वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-11, verse-38

ततो मैन्दस्तु संप्रेक्ष्य नयापनयकोविदः ।
वाक्यं वचनसंपन्नो बभाषे हेतुमत्तरम् ॥३८॥

38. tato maindastu saṃprekṣya nayāpanayakovidaḥ ,
vākyaṃ vacanasaṃpanno babhāṣe hetumattaram.

38. tataḥ maindaḥ tu samprekṣya nayāpanayakovidaḥ
vākyaṃ vacanasaṃpannaḥ babhāṣe hetumattaram

38. tataḥ tu nayāpanayakovidaḥ vacanasaṃpannaḥ
maindaḥ samprekṣya hetumattaram vākyam babhāṣe

38. Then Mainda, being well-versed in proper and improper policy and possessing eloquent speech, having reflected, delivered a very logical statement.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• मैन्दः (maindaḥ) - Mainda (Mainda (name of a monkey chief))

• तु (tu) - then (but, indeed, yet)

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having reflected (having seen, having observed, having considered)

• नयापनयकोविदः (nayāpanayakovidaḥ) - well-versed in proper and improper policy (skilled in proper and improper policy, expert in statesmanship and mispolicy)

• वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - a statement (speech, statement, sentence)

• वचनसंपन्नः (vacanasaṁpannaḥ) - possessing eloquent speech (endowed with words, eloquent, fluent)

• बभषे (babhaṣe) - delivered (spoke, said)

• हेतुमत्तरम् (hetumattaram) - a very logical (statement) (most reasonable, highly logical, full of very good reasons)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

adverb from pronominal base tad-

मैन्दः (maindaḥ) - Mainda (Mainda (name of a monkey chief))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mainda

mainda - Mainda (a monkey chief, a character in the Rāmāyaṇa)

तु (tu) - then (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having reflected (having seen, having observed, having considered)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from √īkṣ with sam- and pra-

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

नयापनयकोविदः (nayāpanayakovidaḥ) - well-versed in proper and improper policy (skilled in proper and improper policy, expert in statesmanship and mispolicy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nayāpanayakovida

nayāpanayakovida - skilled in proper and improper policy, expert in statesmanship and mispolicy

compound of naya, apanaya, and kovida

Compound type : tatpurusha (naya+apanaya+kovida)

• naya – proper policy, statesmanship, conduct
  noun (masculine)
  from √nī
  Root: nī (class 1)
• apanaya – improper policy, misconduct, error
  noun (masculine)
  from apa-√nī
  Prefix: apa
  Root: nī (class 1)
• kovida – skilled, expert, proficient
  adjective (masculine)

वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - a statement (speech, statement, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, sentence

from vāc (speech)

वचनसंपन्नः (vacanasaṁpannaḥ) - possessing eloquent speech (endowed with words, eloquent, fluent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vacanasaṃpanna

vacanasaṁpanna - endowed with words, eloquent

compound of vacana and saṃpanna

Compound type : tatpurusha (vacana+saṃpanna)

• vacana – speech, word, statement
  noun (neuter)
  from √vac
  Root: vac (class 2)
• saṃpanna – endowed with, furnished with, accomplished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam-√pad
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

बभषे (babhaṣe) - delivered (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of bhāṣ

Perfect middle, 3rd Person Singular

Perfect form of √bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

हेतुमत्तरम् (hetumattaram) - a very logical (statement) (most reasonable, highly logical, full of very good reasons)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hetumattara

hetumattara - more reasonable, more logical

comparative of hetumat (hetu + -mat + -tara)

Compound type : tatpurusha (hetu+mat+tara)

• hetu – reason, cause, motive
  noun (masculine)
• mat – possessing
  suffix
  possessive suffix
• tara – more, comparative suffix
  suffix
  comparative suffix

Note: Comparative suffix '-tara' often used for intensity rather than strict comparison in such contexts (e.g., 'very logical').