वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-39, verse-32

तं दृष्ट्वा त्वरितं यान्तं नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् ।
वानरा दुद्रुवुः सर्वे मन्यमानास्तु रावणिम् ॥३२॥

32. taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritaṃ yāntaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam ,
vānarā dudruvuḥ sarve manyamānāstu rāvaṇim.

32. tam dṛṣṭvā tvaritam yāntam nīlāñjanacayopamam
vānarāḥ dudruvuḥ sarve manyamānāḥ tu rāvaṇim

32. vānarāḥ sarve tam nīlāñjanacayopamam tvaritam
yāntam dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇim manyamānāḥ tu dudruvuḥ

32. Upon seeing him, swiftly moving and resembling a mass of black collyrium, all the monkeys fled, believing him to be Rāvaṇa's son.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Indrajit) (him, that one)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

• त्वरितम् (tvaritam) - swiftly, quickly

• यान्तम् (yāntam) - going, moving

• नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् (nīlāñjanacayopamam) - resembling a heap/mass of black collyrium

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• दुद्रुवुः (dudruvuḥ) - fled, ran away

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• मन्यमानाः (manyamānāḥ) - thinking, supposing, believing

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, and

• रावणिम् (rāvaṇim) - Rāvaṇa's son (Indrajit) (Rāvaṇa's son)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Indrajit) (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

त्वरितम् (tvaritam) - swiftly, quickly

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tvarita

tvarita - swift, quick, hurried

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tvar (to hurry) with suffix -ita

Root: tvar (class 1)

यान्तम् (yāntam) - going, moving

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yānt

yāt - going, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root yā (to go) with suffix -at

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Present active participle, modifying 'tam'.

नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् (nīlāñjanacayopamam) - resembling a heap/mass of black collyrium

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nīlāñjanacayopama

nīlāñjanacayopama - resembling a heap of black collyrium

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nīla+añjana+caya+upama)

• nīla – blue, black
  adjective
• añjana – collyrium, black pigment
  noun (neuter)
  Root: añj (class 7)
• caya – heap, collection, pile
  noun (masculine)
  From root ci (to gather)
  Root: ci (class 5)
• upama – resembling, comparable to
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective modifying 'tam'.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

दुद्रुवुः (dudruvuḥ) - fled, ran away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dru

Perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect from root dru

Root: dru (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

Note: Modifies 'vānarāḥ'.

मन्यमानाः (manyamānāḥ) - thinking, supposing, believing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manyamāna

manyamāna - thinking, supposing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root man (to think) with suffix -māna

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Present middle participle, modifying 'vānarāḥ'.

तु (tu) - indeed, but, and

(indeclinable)

रावणिम् (rāvaṇim) - Rāvaṇa's son (Indrajit) (Rāvaṇa's son)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇi

rāvaṇi - son of Rāvaṇa

Patronymic from Rāvaṇa

Note: Refers to Indrajit.

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