वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-8, verse-50

आस्फोटयामास चुचुम्ब पुच्छं ननन्द चिक्रीड जगौ जगाम ।
स्तम्भानरोहन्निपपात भूमौ निदर्शयन् स्वां प्रकृतिं कपीनाम् ॥५०॥

50. āsphoṭayāmāsa cucumba pucchaṃ nananda cikrīḍa jagau jagāma ,
stambhānarohannipapāta bhūmau nidarśayan svāṃ prakṛtiṃ kapīnām.

50. āsphoṭayāmāsa cucumba puccham
nananda cikrīḍa jagau jagāma
stambhān ārohan nipapāta bhūmau
nidarśayan svām prakṛtim kapīnām

50. He clapped his shoulders, kissed his tail, rejoiced, played, sang, and roamed about. He climbed pillars and fell to the ground, thus displaying his inherent monkey nature (prakṛti).

Words meanings summery:

• आस्फोटयामास (āsphoṭayāmāsa) - Hanuman clapped his shoulders (he clapped (shoulders/arms))

• चुचुम्ब (cucumba) - he kissed

• पुच्छम् (puccham) - his tail (tail)

• ननन्द (nananda) - he rejoiced, he delighted

• चिक्रीड (cikrīḍa) - he played

• जगौ (jagau) - he sang

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he moved

• स्तम्भान् (stambhān) - pillars (accusative plural)

• आरोहन् (ārohan) - (he) climbing (climbing (masculine singular nominative, present active participle))

• निपपात (nipapāta) - he fell down

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• निदर्शयन् (nidarśayan) - (Hanuman) displaying (showing, displaying (masculine singular nominative, present active participle))

• स्वाम् (svām) - his own (own (feminine singular accusative))

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - his monkey-like nature (prakṛti) (nature, original form (feminine singular accusative))

• कपीनाम् (kapīnām) - of monkeys (genitive plural)

Words meanings and morphology

आस्फोटयामास (āsphoṭayāmāsa) - Hanuman clapped his shoulders (he clapped (shoulders/arms))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of āsphoṭay

perfect

periphrastic perfect (ām-āsa) from causative of sphuṭ

Prefix: ā

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

चुचुम्ब (cucumba) - he kissed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of cumb

perfect

reduplicated perfect

Root: cumb (class 1)

पुच्छम् (puccham) - his tail (tail)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puccha

puccha - tail

ननन्द (nananda) - he rejoiced, he delighted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of nand

perfect

reduplicated perfect

Root: nand (class 1)

चिक्रीड (cikrīḍa) - he played

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of krīḍ

perfect

reduplicated perfect

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

जगौ (jagau) - he sang

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of gā

perfect

reduplicated perfect

Root: gā (class 2)

जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he moved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of gam

perfect

reduplicated perfect

Root: gam (class 1)

स्तम्भान् (stambhān) - pillars (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, column

Root: stambh (class 5)

आरोहन् (ārohan) - (he) climbing (climbing (masculine singular nominative, present active participle))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āruh

āruh - to climb, to ascend, to mount

Present Active Participle

from root ruh with upasarga ā, suffix -at

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

निपपात (nipapāta) - he fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of nipāt

perfect

reduplicated perfect from root pat with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

निदर्शयन् (nidarśayan) - (Hanuman) displaying (showing, displaying (masculine singular nominative, present active participle))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nidarśay

nidarśay - to show, to display, to point out

Present Active Participle

from root dṛś with upasarga ni, causative stem -darśay, suffix -at

Prefix: ni

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्वाम् (svām) - his own (own (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - his monkey-like nature (prakṛti) (nature, original form (feminine singular accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, origin, original form, material cause

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कपीनाम् (kapīnām) - of monkeys (genitive plural)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kapi

kapi - monkey

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