वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-22

त्वामेव मार्गमाणो तौ विचरन्तौ वसुंधराम् ।
ददर्शतुर्मृगपतिं पूर्वजेनावरोपितम् ॥२२॥

22. tvāmeva mārgamāṇo tau vicarantau vasuṃdharām ,
dadarśaturmṛgapatiṃ pūrvajenāvaropitam.

22. tvām eva mārgamāṇau tau vicarantau vasuṃdharām
dadarśatuḥ mṛgapatim pūrvajena avaropitam

22. tau tvām eva mārgamāṇau vasuṃdharām vicarantau
pūrvajena avaropitam mṛgapatim dadarśatuḥ

22. Wandering over the earth, searching only for you, those two saw the lord of monkeys (Sugriva), who had been deposed by his elder brother.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• मार्गमाणौ (mārgamāṇau) - searching, seeking

• तौ (tau) - those two, they (dual)

• विचरन्तोऔ (vicarantoau) - wandering, roaming

• वसुंधराम् (vasuṁdharām) - the earth

• ददर्शतुः (dadarśatuḥ) - they two saw

• मृगपतिम् (mṛgapatim) - monkey king Sugriva (lord of animals, king of beasts)

• पूर्वजेन (pūrvajena) - by the elder brother

• अवरोपितम् (avaropitam) - deposed, removed, ousted

Words meanings and morphology

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

मार्गमाणौ (mārgamāṇau) - searching, seeking

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mārgamāṇa

mārgamāṇa - searching, seeking, pursuing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From √mṛg (10th class, 'mārg')

Root: mṛg (class 10)

तौ (tau) - those two, they (dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विचरन्तोऔ (vicarantoau) - wandering, roaming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vicarat

vicarat - wandering, moving about, roaming

Present Active Participle

From √car with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

वसुंधराम् (vasuṁdharām) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasuṃdharā

vasuṁdharā - earth (lit. 'bearer of treasures/wealth')

ददर्शतुः (dadarśatuḥ) - they two saw

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मृगपतिम् (mṛgapatim) - monkey king Sugriva (lord of animals, king of beasts)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛgapati

mṛgapati - lord of animals, lion, monkey king

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛga+pati)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

पूर्वजेन (pūrvajena) - by the elder brother

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pūrvaja

pūrvaja - born before, elder brother/sister

From pūrva (before) + √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

अवरोपितम् (avaropitam) - deposed, removed, ousted

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avaropita

avaropita - deposed, caused to descend, removed, brought down

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Derived from the causative of 'ava' + √ruh (avarohita) with kta suffix

Prefix: ava

Root: ruh (class 1)

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