वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-28, verse-31

त्रिपञ्चरात्रादूर्ध्वं यः प्राप्नुयान्नेह वानरः ।
तस्य प्राणान्तिको दण्डो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥३१॥

31. tripañcarātrādūrdhvaṃ yaḥ prāpnuyānneha vānaraḥ ,
tasya prāṇāntiko daṇḍo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā.

31. tripañcarātrāt ūrdhvam yaḥ prāpnuyāt na iha vānaraḥ
tasya prāṇāntikaḥ daṇḍaḥ na atra kāryā vicāraṇā

31. iha tripañcarātrāt ūrdhvam yaḥ vānaraḥ na prāpnuyāt
tasya prāṇāntikaḥ daṇḍaḥ atra vicāraṇā na kāryā

31. If any monkey does not arrive here within fifteen nights, the punishment for him shall be death. No deliberation should be made in this matter.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रिपञ्चरात्रात् (tripañcarātrāt) - after a period of fifteen nights (from fifteen nights, after fifteen nights)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - beyond (upwards, above, after, subsequently)

• यः (yaḥ) - if any (who, which, what, whichever)

• प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - should arrive (should obtain, reach, arrive at, achieve)

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this place, in this world)

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey, ape

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, its, for him, for it)

• प्राणान्तिकः (prāṇāntikaḥ) - death (as in 'death-ending') (ending in death, fatal, mortal)

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - punishment (punishment, stick, rod, scepter)

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this place, in this matter)

• कार्या (kāryā) - should be made (to be done, ought to be done)

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation (deliberation, investigation, consideration, reflection)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिपञ्चरात्रात् (tripañcarātrāt) - after a period of fifteen nights (from fifteen nights, after fifteen nights)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tripañcarātra

tripañcarātra - period of fifteen nights

Compound type : dvigu (tri+pañca+rātra)

• tri – three
  numeral
• pañca – five
  numeral
• rātra – night, period of night
  noun (neuter)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - beyond (upwards, above, after, subsequently)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - if any (who, which, what, whichever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - should arrive (should obtain, reach, arrive at, achieve)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this place, in this world)

(indeclinable)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - monkey, ape

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, its, for him, for it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

प्राणान्तिकः (prāṇāntikaḥ) - death (as in 'death-ending') (ending in death, fatal, mortal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇāntika

prāṇāntika - ending in death, fatal, mortal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+antika)

• prāṇa – life-breath, life, vital air
  noun (masculine)
• antika – ending, near, final
  adjective (masculine)

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - punishment (punishment, stick, rod, scepter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, punishment, scepter

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

कार्या (kāryā) - should be made (to be done, ought to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, ought to be done, duty, business

Gerundive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'vicāraṇā'.

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation (deliberation, investigation, consideration, reflection)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - deliberation, investigation, consideration, reflection

from vicār (to deliberate) + suffix -anā

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