वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-41

तं दृष्ट्वाचलसंकाशमुवाच जनकात्मजा ।
पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षी मारुतस्यौरसं सुतम् ॥४१॥

41. taṃ dṛṣṭvācalasaṃkāśamuvāca janakātmajā ,
padmapatraviśālākṣī mārutasyaurasaṃ sutam.

41. tam dṛṣṭvā acala-saṃkāśam uvāca janaka-ātmajā
padma-patra-viśāla-akṣī māruta-sya aurasam sutam

41. Having seen him, who resembled a mountain, Janaka's daughter, whose eyes were wide like lotus petals, spoke to Vāyu's own son.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Hanumān) (him, that)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• अचल-संकाशम् (acala-saṁkāśam) - who resembled a mountain (resembling a mountain, mountain-like)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• जनक-आत्मजा (janaka-ātmajā) - Janaka's daughter (Sītā) (Janaka's daughter)

• पद्म-पत्र-विशाल-अक्षी (padma-patra-viśāla-akṣī) - whose eyes were wide like lotus petals (lotus-petal-wide-eyed)

• मारुत-स्य (māruta-sya) - of Vāyu (of Māruta, of Vāyu (the wind god))

• औरसम् (aurasam) - own (legitimate) son (legitimate, own-born, true)

• सुतम् (sutam) - son

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Hanumān) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, the

Note: Refers to Hanumān.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from the root 'dṛś' (to see) with the absolutive suffix '-tvā'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अचल-संकाशम् (acala-saṁkāśam) - who resembled a mountain (resembling a mountain, mountain-like)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acala-saṃkāśa

acala-saṁkāśa - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

Compound type : Upamānapūrva-Bahuvrīhi (acala+saṃkāśa)

• acala – mountain, immovable
  noun (masculine)
  From 'a-' (negation) + 'cala' (moving); hence 'immovable'.
  Root: cal (class 1)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'sam-' + root 'kāś' (to appear, shine).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tam'.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

जनक-आत्मजा (janaka-ātmajā) - Janaka's daughter (Sītā) (Janaka's daughter)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janaka-ātmajā

janaka-ātmajā - Janaka's daughter, Sītā

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-Tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (king of Videha, Sītā's father)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  From 'ātman' (self) + 'jā' (born) meaning 'self-born' or 'born of oneself'.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

पद्म-पत्र-विशाल-अक्षी (padma-patra-viśāla-akṣī) - whose eyes were wide like lotus petals (lotus-petal-wide-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of padma-patra-viśāla-akṣī

padma-patra-viśāla-akṣī - having eyes wide like lotus petals

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (padma+patra+viśāla+akṣi)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• viśāla – wide, expansive, large
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'janaka-ātmajā'.

मारुत-स्य (māruta-sya) - of Vāyu (of Māruta, of Vāyu (the wind god))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - Māruta, Vāyu (the wind god), wind

From 'marut' (wind, wind god).

Note: Possessive, describes whose son Hanumān is.

औरसम् (aurasam) - own (legitimate) son (legitimate, own-born, true)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aurasa

aurasa - legitimate son, born from one's own chest/womb, true, own

Derived from 'uras' (chest/womb) with 'aṇ' suffix.

Note: Qualifies 'sutam'.

सुतम् (sutam) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sū' (to give birth).

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of 'uvāca' (spoken to).

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