वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-1

इति प्रतिसमादिष्टो हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ।
प्रविवेश पुरीं लङ्कां पूज्यमानो निशाचरैः ॥१॥

1. iti pratisamādiṣṭo hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ ,
praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ pūjyamāno niśācaraiḥ.

1. iti pratisamādiṣṭaḥ hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ
praviveśa purīm laṅkām pūjyamānaḥ niśācaraiḥ

1. Thus commanded, Hanumān, the son of Māruta (the wind-god), entered the city of Laṅkā, even as he was being revered by the night-wanderers (rākṣasas).

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• प्रतिसमादिष्टः (pratisamādiṣṭaḥ) - having been given specific instructions (commanded, instructed, ordered)

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanumān

• मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of Māruta (the wind-god)

• प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - he entered

• पुरीम् (purīm) - city

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā

• पूज्यमानः (pūjyamānaḥ) - being revered, being honored, being worshipped

• निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by the night-wanderers, by the rākṣasas (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

प्रतिसमादिष्टः (pratisamādiṣṭaḥ) - having been given specific instructions (commanded, instructed, ordered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratisamādiṣṭa

diś - to show, point, direct, command

past passive participle

past passive participle from root √diś with prefixes prati, sam, and ā

Prefixes: prati+sam+ā

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'Hanumān'

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanumān (name of a monkey-god)

मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of Māruta (the wind-god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Māruta (the wind-god)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – wind-god, son of Marut
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born from self
  noun (masculine)

प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - he entered

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

पुरीम् (purīm) - city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the island city, capital of Rāvaṇa)

पूज्यमानः (pūjyamānaḥ) - being revered, being honored, being worshipped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjyamāna

pūjyamāna - being honored, being revered, being worshipped

present passive participle

present passive participle from root √pūj (to honor, worship)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'Hanumān'

निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by the night-wanderers, by the rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  from root √car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

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