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

गवयो वानरस्तत्र वानरांस्तानुवाच ह ।
त्रिंशतं तु गमिष्यामि योजनानां प्लवंगमाः ॥४॥

4. gavayo vānarastatra vānarāṃstānuvāca ha ,
triṃśataṃ tu gamiṣyāmi yojanānāṃ plavaṃgamāḥ.

4. gavayaḥ vānaraḥ tatra vānarān tān uvāca ha
triṃśatam tu gamiṣyāmi yojanānām plavaṅgamāḥ

4. tatra vānaraḥ gavayaḥ tān vānarān uvāca ha
plavaṅgamāḥ triṃśatam yojanānām tu gamiṣyāmi

4. There, the monkey Gavaya then said to those monkeys, "O jumpers, I will go thirty yojanas."

Words meanings summery:

• गवयः (gavayaḥ) - Gavaya (the monkey chief) (gaur (wild ox))

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - the monkey (monkey)

• तत्र (tatra) - There (there, then)

• वानरान् (vānarān) - those monkeys (monkeys)

• तान् (tān) - those

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• ह (ha) - (emphatic or narrative filler) (indeed, surely, verily (emphatic particle))

• त्रिंशतम् (triṁśatam) - thirty

• तु (tu) - then, (emphatic) (but, indeed, however)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

• प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - O jumpers! (vocative plural) (jumpers, monkeys (literally 'those who go by jumping'))

Words meanings and morphology

गवयः (gavayaḥ) - Gavaya (the monkey chief) (gaur (wild ox))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gavaya

gavaya - gaur (wild ox)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - the monkey (monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey

Derived from vana (forest)

तत्र (tatra) - There (there, then)

(indeclinable)

वानरान् (vānarān) - those monkeys (monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular Active Voice Perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - (emphatic or narrative filler) (indeed, surely, verily (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

त्रिंशतम् (triṁśatam) - thirty

(numeral)

तु (tu) - then, (emphatic) (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

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)

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

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

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Genitive plural used with numerals for distance.

प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - O jumpers! (vocative plural) (jumpers, monkeys (literally 'those who go by jumping'))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - monkey, jumper (literally 'one who goes by jumping')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (plava+gama)

• plava – jumping, swimming
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root plu (to jump)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

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