वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-19, verse-1

स वानरमहाराजः शयानः शरविक्षतः ।
प्रत्युक्तो हेतुमद्वाक्यैर्नोत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥१॥

1. sa vānaramahārājaḥ śayānaḥ śaravikṣataḥ ,
pratyukto hetumadvākyairnottaraṃ pratyapadyata.

1. sa vānaramahārājaḥ śayānaḥ śaravikṣataḥ pratyuktaḥ
hetumadvākyaiḥ na uttaram pratyapadyata

1. sa śaravikṣataḥ śayānaḥ vānaramahārājaḥ
hetumadvākyaiḥ pratyuktaḥ uttaram na pratyapadyata

1. That great monkey king, lying wounded by arrows, although addressed with well-reasoned words, did not offer a reply.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that (that, he)

• वानरमहाराजः (vānaramahārājaḥ) - great monkey king

• शयानः (śayānaḥ) - lying (lying, sleeping)

• शरविक्षतः (śaravikṣataḥ) - wounded by arrows

• प्रत्युक्तः (pratyuktaḥ) - although addressed (answered, replied to)

• हेतुमद्वाक्यैः (hetumadvākyaiḥ) - with well-reasoned words (with reasonable words, with logical statements)

• न (na) - did not (not, no)

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - a reply (reply, answer, north)

• प्रत्यपद्यत (pratyapadyata) - did not offer (gave, obtained, returned)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वानरमहाराजः (vānaramahārājaḥ) - great monkey king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānaramahārāja

vānaramahārāja - great king of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+mahā+rājan)

• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

शयानः (śayānaḥ) - lying (lying, sleeping)

(present active participle)

शरविक्षतः (śaravikṣataḥ) - wounded by arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaravikṣata

śaravikṣata - wounded by arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+vikṣata)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• vikṣata – wounded, injured, broken
  past passive participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root kṣaṇ (to injure) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣaṇ (class 8)

प्रत्युक्तः (pratyuktaḥ) - although addressed (answered, replied to)

(past passive participle)

हेतुमद्वाक्यैः (hetumadvākyaiḥ) - with well-reasoned words (with reasonable words, with logical statements)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of hetumadvākya

hetumadvākya - reasonable speech, logical statement

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hetumat+vākya)

• hetumat – having a cause, reasonable, logical
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from hetu (reason, cause) with suffix -mat.
• vākya – word, speech, sentence, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - did not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - a reply (reply, answer, north)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - north, higher, later, answer, reply

प्रत्यपद्यत (pratyapadyata) - did not offer (gave, obtained, returned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of pratipad

imperfect tense form

Imperfect 3rd person singular ātmanepada of root pad (to go, fall) with prefix prati-.

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

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