वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-41, verse-14

प्रासादस्य महांस्तस्य स्तम्भं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ।
उत्पाटयित्वा वेगेन हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ।
ततस्तं भ्रामयामास शतधारं महाबलः ॥१४॥

14. prāsādasya mahāṃstasya stambhaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam ,
utpāṭayitvā vegena hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ ,
tatastaṃ bhrāmayāmāsa śatadhāraṃ mahābalaḥ.

14. prāsādasya mahān tasya stambham
hemapariṣkṛtam utpāṭayitvā vegena
hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ tataḥ tam
bhrāmayāmāsa śatadhāram mahābalaḥ

14. mahābalaḥ mārutātmajaḥ hanūmān
vegena tasya mahān prāsādasya
hemapariṣkṛtam stambham utpāṭayitvā
tataḥ tam śatadhāram bhrāmayāmāsa

14. The immensely powerful Hanuman, the son of the wind god (Maruta), forcefully uprooted that great, gold-adorned pillar of the palace. Then, he whirled that hundred-edged (or very sharp) pillar around.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रासादस्य (prāsādasya) - of the palace

• महान् (mahān) - great, huge, powerful

• तस्य (tasya) - of that

• स्तम्भम् (stambham) - pillar, post, column

• हेमपरिष्कृतम् (hemapariṣkṛtam) - adorned with gold, embellished with gold

• उत्पाटयित्वा (utpāṭayitvā) - having uprooted, having torn out

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, forcefully

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

• मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of Maruta (the wind god)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• तम् (tam) - that (accusative singular)

• भ्रामयामास (bhrāmayāmāsa) - he whirled, he made to turn

• शतधारम् (śatadhāram) - having a hundred edges, hundred-faceted, very sharp

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - immensely powerful, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

प्रासादस्य (prāsādasya) - of the palace

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prāsāda

prāsāda - palace, temple, mansion

महान् (mahān) - great, huge, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, powerful

तस्य (tasya) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

स्तम्भम् (stambham) - pillar, post, column

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, column, support

हेमपरिष्कृतम् (hemapariṣkṛtam) - adorned with gold, embellished with gold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hemapariṣkṛta

hemapariṣkṛta - adorned with gold, ornamented with gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (heman+pariṣkṛta)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• pariṣkṛta – adorned, decorated, embellished, prepared
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From pari-kṛ (to make, prepare).
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

उत्पाटयित्वा (utpāṭayitvā) - having uprooted, having torn out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From the causative stem of the root paṭ with prefix ut-.

Prefix: ut

Root: paṭ (class 1)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, forcefully

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force, impulse

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (a powerful monkey deity, son of Vayu)

मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of Maruta (the wind god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Maruta (an epithet for Hanuman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – relating to Maruts, wind, wind god
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born of oneself
  noun (masculine)
  From root jan (to be born) with prefix ātma- (self).
  Root: jan (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

भ्रामयामास (bhrāmayāmāsa) - he whirled, he made to turn

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhrāmayāmāsa

Perfect tense

Periphrastic perfect of the causative of the root bhram.

Root: bhram (class 1)

शतधारम् (śatadhāram) - having a hundred edges, hundred-faceted, very sharp

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatadhāra

śatadhāra - having a hundred edges, sharp-edged (often used for weapons)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+dhārā)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• dhārā – edge, stream, current, blade
  noun (feminine)

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - immensely powerful, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - immensely powerful, mighty, having great strength

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

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