वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-21, verse-23

सुमुखो दुर्मुखश्चात्र वेगदर्शी च वानरः ।
मृत्युर्वानररूपेण नूनं सृष्टः स्वयम्भुवा ॥२३॥

23. sumukho durmukhaścātra vegadarśī ca vānaraḥ ,
mṛtyurvānararūpeṇa nūnaṃ sṛṣṭaḥ svayambhuvā.

23. sumukhaḥ durmukhaḥ ca atra vegadarśī ca vānaraḥ
mṛtyuḥ vānararūpeṇa nūnam sṛṣṭaḥ svayambhuvā

23. atra sumukhaḥ durmukhaḥ ca vegadarśī ca vānaraḥ [āsan].
nūnam mṛtyuḥ vānararūpeṇa svayambhuvā sṛṣṭaḥ.

23. Present here were Sumukha, Durmukha, and Vegadarśī, the Vānaras. Indeed, Death itself was surely created by the self-existent one (brahman) in the form of a Vānara.

Words meanings summery:

• सुमुखः (sumukhaḥ) - the Vānara chief Sumukha (Sumukha (good-faced))

• दुर्मुखः (durmukhaḥ) - the Vānara chief Durmukha (Durmukha (bad-faced))

• च (ca) - and, also

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• वेगदर्शी (vegadarśī) - the Vānara chief Vegadarśī (Vegadarśī (swift-sighted, quick to perceive))

• च (ca) - and, also

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey, Vānara

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death itself, personified (death, Mortality (personified))

• वानररूपेण (vānararūpeṇa) - in the form of a Vānara

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, indeed, certainly

• सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created, released

• स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by Brahmā (the creator god), as an epithet for (brahman) (by Svayambhū, by the self-existent one)

Words meanings and morphology

सुमुखः (sumukhaḥ) - the Vānara chief Sumukha (Sumukha (good-faced))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumukha

sumukha - good-faced, handsome; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mukha)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

दुर्मुखः (durmukhaḥ) - the Vānara chief Durmukha (Durmukha (bad-faced))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durmukha

durmukha - bad-faced, ugly-faced; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+mukha)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

वेगदर्शी (vegadarśī) - the Vānara chief Vegadarśī (Vegadarśī (swift-sighted, quick to perceive))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vegadarśin

vegadarśin - swift-sighted, quick to perceive; a proper name

Compound type : tatpurusha (vega+darśin)

• vega – speed, velocity, force, impetuosity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)
• darśin – seeing, perceiving, showing, one who sees/perceives
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root √dṛś (to see) with suffix -in
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey, Vānara

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, Vānara (a race of forest dwellers in the Rāmāyaṇa)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death itself, personified (death, Mortality (personified))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, mortality, the god of death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

वानररूपेण (vānararūpeṇa) - in the form of a Vānara

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vānararūpa

vānararūpa - the form of a monkey/Vānara

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpurusha (vānara+rūpa)

• vānara – monkey, ape, Vānara
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created, released

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, let loose, emitted, formed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sṛj (to let go, create, emit)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by Brahmā (the creator god), as an epithet for (brahman) (by Svayambhū, by the self-existent one)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-born; an epithet of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, or the Supreme Being (brahman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – oneself, by oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existence, becoming; earth
  noun (feminine)
  root noun
  Root √bhū (to be, become, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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