वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-53, verse-10

त्वां नैते ह्यनुयुञ्जेयुः प्रत्यक्षं प्रवदामि ते ।
यथायं जाम्बवान्नीलः सुहोत्रश्च महाकपिः ॥१०॥

10. tvāṃ naite hyanuyuñjeyuḥ pratyakṣaṃ pravadāmi te ,
yathāyaṃ jāmbavānnīlaḥ suhotraśca mahākapiḥ.

10. tvām na ete hi anuyuñjeyuḥ pratyakṣam pravadāmi te
| yathā ayam jāmbavān nīlaḥ suhotraḥ ca mahākapiḥ

10. te tvām ete hi na anuyuñjeyuḥ aham pratyakṣam pravadāmi
yathā ayam jāmbavān nīlaḥ ca mahākapiḥ suhotraḥ

10. Indeed, these (followers) will not question you directly, I tell you. Just as this Jambavān, Nīla, and the great monkey Suhotra (will not question you).

Words meanings summery:

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you, to you

• न (na) - not, no

• एते (ete) - these followers (these (ones))

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अनुयुञ्जेयुः (anuyuñjeyuḥ) - they would question, they would interrogate

• प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - directly, before the eyes, evident

• प्रवदामि (pravadāmi) - I say, I speak, I tell

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• जाम्बवान् (jāmbavān) - Jambavān, the bear-king (Jambavān)

• नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nīla, the monkey-chief (Nīla, blue, dark)

• सुहोत्रः (suhotraḥ) - Suhotra, a great monkey (Suhotra)

• च (ca) - and, also

• महाकपिः (mahākapiḥ) - an epithet for Suhotra (great monkey)

Words meanings and morphology

त्वाम् (tvām) - you, to you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these followers (these (ones))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अनुयुञ्जेयुः (anuyuñjeyuḥ) - they would question, they would interrogate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of anuyuñj

Root YUJ, class 7, with prefix ANU

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - directly, before the eyes, evident

(indeclinable)

Compound formed from prati (against, towards) and akṣa (eye)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (prati+akṣa)

• prati – towards, against
  indeclinable
• akṣa – eye, dice, axle
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

प्रवदामि (pravadāmi) - I say, I speak, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pravad

Root VAD, class 1, with prefix PRA

Prefix: pra

Root: vad (class 1)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of tvam

tvam - you, your

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

जाम्बवान् (jāmbavān) - Jambavān, the bear-king (Jambavān)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāmbavat

jāmbavat - Jambavān (name of a bear-king in Ramayana)

नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nīla, the monkey-chief (Nīla, blue, dark)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - Nīla (name of a monkey-chief), blue, dark

सुहोत्रः (suhotraḥ) - Suhotra, a great monkey (Suhotra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suhotra

suhotra - Suhotra (name of a great monkey)

Compound of su (good) and hotra (offering/sacrificer), but used as a proper name here

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महाकपिः (mahākapiḥ) - an epithet for Suhotra (great monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākapi

mahākapi - great monkey

Compound of mahā (great) and kapi (monkey)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kapi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
  Feminine form of mahat
• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)

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