वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-8

विभीषणं तं सुग्रीवो दृष्ट्वा वानरभीषणम् ।
ऋक्षराजं समीपस्थं जाम्बवन्तमुवाच ह ॥८॥

8. vibhīṣaṇaṃ taṃ sugrīvo dṛṣṭvā vānarabhīṣaṇam ,
ṛkṣarājaṃ samīpasthaṃ jāmbavantamuvāca ha.

8. vibhīṣaṇam tam sugrīvaḥ dṛṣṭvā vānarabhīṣaṇam
ṛkṣarājam samīpastham jāmbavantam uvāca ha

8. sugrīvaḥ tam vānarabhīṣaṇam vibhīṣaṇam dṛṣṭvā
samīpastham ṛkṣarājam jāmbavantam ha uvāca

8. Seeing Vibhishana, who was terrifying to the monkeys, Sugriva then spoke to Jambavan, the king of the bears, who was standing nearby.

Words meanings summery:

• विभीषणम् (vibhīṣaṇam) - Vibhishana

• तम् (tam) - referring to Vibhishana (him, that)

• सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugriva

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• वानरभीषणम् (vānarabhīṣaṇam) - terrifying to monkeys

• ऋक्षराजम् (ṛkṣarājam) - referring to Jambavan (king of bears)

• समीपस्थम् (samīpastham) - referring to Jambavan (standing nearby, near)

• जाम्बवन्तम् (jāmbavantam) - Jambavan

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

Words meanings and morphology

विभीषणम् (vibhīṣaṇam) - Vibhishana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhishana (name of Ravana's brother)

तम् (tam) - referring to Vibhishana (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugriva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugriva (name of the monkey king)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वानरभीषणम् (vānarabhīṣaṇam) - terrifying to monkeys

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vānarabhīṣaṇa

vānarabhīṣaṇa - terrifying to monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+bhīṣaṇa)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• bhīṣaṇa – terrifying, frightful
  adjective
  present active participle
  derived from root bhī (to fear) with suffix -śana
  Root: bhī (class 3)

ऋक्षराजम् (ṛkṣarājam) - referring to Jambavan (king of bears)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛkṣarāja

ṛkṣarāja - king of bears

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛkṣa+rāja)

• ṛkṣa – bear
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

समीपस्थम् (samīpastham) - referring to Jambavan (standing nearby, near)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samīpastha

samīpastha - standing near, nearby

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

जाम्बवन्तम् (jāmbavantam) - Jambavan

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāmbavat

jāmbavat - Jambavan (name of the bear king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect active

perfect tense form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

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