वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-1

तानुवाच हरिश्रेष्ठो हनूमान् वानरर्षभः ।
अव्यग्रमनसो यूयं मधु सेवत वानराः ॥१॥

1. tānuvāca hariśreṣṭho hanūmān vānararṣabhaḥ ,
avyagramanaso yūyaṃ madhu sevata vānarāḥ.

1. tān uvāca hariśreṣṭhaḥ hanūmān vānaraṛṣabhaḥ
avyagramanasaḥ yūyam madhu sevata vānarāḥ

1. hariśreṣṭhaḥ vānaraṛṣabhaḥ hanūmān tān uvāca
vānarāḥ yūyam avyagramanasaḥ madhu sevata

1. Hanumān, the foremost and best of the monkeys (vānaras), said to them: "O monkeys (vānaras), with undisturbed minds, you all should consume the honey."

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - to them (the monkeys) (to them, those)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हरिश्रेष्ठः (hariśreṣṭhaḥ) - foremost of the monkeys (best of monkeys, foremost monkey)

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanumān

• वानरऋषभः (vānaraṛṣabhaḥ) - chief of monkeys (vānaras) (bull of monkeys, chief of monkeys)

• अव्यग्रमनसः (avyagramanasaḥ) - with undisturbed minds, calm-minded

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

• मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet drink

• सेवत (sevata) - consume, partake of (the honey) (serve, enjoy, partake of)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - O monkeys (vānaras) (monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - to them (the monkeys) (to them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

हरिश्रेष्ठः (hariśreṣṭhaḥ) - foremost of the monkeys (best of monkeys, foremost monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariśreṣṭha

hariśreṣṭha - best of monkeys, chief of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śreṣṭha)

• hari – monkey, tawny, lion
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Hanumān.

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (name of a prominent monkey general in the Ramayana)

वानरऋषभः (vānaraṛṣabhaḥ) - chief of monkeys (vānaras) (bull of monkeys, chief of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānaraṛṣabha

vānaraṛṣabha - best of monkeys, chief of monkeys ('ṛṣabha' meaning 'bull' used as an intensifier)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+ṛṣabha)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; excellent, chief, foremost
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Hanumān, synonymous with 'hariśreṣṭha'.

अव्यग्रमनसः (avyagramanasaḥ) - with undisturbed minds, calm-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avyagramanas

avyagramanas - having an undisturbed mind, calm, tranquil

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vyagra+manas)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vyagra – agitated, disturbed, distracted
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'vi' + 'ā' + root 'grah' (to seize)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: grah (class 9)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'yūyam' or 'vānarāḥ'.

यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet drink

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, nectar, wine

सेवत (sevata) - consume, partake of (the honey) (serve, enjoy, partake of)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sev

Present Imperative

Present, 2nd person plural, imperative mood, middle voice

Root: sev (class 1)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - O monkeys (vānaras) (monkeys)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

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