वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-32

तेषां सेनापतिर्वीरो नीलो वानरपुंगवः ।
संपतन्पततां श्रेष्ठस्तद्बलं पर्यपालयत् ॥३२॥

32. teṣāṃ senāpatirvīro nīlo vānarapuṃgavaḥ ,
saṃpatanpatatāṃ śreṣṭhastadbalaṃ paryapālayat.

32. teṣām senāpatiḥ vīraḥ nīlaḥ vānarapuṃgavaḥ
saṃpatan patatām śreṣṭhaḥ tat balam paryapālayat

32. teṣām vīraḥ nīlaḥ vānarapuṃgavaḥ senāpatiḥ
saṃpatan patatām śreṣṭhaḥ tat balam paryapālayat

32. The heroic Nila, chief of monkeys and commander of their army, the best among those who leap, protected that force.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (previous warriors/leaders) (of them)

• सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander-in-chief of the forces (commander of the army)

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the heroic (Nila) (heroic, brave, warrior)

• नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nila, a famous monkey warrior and general (Nila (name of a monkey))

• वानरपुंगवः (vānarapuṁgavaḥ) - an excellent monkey, leader of the monkey forces (foremost among monkeys, chief of monkeys)

• संपतन् (saṁpatan) - leaping or rushing forward (in battle) (rushing, flying, leaping)

• पतताम् (patatām) - amongst those warriors who leap or charge (of those who rush/fly/leap)

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the most excellent (amongst the leapers) (best, most excellent, chief)

• तत् (tat) - that (previously mentioned) force or army (that)

• बलम् (balam) - the army or military force (force, strength, army)

• पर्यपालयत् (paryapālayat) - Nila diligently protected (the army) (protected, guarded)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (previous warriors/leaders) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander-in-chief of the forces (commander of the army)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpurusha (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host, weapon
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, owner, husband, commander
  noun (masculine)

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the heroic (Nila) (heroic, brave, warrior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - man, hero, warrior, brave, powerful, excellent

नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nila, a famous monkey warrior and general (Nila (name of a monkey))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - blue, dark blue, indigo; sapphire; name of a monkey-general, son of Agni

वानरपुंगवः (vānarapuṁgavaḥ) - an excellent monkey, leader of the monkey forces (foremost among monkeys, chief of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānarapuṃgava

vānarapuṁgava - best of monkeys, eminent monkey

Compound type : tatpurusha (vānara+puṃgava)

• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• puṃgava – bull; chief, excellent, eminent (used metaphorically)
  noun (masculine)

संपतन् (saṁpatan) - leaping or rushing forward (in battle) (rushing, flying, leaping)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃpatat

saṁpatat - rushing together, flying, leaping, falling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall, fly, leap) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

पतताम् (patatām) - amongst those warriors who leap or charge (of those who rush/fly/leap)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of patat

patat - falling, flying, rushing, leaping

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall, fly, leap)

Root: pat (class 1)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the most excellent (amongst the leapers) (best, most excellent, chief)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, most eminent, chief, principal

Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

तत् (tat) - that (previously mentioned) force or army (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बलम् (balam) - the army or military force (force, strength, army)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, troop

पर्यपालयत् (paryapālayat) - Nila diligently protected (the army) (protected, guarded)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pāl

Imperfect Tense

Imperfect 3rd singular, from root pāl (causative of pā) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)