वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-22

तं यान्तमनुयाति
स्म महती हरिवाहिनी ॥२२॥

22. taṃ yāntamanuyāti
sma mahatī harivāhinī.

22. tam yāntam anuyāti
sma mahatī harivāhinī

22. mahatī harivāhinī tam
yāntam anuyāti sma

22. A vast army of monkeys followed him as he departed.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• यान्तम् (yāntam) - going, departing, moving

• अनुयाति (anuyāti) - follows, goes after

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with present verbs, indeed

• महती (mahatī) - great, large, vast

• हरिवाहिनी (harivāhinī) - monkey army, army of monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to Rāma.

यान्तम् (yāntam) - going, departing, moving

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yāt

yāt - going, moving

present active participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go) + śatṛ pratyaya.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'tam'.

अनुयाति (anuyāti) - follows, goes after

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anuyā

present indicative

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used with 'sma' to denote past tense.

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with present verbs, indeed

(indeclinable)

महती (mahatī) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Qualifies 'harivāhinī'.

हरिवाहिनी (harivāhinī) - monkey army, army of monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of harivāhinī

harivāhinī - monkey army, army of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+vāhinī)

• hari – monkey, ape; a lion; Viṣṇu, Indra, wind, sun; horse
  noun (masculine)
• vāhinī – an army; a river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'vah' (to carry) + ṇini.
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.