root: cint (class 10)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - the Vanara (Hanuman) (monkey, forest-dweller)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, forest-dweller

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मारुत-आत्मजः (māruta-ātmajaḥ) - son of Maruta (epithet for Hanuman) (son of Maruta, son of the wind god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta-ātmaja

māruta-ātmaja - son of Maruta (the wind god)

Tatpuruṣa compound (Māruta's son)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – wind, wind-god
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  From ātman (self) + ja (born)