वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-53, verse-11

न ह्यहं त इमे सर्वे सामदानादिभिर्गुणैः ।
दण्डेन न त्वया शक्याः सुग्रीवादपकर्षितुम् ॥११॥

11. na hyahaṃ ta ime sarve sāmadānādibhirguṇaiḥ ,
daṇḍena na tvayā śakyāḥ sugrīvādapakarṣitum.

11. na hi aham te ime sarve sāmadānādibhiḥ guṇaiḥ
| daṇḍena na tvayā śakyāḥ sugrīvāt apakarṣitum

11. aham te ime sarve hi sāmadānādibhiḥ guṇaiḥ
daṇḍena ca tvayā sugrīvāt apakarṣitum na śakyāḥ

11. Indeed, I and all these (followers) cannot be separated from Sugrīva by you, neither by means of conciliation and gifts, nor by punishment.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ते (te) - those followers (mentioned or implied previously) (those (ones))

• इमे (ime) - these followers (these (ones))

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of us) (all, everyone)

• सामदानादिभिः (sāmadānādibhiḥ) - by means of diplomatic strategies like conciliation and gifts (by means of conciliation, gifts, and so on)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by diplomatic strategies or means (by qualities, by means)

• दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by punishment, by force

• न (na) - not, no

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - capable of being separated (capable, possible (to be done))

• सुग्रीवात् (sugrīvāt) - from Sugrīva

• अपकर्षितुम् (apakarṣitum) - to draw away, to pull away, to separate

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

ते (te) - those followers (mentioned or implied previously) (those (ones))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

इमे (ime) - these followers (these (ones))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of us) (all, everyone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

सामदानादिभिः (sāmadānādibhiḥ) - by means of diplomatic strategies like conciliation and gifts (by means of conciliation, gifts, and so on)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāmadānādi

sāmadānādi - (beginning with) conciliation and gifts; the strategies of diplomacy (sāma, dāna, bheda, daṇḍa)

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'that of which sāma and dāna are the beginning'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāma+dāna+ādi)

• sāma – conciliation, peace
  noun (neuter)
• dāna – gift, donation
  noun (neuter)
  From root DĀ (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable (masculine)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by diplomatic strategies or means (by qualities, by means)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, strand, secondary means

Note: Refers to the diplomatic qualities/strategies.

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by punishment, by force

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, punishment, force, army

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the possibility expressed by 'śakyāḥ'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - capable of being separated (capable, possible (to be done))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, fit to be done

gerundive

From root ŚAK (to be able), formed with suffix -ya

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: It is a gerundive (potential passive participle) here, agreeing with the subjects 'aham', 'te', 'ime', 'sarve'.

सुग्रीवात् (sugrīvāt) - from Sugrīva

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (name of the monkey-king)

Compound of su (good/beautiful) and grīva (neck)

Note: Indicates separation from.

अपकर्षितुम् (apakarṣitum) - to draw away, to pull away, to separate

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From root KṚṢ (to draw, to pull) with prefix APA, formed with suffix -tum

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Used with 'śakyāḥ'.

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