वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-63, verse-21

अङ्गदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा न कश्चित् किं चिदब्रवीत् ।
स्तिमितेवाभवत् सर्वा सा तत्र हरिवाहिनी ॥२१॥

21. aṅgadasya vacaḥ śrutvā na kaścit kiṃ cidabravīt ,
stimitevābhavat sarvā sā tatra harivāhinī.

21. aṅgadasya vacaḥ śrutvā na kaścit kim cit abravīt
stimitā iva abhavat sarvā sā tatra harivāhinī

21. Having heard Angada's words, no one spoke a word. That entire monkey army (harivāhinī) there became completely still, as if frozen.

Words meanings summery:

• अङ्गदस्य (aṅgadasya) - of Angada, the son of Vali (of Angada)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (of Angada) (word, speech, saying)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (Angada's challenge) (having heard, having listened)

• न (na) - not (not, no, neither)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (someone, anyone, a certain one)

• किम् (kim) - anything (as in 'no one said anything') (what, anything, something)

• चित् (cit) - even (even, indeed, at all)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (a word) (he spoke, he said)

• स्तिमिता (stimitā) - motionless, still (motionless, still, fixed, steady)

• इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if, similar to)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it became (it became, it was, it existed)

• सर्वा (sarvā) - the entire (all, every, whole, entire)

• सा (sā) - that (one) (she, that)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (at that spot) (there, in that place, then)

• हरिवाहिनी (harivāhinī) - the monkey army (harivāhinī) (monkey army, monkey host)

Words meanings and morphology

अङ्गदस्य (aṅgadasya) - of Angada, the son of Vali (of Angada)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅgada

aṅgada - Angada (a proper name, son of Vali), an armlet

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (of Angada) (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, voice, saying

Root `vac` + -as suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (Angada's challenge) (having heard, having listened)

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Gerund, indicates an action completed before the main verb.

न (na) - not (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (someone, anyone, a certain one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - anyone, someone, a certain one

Formed from `kim` + `cit`

किम् (kim) - anything (as in 'no one said anything') (what, anything, something)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.

चित् (cit) - even (even, indeed, at all)

(indeclinable)

Particle used to form indefinite pronouns (e.g., `kaścit`, `kiṃcit`)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (a word) (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root verb

Root: brū (class 2)

स्तिमिता (stimitā) - motionless, still (motionless, still, fixed, steady)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of stimita

stimita - motionless, still, fixed, steady, quiet

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `stim` (to be motionless, stiff)

Root: stim (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'harivāhinī' (implied by 'sā')

इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it became (it became, it was, it existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root verb

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वा (sarvā) - the entire (all, every, whole, entire)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire, complete

Note: Modifies 'harivāhinī'.

सा (sā) - that (one) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine form.

Note: Refers to 'harivāhinī'.

तत्र (tatra) - there (at that spot) (there, in that place, then)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverbial suffix -tra

हरिवाहिनी (harivāhinī) - the monkey army (harivāhinī) (monkey army, monkey host)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of harivāhinī

harivāhinī - monkey army, monkey host

Compound 'hari' (monkey) + 'vāhinī' (army)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+vāhinī)

• hari – monkey, lion, horse
  noun (masculine)
• vāhinī – army, host, multitude, river
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root `vah` (to carry), feminine form.
  Root: vah (class 1)

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