वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-31, verse-28

पूर्वं तु द्वारमासाद्य नीलो हरिचमूपतिः ।
अतिष्ठत् सह मैन्देन द्विविदेन च वीर्यवान् ॥२८॥

28. pūrvaṃ tu dvāramāsādya nīlo haricamūpatiḥ ,
atiṣṭhat saha maindena dvividena ca vīryavān.

28. pūrvam tu dvāram āsādya nīlaḥ haricamūpatiḥ
atiṣṭhat saha maindena dvividena ca vīryavān

28. tu nīlaḥ vīryavān haricamūpatiḥ pūrvam dvāram
āsādya maindena dvividena ca saha atiṣṭhat

28. But Nila, the valorous commander of the monkey army, having reached the eastern gate, stood there with Mainda and Dvivida.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - eastern, former, prior

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

• द्वारम् (dvāram) - gate, door, entrance

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having reached, having attained

• नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nila (a prominent monkey commander)

• हरिचमूपतिः (haricamūpatiḥ) - commander of the monkey army, lord of the monkey host

• अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - he stood, he remained

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• मैन्देन (maindena) - by Mainda (a monkey general)

• द्विविदेन (dvividena) - by Dvivida (another monkey general)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, heroic

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - eastern, former, prior

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - eastern, former, prior

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

(indeclinable)

द्वारम् (dvāram) - gate, door, entrance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvāra

dvāra - gate, door, entrance

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund/absolutive from root √sad (to sit, go) with prefixes ā- and sam-.

Prefixes: ā+sam

Root: sad (class 1)

नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nila (a prominent monkey commander)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - Nila (proper noun)

हरिचमूपतिः (haricamūpatiḥ) - commander of the monkey army, lord of the monkey host

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haricamūpati

haricamūpati - commander of the monkey army

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (hari+camūpati)

• hari – monkey; also referring to Vishnu/Krishna
  noun (masculine)
• camūpati – commander of an army, general
  noun (masculine)

अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - he stood, he remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect indicative (laṅ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

मैन्देन (maindena) - by Mainda (a monkey general)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mainda

mainda - Mainda (a monkey general)

द्विविदेन (dvividena) - by Dvivida (another monkey general)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dvivida

dvivida - Dvivida (a monkey general)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, valorous, heroic

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