वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-55

हनूमांश्चिन्तयामास मतिमान्मारुतात्मजः ।
एवं गृहीते सुग्रीवे किं कर्तव्यं मया भवेत् ॥५५॥

55. hanūmāṃścintayāmāsa matimānmārutātmajaḥ ,
evaṃ gṛhīte sugrīve kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā bhavet.

55. Hanūmān cintayāmāsa matimān mārutātmajaḥ evam
gṛhīte sugrīve kim kartavyam mayā bhavet

55. matimān mārutātmajaḥ Hanūmān evam
sugrīve gṛhīte mayā kim kartavyam bhavet

55. The intelligent Hanūmān, son of the wind god (Maruta), pondered: "If Sugrīva is captured in this manner, what should I do?"

Words meanings summery:

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - The monkey chief Hanūmān, son of Vāyu (Hanūmān (name of a monkey chief))

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - thought, reflected (thought, pondered)

• मतिमान् (matimān) - intelligent (intelligent, wise, discerning)

• मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of the wind god (Maruta) (son of Maruta (wind god))

• एवम् (evam) - in this manner, like this (thus, in this manner)

• गृहीते (gṛhīte) - captured, seized (seized, captured, taken)

• सुग्रीवे (sugrīve) - Sugrīva (Sugrīva (name of a monkey king))

• किम् (kim) - what (what, which)

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - should be done (to be done, proper to be done, duty)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (may be, should be, would be)

Words meanings and morphology

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - The monkey chief Hanūmān, son of Vāyu (Hanūmān (name of a monkey chief))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Hanūmān

Hanūmān - Hanūmān (name of a powerful monkey chief, son of Vāyu)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - thought, reflected (thought, pondered)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Intensive past tense formation from root 'cit' (to perceive) with secondary causative suffix 'aya'

Root: cit (class 1)

मतिमान् (matimān) - intelligent (intelligent, wise, discerning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matimat

matimat - intelligent, wise, discerning, possessing intellect

possessive suffix -mat applied to 'mati' (intellect)

Note: Qualifies Hanūmān

मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of the wind god (Maruta) (son of Maruta (wind god))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Maruta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maruta+ātmaja)

• maruta – wind, wind-god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• ātmaja – son, self-born
  noun (masculine)
  born from self (ātman)
  Prefix: ātma
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Hanūmān

एवम् (evam) - in this manner, like this (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

गृहीते (gṛhīte) - captured, seized (seized, captured, taken)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, caught, taken, held

Past Passive Participle

from root grah (to seize) with kta suffix

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction

सुग्रीवे (sugrīve) - Sugrīva (Sugrīva (name of a monkey king))

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (name of the monkey king, literally 'beautiful neck')

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction

किम् (kim) - what (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - should be done (to be done, proper to be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, should be done, duty, obligation

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

from root kṛ (to do) with tavya suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

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