वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-47

सहितौ रामसुग्रीवाव् उभावकुरुतां तदा ।
समयं वालिनं हन्तुं तव चान्वेषणं तथा ॥४७॥

47. sahitau rāmasugrīvāv ubhāvakurutāṃ tadā ,
samayaṃ vālinaṃ hantuṃ tava cānveṣaṇaṃ tathā.

47. sahitau rāmasugrīvau ubhau akurutām tadā
samayam vālinam hantum tava ca anveṣaṇam tathā

47. At that time, Rāma and Sugrīva, together, made a solemn agreement to kill Vāli and to search for you.

Words meanings summery:

• सहितौ (sahitau) - accompanied, together

• रामसुग्रीवौ (rāmasugrīvau) - Rama and Sugriva

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• अकुरुताम् (akurutām) - they made, they did

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• समयम् (samayam) - a solemn agreement (agreement, compact)

• वालिनम् (vālinam) - Vali

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill

• तव (tava) - your (Sita's) (your)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्वेषणम् (anveṣaṇam) - the search for you (search, investigation)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also

Words meanings and morphology

सहितौ (sahitau) - accompanied, together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, connected with, together with

past passive participle

From prefix sa- (with) and root dhā (to place) -> hita

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+hita)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• hita – placed, set, suitable, beneficial
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root dhā (to place)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies Rāma and Sugrīva

रामसुग्रीवौ (rāmasugrīvau) - Rama and Sugriva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmasugrīva

rāmasugrīva - Rama and Sugriva

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+sugrīva)

• rāma – Rama (name of the hero of Ramayana)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sugrīva – Sugriva (name of the monkey king)
  proper noun (masculine)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

अकुरुताम् (akurutām) - they made, they did

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

imperfect tense, 3rd person dual

From root kṛ (to do), 8th class, atmanepada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

समयम् (samayam) - a solemn agreement (agreement, compact)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, compact, convention, time, season

वालिनम् (vālinam) - Vali

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vali (name of the monkey king, Sugriva's brother)

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Derived from root han (to kill) with suffix -tum

Root: han (class 2)

तव (tava) - your (Sita's) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्वेषणम् (anveṣaṇam) - the search for you (search, investigation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anveṣaṇa

anveṣaṇa - seeking, searching, investigation

action noun

From prefix anu- and root iṣ (to seek)

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also

(indeclinable)

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