वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-59, verse-2

प्रीतिमन्तस्ततः सर्वे वायुपुत्रपुरःसराः ।
महेन्द्राग्रं परित्यज्य पुप्लुवुः प्लवगर्षभाः ॥२॥

2. prītimantastataḥ sarve vāyuputrapuraḥsarāḥ ,
mahendrāgraṃ parityajya pupluvuḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ.

2. prītimantaḥ tataḥ sarve vāyuputrapuraḥsarāḥ
mahendrāgram parityajya pupluvuḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ

2. tataḥ vāyuputrapuraḥsarāḥ prītimantaḥ sarve plavagarṣabhāḥ mahendrāgram parityajya pupluvuḥ.

2. Then, all those best among the monkeys, joyful and led by the son of Vayu (Hanuman), sprang forth, leaving the peak of Mahendra mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रीतिमन्तः (prītimantaḥ) - joyful, cheerful, happy

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• वायुपुत्रपुरःसराः (vāyuputrapuraḥsarāḥ) - having Vayu's son (Hanuman) at the front, led by Hanuman

• महेन्द्राग्रम् (mahendrāgram) - the peak of Mahendra mountain

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having left, abandoning, forsaking

• पुप्लुवुः (pupluvuḥ) - they sprang, they leapt

• प्लवगर्षभाः (plavagarṣabhāḥ) - best of the monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

प्रीतिमन्तः (prītimantaḥ) - joyful, cheerful, happy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prītimat

prītimat - joyful, cheerful, endowed with joy/affection

derived from prīti (joy) with matup suffix

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

वायुपुत्रपुरःसराः (vāyuputrapuraḥsarāḥ) - having Vayu's son (Hanuman) at the front, led by Hanuman

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāyuputrapuraḥsara

vāyuputrapuraḥsara - led by the son of Vayu, having Vayu's son at the head

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāyuputra+puraḥsara)

• vāyuputra – son of Vayu (often referring to Hanuman)
  noun (masculine)
• puraḥsara – going before, leading, preceded by
  adjective (masculine)

महेन्द्राग्रम् (mahendrāgram) - the peak of Mahendra mountain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahendrāgra

mahendrāgra - the peak or summit of Mahendra mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahendra+agra)

• mahendra – Mahendra (name of a mountain range)
  proper noun (masculine)
• agra – front, tip, summit, peak
  noun (neuter)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having left, abandoning, forsaking

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

derived from root tyaj with prefixes pari- and a- and suffix -lya

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पुप्लुवुः (pupluvuḥ) - they sprang, they leapt

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of plu

perfect tense

root plu, perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person plural

Root: plu (class 1)

प्लवगर्षभाः (plavagarṣabhāḥ) - best of the monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of plavagarṣabha

plavagarṣabha - best of the monkeys, eminent monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (plavaga+ṛṣabha)

• plavaga – monkey (literally, 'one who goes by leaping')
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent among
  noun (masculine)

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