वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-64, verse-7

मैन्दस्तु वानरस्तत्र वानरांस्तानुवाच ह ।
योजनानां परं षष्टिमहं प्लवितुमुत्सहे ॥७॥

7. maindastu vānarastatra vānarāṃstānuvāca ha ,
yojanānāṃ paraṃ ṣaṣṭimahaṃ plavitumutsahe.

7. maindaḥ tu vānaraḥ tatra vānarān tān uvāca ha
yojanānām param ṣaṣṭim aham plavitum utsahe

7. tu tatra vānaraḥ maindaḥ tān vānarān ha uvāca aham yojanānām ṣaṣṭim param plavitum utsahe.

7. Then, the monkey Mainda spoke to those monkeys: 'I am capable of leaping beyond sixty yojanas.'

Words meanings summery:

• मैन्दः (maindaḥ) - Mainda (one of the powerful monkeys) (Mainda (name of a monkey))

• तु (tu) - then (introduces a new speaker) (but, indeed, however, then)

• वानरः (vānaraḥ) - the monkey (Mainda) (monkey)

• तत्र (tatra) - then (at that moment in the assembly) (there, then, in that place, at that time)

• वानरान् (vānarān) - the (other) monkeys (monkeys)

• तान् (tān) - those (other) monkeys (those)

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

• ह (ha) - indeed (used for emphasis, often untranslated in natural English) (indeed, surely, verily)

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a distance unit, here referring to sixty yojanas) (of yojanas (a unit of distance))

• परम् (param) - beyond (sixty yojanas) (beyond, further, highest, supreme)

• षष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty (yojanas) (sixty)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Mainda) (I)

• प्लवितुम् (plavitum) - to leap (across the ocean) (to leap, to jump, to swim)

• उत्सहे (utsahe) - I am able (to leap) (I am capable, I exert myself, I am able)

Words meanings and morphology

मैन्दः (maindaḥ) - Mainda (one of the powerful monkeys) (Mainda (name of a monkey))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mainda

mainda - name of a monkey

तु (tu) - then (introduces a new speaker) (but, indeed, however, then)

(indeclinable)

वानरः (vānaraḥ) - the monkey (Mainda) (monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, belonging to monkeys

तत्र (tatra) - then (at that moment in the assembly) (there, then, in that place, at that time)

(indeclinable)

वानरान् (vānarān) - the (other) monkeys (monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape, belonging to monkeys

तान् (tān) - those (other) monkeys (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the other monkeys

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

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root verb vac, class 2, perfect tense, third person singular form, reduplicated root

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed (used for emphasis, often untranslated in natural English) (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a distance unit, here referring to sixty yojanas) (of yojanas (a unit of distance))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - a measure of distance (approx. 8-16 km), a stage, a league

Note: Used with a numerical quantifier

परम् (param) - beyond (sixty yojanas) (beyond, further, highest, supreme)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb meaning 'beyond'.

षष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭim) - sixty (yojanas) (sixty)

(numeral)

Note: Governed by 'param'.

अहम् (aham) - I (Mainda) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

प्लवितुम् (plavitum) - to leap (across the ocean) (to leap, to jump, to swim)

(verb)

infinitive of plu

Infinitive

Root verb plu, class 1, infinitive suffix -tum

Root: plu (class 1)

उत्सहे (utsahe) - I am able (to leap) (I am capable, I exert myself, I am able)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sah

Present Middle

Root verb sah, class 1, with upasarga ut, present tense, first person singular middle voice

Prefix: ud

Root: sah (class 1)

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