वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-3

आबभाषे गजस्तत्र प्लवेयं दशयोजनम् ।
गवाक्षो योजनान्याह गमिष्यामीति विंशतिम् ॥३॥

3. ābabhāṣe gajastatra plaveyaṃ daśayojanam ,
gavākṣo yojanānyāha gamiṣyāmīti viṃśatim.

3. ābabhaṣe gajaḥ tatra plaveyam daśayojanam
gavākṣaḥ yojanāni āha gamiṣyāmi iti viṃśatim

3. tatra gajaḥ ābabhaṣe daśayojanam plaveyam
iti gavākṣaḥ āha viṃśatim yojanāni gamiṣyāmi

3. There, Gaja declared, "I can jump ten yojanas." Gavākṣa said, "I will go twenty yojanas."

Words meanings summery:

• आबभषे (ābabhaṣe) - he declared (he spoke, he said)

• गजः (gajaḥ) - Gaja (the monkey chief) (elephant)

• तत्र (tatra) - There (there, then)

• प्लवेयम् (plaveyam) - I can jump (I should jump/swim, I may jump/swim)

• दशयोजनम् (daśayojanam) - ten yojanas (ten yojanas (a measure of distance))

• गवाक्षः (gavākṣaḥ) - Gavākṣa (the monkey chief) (window; eye of a cow)

• योजनानि (yojanāni) - yojanas (yojanas (measure of distance))

• आह (āha) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• इति (iti) - (indicating a quote) (thus, so, end of a quote)

• विंशतिम् (viṁśatim) - twenty

Words meanings and morphology

आबभषे (ābabhaṣe) - he declared (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of bhāṣ

Perfect

3rd person singular middle voice Perfect

Prefix: ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

गजः (gajaḥ) - Gaja (the monkey chief) (elephant)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

तत्र (tatra) - There (there, then)

(indeclinable)

प्लवेयम् (plaveyam) - I can jump (I should jump/swim, I may jump/swim)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of plu

Optative

1st person singular Active Voice Optative

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Often used to express capability or willingness 'I can/will jump'.

दशयोजनम् (daśayojanam) - ten yojanas (ten yojanas (a measure of distance))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daśayojana

daśayojana - ten yojanas (a measure of distance, approx. 80-160 km)

Compound type : dvigu (daśan+yojana)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• yojana – a measure of distance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Compound treated as neuter singular here, representing the distance.

गवाक्षः (gavākṣaḥ) - Gavākṣa (the monkey chief) (window; eye of a cow)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gavākṣa

gavākṣa - window, cow's eye

योजनानि (yojanāni) - yojanas (yojanas (measure of distance))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - a measure of distance, approx. 80-160 km

Root: yuj (class 7)

आह (āha) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect

3rd person singular Active Voice Perfect

Root: ah (class 2)

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future

1st person singular Active Voice Future

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - (indicating a quote) (thus, so, end of a quote)

(indeclinable)

विंशतिम् (viṁśatim) - twenty

(numeral)

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