वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-12, verse-9

मार्गमाणो वरारोहां राजपुत्रीमनिन्दिताम् ।
सुखप्रसुप्तान् विहगान्बोधयामास वानरः ॥९॥

9. mārgamāṇo varārohāṃ rājaputrīmaninditām ,
sukhaprasuptān vihagānbodhayāmāsa vānaraḥ.

9. mārgamāṇaḥ varārohām rājaputrīm aninditām
sukhaprasuptān vihagān bodhayāmāsa vānaraḥ

9. vānaraḥ aninditām varārohām rājaputrīm
mārgamāṇaḥ sukhaprasuptān vihagān bodhayāmāsa

9. The monkey (Hanuman), searching for the faultless princess with beautiful hips, awakened the comfortably sleeping birds.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्गमाणः (mārgamāṇaḥ) - searching, seeking, looking for

• वरारोहाम् (varārohām) - the princess (Sita) with beautiful hips (with beautiful hips/thighs, excellent-hipped one)

• राजपुत्रीम् (rājaputrīm) - princess Sita (princess, king's daughter)

• अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - faultless, blameless, irreproachable

• सुखप्रसुप्तान् (sukhaprasuptān) - comfortably sleeping, soundly asleep

• विहगान् (vihagān) - birds (lit. 'sky-goers')

• बोधयामास (bodhayāmāsa) - awakened, caused to wake up

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - Hanuman, the monkey (monkey)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्गमाणः (mārgamāṇaḥ) - searching, seeking, looking for

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārgamāṇa

mārgamāṇa - searching, seeking

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada)

From root mṛg (to hunt, search) with present participle suffix -māṇa

Root: mṛg (class 1)

वरारोहाम् (varārohām) - the princess (Sita) with beautiful hips (with beautiful hips/thighs, excellent-hipped one)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of varārohā

varārohā - a woman with beautiful hips

Compound of vara (excellent) + ārohā (hips/thighs)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vara+ārohā)

• vara – excellent, best, choicest
  adjective (masculine)
• ārohā – hips, buttocks, region of the thighs
  noun (feminine)

राजपुत्रीम् (rājaputrīm) - princess Sita (princess, king's daughter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rājaputrī

rājaputrī - princess, king's daughter

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+putrī)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - faultless, blameless, irreproachable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aninditā

aninditā - not blamed, faultless, blameless

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Negated form of ninditā (blamed) by prefix 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ninditā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ninditā – blamed, reproached
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root nind (to blame)
  Root: nind (class 1)

सुखप्रसुप्तान् (sukhaprasuptān) - comfortably sleeping, soundly asleep

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukhaprasupta

sukhaprasupta - sleeping soundly, comfortably asleep

Past Passive Participle

Compound of sukha (comfortably) and prasupta (soundly asleep)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sukha+prasupta)

• sukha – comfort, ease, happiness
  noun (neuter)
• prasupta – soundly asleep, deep sleep
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root svap with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: svap (class 2)

विहगान् (vihagān) - birds (lit. 'sky-goers')

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird (lit. moving in the sky)

Compound of vi (sky) + ga (going)

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (vi+ga)

• vi – sky, air, space
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

बोधयामास (bodhayāmāsa) - awakened, caused to wake up

(verb)

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

Causative perfect form

Perfect tense (liṭ) 3rd person singular of the causative of budh

Root: budh (class 1)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - Hanuman, the monkey (monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey

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