वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-34

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण स हि प्राप्तो वनालयः ।
सहस्रांशुसुतो धीमान् सुग्रीवो यत्र वानरः ॥३४॥

34. nimeṣāntaramātreṇa sa hi prāpto vanālayaḥ ,
sahasrāṃśusuto dhīmān sugrīvo yatra vānaraḥ.

34. nimeṣāntaramātreṇa saḥ hi prāptaḥ vanālayaḥ
sahasrāṃśusutaḥ dhīmān sugrīvaḥ yatra vānaraḥ

34. saḥ hi nimeṣāntaramātreṇa vanālayaḥ prāptaḥ
yatra dhīmān sahasrāṃśusutaḥ vānaraḥ sugrīvaḥ

34. In an instant, he indeed reached the forest dwelling where the intelligent monkey (vānar), Sugrīva, son of the sun god, resided.

Words meanings summery:

• निमेषान्तरमात्रेण (nimeṣāntaramātreṇa) - by merely the interval of a wink, in an instant

• सः (saḥ) - Referring to Dadhimukha from later verses. (he)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached, attained

• वनालयः (vanālayaḥ) - forest abode, dwelling in the forest

• सहस्रांशुसुतः (sahasrāṁśusutaḥ) - Son of the sun god, referring to Sugrīva. (son of the thousand-rayed (sun))

• धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

• सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva (proper name)

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey

Words meanings and morphology

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण (nimeṣāntaramātreṇa) - by merely the interval of a wink, in an instant

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nimeṣāntaramātra

nimeṣāntaramātra - merely the interval of a wink, an instant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nimeṣa+antara+mātra)

• nimeṣa – a wink, a twinkling of an eye, moment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 6)
• antara – interval, space, inner part, difference
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – only, merely, size, measure
  indeclinable (neuter)
  Derived from root 'mā' (to measure) with suffix -tra.
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Functions adverbially.

सः (saḥ) - Referring to Dadhimukha from later verses. (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - reached, attained, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'āp' with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Functions as predicate adjective.

वनालयः (vanālayaḥ) - forest abode, dwelling in the forest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vanālaya

vanālaya - forest abode, dwelling in the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+ālaya)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• ālaya – dwelling, abode, house, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'lī' (to cling, to dwell) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

सहस्रांशुसुतः (sahasrāṁśusutaḥ) - Son of the sun god, referring to Sugrīva. (son of the thousand-rayed (sun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasrāṃśusuta

sahasrāṁśusuta - son of the Sun (Sahasrāṃśu)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahasrāṃśu+suta)

• sahasrāṃśu – the Sun (literally, 'thousand-rayed')
  noun (masculine)
• suta – son, born, produced
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (originally from 'sū' to beget)
  Root: sū (class 2)

धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, sagacious

Possessive suffix -mat added to 'dhī' (intellect).

सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (proper name, literally 'beautiful-necked')

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, belonging to the forest (vana)

Derived from 'vana' (forest) with suffix 'aṇ'.

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