वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-2, verse-24

तस्याश्च महतीं गुप्तिं सागरं च निरीक्ष्य सः ।
रावणं च रिपुं घोरं चिन्तयामास वानरः ॥२४॥

24. tasyāśca mahatīṃ guptiṃ sāgaraṃ ca nirīkṣya saḥ ,
rāvaṇaṃ ca ripuṃ ghoraṃ cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ.

24. tasyāḥ ca mahatīm guptim sāgaram ca nirīkṣya
saḥ rāvaṇam ca ripum ghoram cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ

24. saḥ vānaraḥ tasyāḥ mahatīm guptim ca sāgaram ca
nirīkṣya ghoram ripum rāvaṇam ca cintayāmāsa

24. And having observed its great defenses and the ocean, the monkey (vānara) also pondered about Rāvaṇa, the dreadful enemy.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that (city) (of that, its)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - great (defenses) (great, enormous)

• गुप्तिम् (guptim) - great defenses (protection, defense, secrecy, hidden place)

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - having observed (having seen, having observed)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Hanuman) (he, that)

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• रिपुम् (ripum) - the enemy (Rāvaṇa) (enemy)

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful (enemy) (dreadful, terrible)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - (Hanuman) pondered (he thought, he pondered)

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

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that (city) (of that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, she

Feminine genitive singular of 'tad'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

महतीम् (mahatīm) - great (defenses) (great, enormous)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Feminine accusative singular of 'mahat'.

Note: Qualifies 'guptim'.

गुप्तिम् (guptim) - great defenses (protection, defense, secrecy, hidden place)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gupti

gupti - protection, preservation, concealment, hiding place

From root √gup (to protect, conceal)

Root: gup (class 1)

Note: Object of 'nirīkṣya'.

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Another object of 'nirīkṣya'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - having observed (having seen, having observed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √īkṣ (to see) with upasarga nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies the action of 'cintayāmāsa'.

सः (saḥ) - he (Hanuman) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'.

Note: Subject of 'cintayāmāsa'.

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (name of the demon king of Lanka)

Note: Object of 'cintayāmāsa'.

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

रिपुम् (ripum) - the enemy (Rāvaṇa) (enemy)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, adversary

Note: Appositive to 'rāvaṇam'.

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful (enemy) (dreadful, terrible)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

Note: Qualifies 'ripum'.

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - (Hanuman) pondered (he thought, he pondered)

(verb)

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

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed with the auxiliary verb kṛ (to do)

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: The verb for 'vānaraḥ'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape