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

विराजमानं वपुषा गजाश्वरथसंकुलम् ।
लङ्काभरणमित्येव सो ऽमन्यत महाकपिः ॥१४॥

14. virājamānaṃ vapuṣā gajāśvarathasaṃkulam ,
laṅkābharaṇamityeva so'manyata mahākapiḥ.

14. virājamānam vapuṣā gajaśvarathasaṅkulam
laṅkābharaṇam iti eva saḥ amanyata mahākapiḥ

14. saḥ mahākapiḥ vapuṣā virājamānam
gajaśvarathasaṅkulam laṅkābharaṇam iti eva amanyata

14. Shining brilliantly by its very form and teeming with elephants, horses, and chariots, the great monkey (mahākapi) indeed regarded it as the very ornament of Laṅkā.

Words meanings summery:

• विराजमानम् (virājamānam) - shining brilliantly (shining, resplendent, glittering)

• वपुषा (vapuṣā) - by its very form (by body, by form, by beauty)

• गजश्वरथसङ्कुलम् (gajaśvarathasaṅkulam) - teeming with elephants, horses, and chariots (crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots)

• लङ्काभरणम् (laṅkābharaṇam) - the very ornament of Laṅkā (ornament of Lanka, jewel of Lanka)

• इति (iti) - (marker for thought) (thus, so, in this way (marker for direct speech or thought))

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

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• अमन्यत (amanyata) - he regarded (he thought, he considered)

• महाकपिः (mahākapiḥ) - the great monkey (Hanuman) (great monkey)

Words meanings and morphology

विराजमानम् (virājamānam) - shining brilliantly (shining, resplendent, glittering)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of virājamāna

virājamāna - shining, brilliant, resplendent, beautiful

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root rāj (to shine) with prefix vi-, in the middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

वपुषा (vapuṣā) - by its very form (by body, by form, by beauty)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beauty

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means or cause of its brilliance.

गजश्वरथसङ्कुलम् (gajaśvarathasaṅkulam) - teeming with elephants, horses, and chariots (crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gajaśvarathasaṅkula

gajaśvarathasaṅkula - crowded/full of elephants, horses, and chariots

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (gajaśvaratha+saṅkula)

• gajaśvaratha – elephants, horses, and chariots
  noun
• saṅkula – crowded, filled, confused
  adjective
  Derived from root kul (to collect) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

लङ्काभरणम् (laṅkābharaṇam) - the very ornament of Laṅkā (ornament of Lanka, jewel of Lanka)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of laṅkābharaṇa

laṅkābharaṇa - ornament of Lanka

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpurusha (laṅkā+ābharaṇa)

• laṅkā – Lanka (name of the city)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ābharaṇa – ornament, jewel, decoration
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root bhṛ (to bear) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

इति (iti) - (marker for thought) (thus, so, in this way (marker for direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Hanuman.

अमन्यत (amanyata) - he regarded (he thought, he considered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of man

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root man (to think), A-augment for imperfect, middle voice ending.

Root: man (class 4)

महाकपिः (mahākapiḥ) - the great monkey (Hanuman) (great monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākapi

mahākapi - great monkey

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kapi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'amanyata'.

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