वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-61, verse-24

ततो वृद्धमुपागम्य नियमेनाभ्यवादयत् ।
गृह्य जाम्बवतः पादौ हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ॥२४॥

24. tato vṛddhamupāgamya niyamenābhyavādayat ,
gṛhya jāmbavataḥ pādau hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ.

24. tataḥ vṛddham upāgamya niyamena abhivādayat
gṛhya jāmbavataḥ pādau hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ

24. hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ tataḥ vṛddham upāgamya
jāmbavataḥ pādau gṛhya niyamena abhivādayat

24. Then, Hanumān, the son of Vāyu, approaching the elder (Jāmbavān), formally paid homage by grasping his feet.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, therefrom, from that)

• वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - to the elder (Jāmbavān) (to the old one, to the elder, to the grown one)

• उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached (having approached, having gone near)

• नियमेन (niyamena) - with reverence, formally (by rule, by custom, with discipline, with reverence)

• अभिवादयत् (abhivādayat) - paid homage (he greeted, he paid homage)

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - grasping (having grasped, having taken, having seized)

• जाम्बवतः (jāmbavataḥ) - of Jāmbavān

• पादौ (pādau) - his feet (two feet, the feet)

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanumān

• मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of Vāyu (son of Maruta, son of Vāyu)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, therefrom, from that)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base tad + tasil suffix

वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - to the elder (Jāmbavān) (to the old one, to the elder, to the grown one)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛdh (to grow) + kta suffix

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Acts as a noun here.

उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached (having approached, having gone near)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root gam (to go) with upasargas upa and ā + lyap suffix

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

नियमेन (niyamena) - with reverence, formally (by rule, by custom, with discipline, with reverence)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of niyama

niyama - rule, regulation, discipline, reverence, religious observance

From root yam (to restrain) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

अभिवादयत् (abhivādayat) - paid homage (he greeted, he paid homage)

(verb)

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

Causative of root vad (to speak) with upasargas abhi and vi

Prefixes: abhi+vi

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: The form is from the causative root abhivādi (10th class equivalent), meaning 'to cause to greet' or 'to salute/pay homage'.

गृह्य (gṛhya) - grasping (having grasped, having taken, having seized)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root grah (to seize, take) + lyap suffix

Root: grah (class 9)

जाम्बवतः (jāmbavataḥ) - of Jāmbavān

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāmbavat

jāmbavat - Jāmbavān (name of a bear king)

Note: Jāmbavat is a stem ending in -vat.

पादौ (pādau) - his feet (two feet, the feet)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, ray

Note: Refers to the two feet.

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanumān (name of a monkey-god)

Note: Stem is Hanumat.

मारुतात्मजः (mārutātmajaḥ) - son of Vāyu (son of Maruta, son of Vāyu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārutātmaja

mārutātmaja - son of Maruta/Vāyu

Compound type : tatpurusha (māruta+ātmaja)

• māruta – relating to Maruta/Vāyu, wind, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
  From Maruta (Vāyu, wind god)
• ātmaja – son, offspring, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)
  From ātman + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Epithet for Hanumān.