वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-31

हनूमन्दूरमध्वनं कथं मां वोढुमिच्छसि ।
तदेव खलु ते मन्ये कपित्वं हरियूथप ॥३१॥

31. hanūmandūramadhvanaṃ kathaṃ māṃ voḍhumicchasi ,
tadeva khalu te manye kapitvaṃ hariyūthapa.

31. hanūman dūram adhvanam kathaṃ māṃ voḍhum icchasi
tat eva khalu te manye kapitvam hari-yūthapa

31. hanūman kathaṃ māṃ dūram adhvanam voḍhum icchasi
hari-yūthapa khalu te tat eva kapitvam manye

31. O Hanūmān, how do you intend to carry me such a long distance? O chief of monkeys, I truly believe that this very notion reflects your monkey-nature (kapitva).

Words meanings summery:

• हनूमन् (hanūman) - O Hanuman

• दूरम् (dūram) - a long distance (far, distant, a long distance)

• अध्वनम् (adhvanam) - a long journey (path, journey, road)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how? (interrogative adverb) (how? in what manner? why?)

• मां (māṁ) - me (Sita) (me (accusative))

• वोढुम् (voḍhum) - to carry (me) (to carry, to bear, to convey)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you (Hanuman) wish/intend (you wish, you desire)

• तत् (tat) - that (proposal to carry me) (that, this)

• एव (eva) - just, indeed (emphatic) (only, just, indeed)

• खलु (khalu) - truly, certainly (indeed, certainly, surely)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you, for you)

• मन्ये (manye) - I (Sita) consider/believe (I think, I believe, I consider)

• कपित्वम् (kapitvam) - your intrinsic monkey-nature (kapitva) (monkey-nature, monkey-ness)

• हरि-यूथप (hari-yūthapa) - O Hanuman, chief of the monkey horde (O chief of monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

हनूमन् (hanūman) - O Hanuman

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (name of the monkey deity)

Note: Vocative singular of hanūmat.

दूरम् (dūram) - a long distance (far, distant, a long distance)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dūra

dūra - far, distant; distance

Note: Used adverbially here.

अध्वनम् (adhvanam) - a long journey (path, journey, road)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adhvan

adhvan - path, road, journey, course

Note: Often takes an adverbial sense (a long way).

कथं (kathaṁ) - how? (interrogative adverb) (how? in what manner? why?)

(indeclinable)

मां (māṁ) - me (Sita) (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

वोढुम् (voḍhum) - to carry (me) (to carry, to bear, to convey)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of vah

Infinitive

from √vah

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Infinitives are often treated as indeclinables.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you (Hanuman) wish/intend (you wish, you desire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Tense

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that (proposal to carry me) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to the act of carrying her a long distance.

एव (eva) - just, indeed (emphatic) (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - truly, certainly (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

ते (te) - your (your, to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternate form for tava (genitive singular) or tubhyam (dative singular).

मन्ये (manye) - I (Sita) consider/believe (I think, I believe, I consider)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Tense

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

कपित्वम् (kapitvam) - your intrinsic monkey-nature (kapitva) (monkey-nature, monkey-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kapitva

kapitva - monkey-nature, state of being a monkey

from kapi + -tva (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Note: Abstract noun from kapi (monkey).

हरि-यूथप (hari-yūthapa) - O Hanuman, chief of the monkey horde (O chief of monkeys)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hari-yūthapa

hari-yūthapa - chief of the monkey troop, leader of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+yūthapa)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• yūthapa – leader of a troop/herd, chief
  noun (masculine)
  from yūtha (troop) + pa (protector/leader)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Compound, vocative singular. Refers to Hanuman.