वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-5

शरभो वानरस्तत्र वानरांस्तानुवाच ह ।
चत्वारिंशद्गमिष्यामि योजनानां न संशयः ॥५॥

5. śarabho vānarastatra vānarāṃstānuvāca ha ,
catvāriṃśadgamiṣyāmi yojanānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ.

5. śarabhaḥ vānaraḥ tatra vānarān tān uvāca ha
catvāriṃśat gamiṣyāmi yojanānām na saṃśayaḥ

5. tatra vānaraḥ śarabhaḥ tān vānarān uvāca ha
catvāriṃśat yojanānām gamiṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

5. There, the monkey Śarabha then said to those monkeys, "I will go forty yojanas; there is no doubt."

Words meanings summery:

• शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - Śarabha (the monkey chief) (a mythical eight-legged beast; a kind of deer)

• 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))

• चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṁśat) - forty

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

Words meanings and morphology

शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - Śarabha (the monkey chief) (a mythical eight-legged beast; a kind of deer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarabha

śarabha - a mythical eight-legged beast, a kind of deer

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)

चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṁśat) - forty

(numeral)

Note: Acts as an accusative here.

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)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

From sam-śī, to hesitate

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

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