वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-79

अथोवाच हनूमांस्तामुत्तरं
प्रियदर्शनाम् ॥७९॥

79. athovāca hanūmāṃstāmuttaraṃ
priyadarśanām.

79. atha uvāca hanūmān tām
uttaram priyadarśanām

79. atha hanūmān tām priyadarśanām uttaram uvāca.

79. Then Hanuman spoke in reply to her, the beautiful one.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

• ताम् (tām) - her, to her

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - in reply, an answer (answer, reply, later, superior)

• प्रियदर्शनाम् (priyadarśanām) - beautiful to behold, lovely-looking

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating sequence

Note: Connects to previous action.

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Third person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (a prominent Vanara deity)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

ताम् (tām) - her, to her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Feminine accusative singular of 'tad'

Note: Object of 'uvāca', refers to Janaki.

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - in reply, an answer (answer, reply, later, superior)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - answer, reply, north, later, superior

From 'ud' (up) + 'tara' (suffix)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'uvāca', functioning adverbially as "in reply".

प्रियदर्शनाम् (priyadarśanām) - beautiful to behold, lovely-looking

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priyadarśanā

priyadarśanā - lovely to behold, beautiful

priya (dear, pleasing) + darśana (sight, appearance)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (priya+darśana)

• priya – dear, pleasing, beloved
  adjective
  Root: prī (class 9)
• darśana – sight, appearance, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see) + 'ana' suffix
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'tām'.

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