वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-10

तेषां कथयतां तत्र सर्वांस्ताननुमान्य च ।
ततो वृद्धतमस्तेषां जाम्बवान्प्रत्यभाषत ॥१०॥

10. teṣāṃ kathayatāṃ tatra sarvāṃstānanumānya ca ,
tato vṛddhatamasteṣāṃ jāmbavānpratyabhāṣata.

10. teṣām kathayatām tatra sarvān tān anumānya ca
tataḥ vṛddhatamaḥ teṣām jāmbavān pratyabhāṣata

10. And there, after listening to and assenting to all of them who were speaking, Jambavan, the eldest among them, then replied.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the monkeys) (of them, their)

• कथयताम् (kathayatām) - of those who were discussing (of those speaking, while speaking)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all)

• तान् (tān) - those (monkeys) (them)

• अनुमान्य (anumānya) - having assented, having allowed, having agreed to

• च (ca) - and

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• वृद्धतमः (vṛddhatamaḥ) - oldest, most senior

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - among those (monkeys) (among them, of them)

• जाम्बवान् (jāmbavān) - Jambavan (the name of a powerful bear-king)

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke in reply, replied

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the monkeys) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कथयताम् (kathayatām) - of those who were discussing (of those speaking, while speaking)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kathayat

kathayat - speaking, narrating

present active participle

Derived from the root kath (to speak, tell) in the causative sense.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'of the speakers'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

तान् (tān) - those (monkeys) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अनुमान्य (anumānya) - having assented, having allowed, having agreed to

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from the root man (to think, perceive) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

वृद्धतमः (vṛddhatamaḥ) - oldest, most senior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddhatama

vṛddhatama - oldest, most aged

Superlative form of vṛddha (old).

तेषाम् (teṣām) - among those (monkeys) (among them, of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

जाम्बवान् (jāmbavān) - Jambavan (the name of a powerful bear-king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Jāmbavat

Jāmbavat - Jambavan (proper name)

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke in reply, replied

(verb)

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

imperfect middle voice

Derived from the root bhāṣ (to speak) with prefixes prati and abhi.

Prefixes: prati+abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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