वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-113, verse-1

अयोध्यां तु समालोक्य चिन्तयामास राघवः ।
चिन्तयित्वा ततो दृष्टिं वानरेषु न्यपातयत् ॥१॥

1. ayodhyāṃ tu samālokya cintayāmāsa rāghavaḥ ,
cintayitvā tato dṛṣṭiṃ vānareṣu nyapātayat.

1. ayodhyām tu samālokya cintayāmāsa rāghavaḥ
cintayitvā tataḥ dṛṣṭim vānareṣu nyapātayat

1. rāghavaḥ ayodhyām tu samālokya cintayāmāsa.
tataḥ cintayitvā dṛṣṭim vānareṣu nyapātayat.

1. Having carefully observed Ayodhya, Rāma (rāghava) began to ponder. After reflecting, he then cast his gaze upon the monkeys.

Words meanings summery:

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - to the city of Ayodhya (Ayodhya (city))

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• समालोक्य (samālokya) - having carefully observed (having seen, having observed, having looked at carefully)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he began to ponder (he thought, he pondered, he reflected)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (Rāma, descendent of Raghu)

• चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - after reflecting (having thought, having pondered, having reflected)

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

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - his gaze (gaze, sight, vision)

• वानरेषु (vānareṣu) - upon the monkeys (on/among the monkeys)

• न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - he cast down (he cast down, he caused to fall, he directed)

Words meanings and morphology

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - to the city of Ayodhya (Ayodhya (city))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (name of a city)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

समालोक्य (samālokya) - having carefully observed (having seen, having observed, having looked at carefully)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefixes sam- and ā- from the root lok (to see)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: lok (class 10)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he began to ponder (he thought, he pondered, he reflected)

(verb)

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

Periphrastic Perfect, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice

Formed from the stem 'cintaya-' and the perfect form of the verb 'as' (to be). The base `cintayati` itself is often treated as a denominative verb derived from the noun `cintā` (thought) or from root `cit` (to perceive) in 10th class.

Root: cit (class 10)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (Rāma, descendent of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendent of Raghu, Rāma

Derived from Raghu with the suffix -a

चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - after reflecting (having thought, having pondered, having reflected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā from the verbal stem 'cintaya-' (from root cit or denominative from cintā)

Root: cit (class 10)

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

(indeclinable)

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - his gaze (gaze, sight, vision)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, sight, vision, gaze

Verbal noun

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ti

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वानरेषु (vānareṣu) - upon the monkeys (on/among the monkeys)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - he cast down (he cast down, he caused to fall, he directed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of nyapātayat

Imperfect, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice (Causative)

Causative form of root 'pat' (to fall) with prefixes 'ni' and 'ā'. The causative stem is 'pātaya-'.

Prefixes: ni+ā

Root: pat (class 1)

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