वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-66, verse-31

ततस्तु हरिशार्दूलस्तानुवाच वनौकसः ।
नेयं मम मही वेगं प्लवने धारयिष्यति ॥३१॥

31. tatastu hariśārdūlastānuvāca vanaukasaḥ ,
neyaṃ mama mahī vegaṃ plavane dhārayiṣyati.

31. tataḥ tu hariśārdūlaḥ tān uvāca vanaukasaḥ
na iyam mama mahī vegam plavane dhārayiṣyati

31. tataḥ tu hariśārdūlaḥ tān vanaukasaḥ uvāca
mama iyam mahī plavane vegam na dhārayiṣyati

31. Then, that best of monkeys (Hanuman) said to those forest-dwellers: "This ground will not be able to sustain my speed during the leap."

Words meanings summery:

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

• तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the previous word (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• हरिशार्दूलः (hariśārdūlaḥ) - Hanuman, the best among monkeys (lion among monkeys, best of monkeys)

• तान् (tān) - those (monkeys) (them, those)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - the forest-dwelling monkeys (forest dwellers, monkeys)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (ground) (this, she)

• मम (mama) - my (my, mine)

• मही (mahī) - ground (earth, ground, land)

• वेगम् (vegam) - the force/speed (speed, force, momentum)

• प्लवने (plavane) - during the leap (in leaping, in jumping, in swimming)

• धारयिष्यति (dhārayiṣyati) - will sustain (will sustain, will bear, will hold)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the previous word (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

हरिशार्दूलः (hariśārdūlaḥ) - Hanuman, the best among monkeys (lion among monkeys, best of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariśārdūla

hariśārdūla - lion among monkeys, best of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śārdūla)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, lion, chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Hanuman.

तान् (tān) - those (monkeys) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Masculine accusative plural of tad.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active third person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - the forest-dwelling monkeys (forest dwellers, monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest-dweller, monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, house, home
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative plural of vanaukas.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (ground) (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Feminine nominative singular of idam.

मम (mama) - my (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Genitive singular of aham.

मही (mahī) - ground (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

वेगम् (vegam) - the force/speed (speed, force, momentum)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, force, impulse, current

Derived from √vij + a

Root: vij (class 6)

प्लवने (plavane) - during the leap (in leaping, in jumping, in swimming)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of plavana

plavana - leaping, jumping, swimming, floating

verbal noun from √plu

Root: plu (class 1)

धारयिष्यति (dhārayiṣyati) - will sustain (will sustain, will bear, will hold)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dhṛ

future active third person singular of causative √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)