वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-68, verse-8

हनूमान्पुरतस्तेषां जगाम कपिकुञ्जरः ।
प्रगृह्य सुमहच्छृङ्गं पर्वतस्य दुरासदम् ॥८॥

8. hanūmānpuratasteṣāṃ jagāma kapikuñjaraḥ ,
pragṛhya sumahacchṛṅgaṃ parvatasya durāsadam.

8. hanūmān purataḥ teṣām jagāma kapikuñjaraḥ
pragṛhya sumahat śṛṅgam parvatasya durāsadam

8. kapikuñjaraḥ hanūmān teṣām purataḥ parvatasya
sumahat durāsadam śṛṅgam pragṛhya jagāma

8. Hanuman, the foremost of the monkeys, proceeded ahead of them, having seized a very huge and formidable mountain peak.

Words meanings summery:

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman (name of a monkey deity)

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front of, before, ahead

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the monkeys (of them)

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he proceeded

• कपिकुञ्जरः (kapikuñjaraḥ) - foremost of the monkeys (Hanuman) (best of monkeys, elephant among monkeys)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, having taken

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, very large, very huge

• शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - a mountain peak or crag (horn, peak, summit, crag)

• पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of the mountain

• दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, formidable, inaccessible

Words meanings and morphology

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman (name of a monkey deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (name of the monkey general)

Note: Subject of jagāma.

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front of, before, ahead

(indeclinable)

From pura (before) + tas suffix

Note: Takes genitive teṣām.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the monkeys (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the other monkeys.

जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he proceeded

(verb)

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

perfect tense (lit)

Reduplicated perfect form of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

कपिकुञ्जरः (kapikuñjaraḥ) - foremost of the monkeys (Hanuman) (best of monkeys, elephant among monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kapikuñjara

kapikuñjara - excellent monkey, elephant-like monkey, best of monkeys

Compound type : karmadharaya (kapi+kuñjara)

• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• kuñjara – elephant, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, having taken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

pra + root grah (to seize) + lya (ya)

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Action preceding jagāma.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, very large, very huge

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very large, very powerful

su (very) + mahat (great)

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix/adverb
• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)

Note: The final 't' becomes 'c' due to sandhi with 'ś' in 'sumahac chṛṅgam'.

शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - a mountain peak or crag (horn, peak, summit, crag)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit, crag, prominence

पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of the mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Note: Possessive of śṛṅgam.

दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, formidable, inaccessible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, formidable

dur (bad, difficult) + āsada (approachable, from ā + sad)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dur+āsada)

• dur – difficult, bad
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• āsada – approaching, obtaining, accessible
  noun (masculine)
  from root sad with ā
  ā + root sad (to sit, to reach) + a suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)