वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-1

स तस्य गतिमन्विच्छन् राजपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ।
दिदेशातिबलो रामो दशवानरयूथपान् ॥१॥

1. sa tasya gatimanvicchan rājaputraḥ pratāpavān ,
dideśātibalo rāmo daśavānarayūthapān.

1. saḥ tasya gatim anvicchan rājaputraḥ pratāpavān
dideśa atibalaḥ rāmaḥ daśa vānarayūthapān

1. saḥ pratāpavān rājaputraḥ atibalaḥ rāmaḥ tasya
gatim anvicchan daśa vānarayūthapān dideśa

1. That powerful prince, Rāma, seeking his (Indrajit's) whereabouts, then appointed ten leaders of the Vānaras (monkeys).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - That (Rāma) (he, that)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Indrajit's) (his, of him, of that)

• गतिम् (gatim) - whereabouts (movement, course, path, whereabouts)

• अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking (seeking, searching, wishing)

• राजपुत्रः (rājaputraḥ) - prince (prince, son of a king)

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful (powerful, majestic, glorious)

• दिदेश (dideśa) - appointed (he appointed, he ordered, he showed)

• अतिबलः (atibalaḥ) - powerful (exceedingly strong, very powerful)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वानरयूथपान् (vānarayūthapān) - leaders of the Vānaras (monkeys) (leaders of monkey troops)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - That (Rāma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāma.

तस्य (tasya) - his (Indrajit's) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇi (Indrajit).

गतिम् (gatim) - whereabouts (movement, course, path, whereabouts)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, state, destination, whereabouts

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'anvicchan'.

अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking (seeking, searching, wishing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anvicchat

anvicchat - seeking, following, searching for

Present Active Participle

Derived from root iṣ (to wish, seek) with prefixes anu- and vi-

Prefixes: anu+vi

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'rājaputraḥ' and 'rāmaḥ'.

राजपुत्रः (rājaputraḥ) - prince (prince, son of a king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājaputra

rājaputra - prince, king's son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+putra)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Rāma.

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful (powerful, majestic, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - powerful, glorious, majestic

Possessive suffix -vat

Note: Qualifies 'rājaputraḥ' and 'rāmaḥ'.

दिदेश (dideśa) - appointed (he appointed, he ordered, he showed)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated root; formed from √diś

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Main verb.

अतिबलः (atibalaḥ) - powerful (exceedingly strong, very powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atibala

atibala - exceedingly strong, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ati+bala)

• ati – over, beyond, exceedingly
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'rāmaḥ'.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)

Note: Subject of 'dideśa'.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'vānarayūthapān'.

वानरयूथपान् (vānarayūthapān) - leaders of the Vānaras (monkeys) (leaders of monkey troops)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānarayūthapa

vānarayūthapa - leader of a monkey troop

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+yūthapa)

• vānara – monkey, a member of the Vānara tribe
  noun (masculine)
• yūthapa – leader of a troop/herd
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: yūtha (herd) + pa (protector/leader)

Note: Object of 'dideśa'.

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