वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-17

स गन्धस्तं महासत्त्वं बन्धुर्बन्धुमिवोत्तमम् ।
इत एहीत्युवाचेव तत्र यत्र स रावणः ॥१७॥

17. sa gandhastaṃ mahāsattvaṃ bandhurbandhumivottamam ,
ita ehītyuvāceva tatra yatra sa rāvaṇaḥ.

17. saḥ gandhaḥ tam mahāsattvam bandhuḥ bandhum iva
uttamam itaḥ ehi iti uvāca iva tatra yatra saḥ rāvaṇaḥ

17. saḥ gandhaḥ bandhuḥ uttamam bandhum iva itaḥ ehi iti
iva uvāca tam mahāsattvam tatra yatra saḥ rāvaṇaḥ

17. That fragrance, like an excellent friend guiding another friend, seemed to say, 'Come here!' and drew that great being (Hanuman) to the place where Rāvaṇa was.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that

• गन्धः (gandhaḥ) - fragrance, smell

• तम् (tam) - him

• महासत्त्वम् (mahāsattvam) - the great being (Hanuman) (the great being)

• बन्धुः (bandhuḥ) - a friend, relative

• बन्धुम् (bandhum) - a friend, relative

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, here

• एहि (ehi) - come!

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotative particle)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, said

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• सः (saḥ) - he (Rāvaṇa) (he)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गन्धः (gandhaḥ) - fragrance, smell

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandha

gandha - smell, fragrance, odor

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

महासत्त्वम् (mahāsattvam) - the great being (Hanuman) (the great being)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāsattva

mahāsattva - great being, noble nature, great strength

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+sattva)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• sattva – being, essence, strength, true nature
  noun (neuter)

बन्धुः (bandhuḥ) - a friend, relative

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandhu

bandhu - kinsman, relative, friend

बन्धुम् (bandhum) - a friend, relative

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bandhu

bandhu - kinsman, relative, friend

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, here

(indeclinable)

एहि (ehi) - come!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of i

Imperative

From root 'i' with prefix 'ā', forms 'ehi' as imperative 2nd singular

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root: vac (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (Rāvaṇa) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa, king of Lanka

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