वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-28, verse-17

अहं ह्यतितनुश्चैव वनरश्च विशेषतः ।
वाचं चोदाहरिष्यामि मानुषीमिह संस्कृताम् ॥१७॥

17. ahaṃ hyatitanuścaiva vanaraśca viśeṣataḥ ,
vācaṃ codāhariṣyāmi mānuṣīmiha saṃskṛtām.

17. aham hi atitanuḥ ca eva vānaraḥ ca viśeṣataḥ
vācam ca udāhariṣyāmi mānuṣīm iha saṃskṛtām

17. hi,
aham atitanuḥ ca eva,
ca viśeṣataḥ vānaraḥ.
iha mānuṣīm saṃskṛtām vācam ca udāhariṣyāmi

17. Indeed, I am exceedingly small and, furthermore, a monkey. So, here I will utter refined human speech.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I (Hanumān) (I)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing a statement) (indeed, surely, because)

• अतितनुः (atitanuḥ) - exceedingly small (referring to Hanumān's form) (extremely small, very slender, minute)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - furthermore, moreover (only, just, indeed, even)

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - a monkey (Hanumān's species) (monkey, ape)

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly, specifically

• वाचम् (vācam) - speech, word, voice

• उदाहरिष्यामि (udāhariṣyāmi) - I will speak (to Sītā) (I will utter, I will speak, I will mention)

• मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - human, human-like

• इह (iha) - here (in Laṅkā) (here, in this world, now)

• संस्कृताम् (saṁskṛtām) - refined, eloquent (refined, cultivated, adorned, Sanskrit (language))

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I (Hanumān) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Subject of implied 'asmi' and 'udāhariṣyāmi'.

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing a statement) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

अतितनुः (atitanuḥ) - exceedingly small (referring to Hanumān's form) (extremely small, very slender, minute)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atitanu

atitanu - extremely small, very slender

Compound: ati (exceedingly) + tanu (small, slender). Nominative singular masculine ending.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+tanu)

• ati – exceedingly, over, beyond
  indeclinable
  Prefix.
• tanu – slender, thin, small, body
  adjective (masculine)
  Also a noun for 'body'.
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एव (eva) - furthermore, moreover (only, just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Used with 'ca' to mean 'and also'.

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - a monkey (Hanumān's species) (monkey, ape)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

Nominative singular masculine ending.

Note: Qualifies 'aham'.

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly, specifically

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with the suffix -tas.

Note: Emphasizes 'vānaraḥ'.

वाचम् (vācam) - speech, word, voice

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

Accusative singular feminine ending.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of udāhariṣyāmi.

उदाहरिष्यामि (udāhariṣyāmi) - I will speak (to Sītā) (I will utter, I will speak, I will mention)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ud + ā + √hṛ

Future Tense, 1st Person Singular

From prefixes ud- + ā- + √hṛ. Future stem udāhariṣya- + personal ending -āmi.

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'aham'.

मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - human, human-like

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mānuṣī

mānuṣī - human, pertaining to humans

Feminine form of mānuṣa. Accusative singular feminine ending.

Root: manu

इह (iha) - here (in Laṅkā) (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

Note: Modifies udāhariṣyāmi.

संस्कृताम् (saṁskṛtām) - refined, eloquent (refined, cultivated, adorned, Sanskrit (language))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃskṛtā

saṁskṛta - refined, cultivated, adorned, well-formed

Past Passive Participle

From sam- + √kṛ (to do, make) + suffix -ta. Feminine form. Accusative singular feminine ending.

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Here means 'refined' or 'cultivated' speech, possibly referring to the Sanskrit language itself.

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