वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-46, verse-54

हन्यतां दह्यतां वापि भक्ष्यतामिति चापरे ।
राक्षसास्तत्र संक्रुद्धाः परस्परमथाब्रुवन् ॥५४॥

54. hanyatāṃ dahyatāṃ vāpi bhakṣyatāmiti cāpare ,
rākṣasāstatra saṃkruddhāḥ parasparamathābruvan.

54. hanyatām dahyatām vā api bhakṣyatām iti ca apare
rākṣasāḥ tatra saṅkruddhāḥ parasparam atha abruvan

54. apare saṅkruddhāḥ rākṣasāḥ tatra parasparam atha
hanyatām dahyatām vā api bhakṣyatām iti abruvan

54. "Let him be killed! Or let him be burned! Or let him be eaten!" — these were the words that other enraged rākṣasas spoke to one another there.

Words meanings summery:

• हन्यताम् (hanyatām) - let him be killed (let him be killed, may he be killed)

• दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let him be burned (let him be burned, may he be burned)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अपि (api) - indeed (emphasizing the alternative) (also, even, indeed)

• भक्ष्यताम् (bhakṣyatām) - let him be eaten (let him be eaten, may he be devoured)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner)

• च (ca) - and (connecting this group of speakers) (and, also)

• अपरे (apare) - other (rākṣasas) (others, some others)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the rākṣasas (demons, rākṣasas)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the assembly) (there, then)

• सङ्क्रुद्धाः (saṅkruddhāḥ) - greatly enraged (enraged, very angry)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - to each other (to each other, mutually)

• अथ (atha) - then (indicating sequence) (then, now, thereupon)

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke (they spoke, they said)

Words meanings and morphology

हन्यताम् (hanyatām) - let him be killed (let him be killed, may he be killed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of han

imperative (passive voice), 3rd person singular

root han (to kill) + ya (passive suffix) + tām (imperative 3rd singular middle/passive ending)

Root: han (class 2)

दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let him be burned (let him be burned, may he be burned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dah

imperative (passive voice), 3rd person singular

root dah (to burn) + ya (passive suffix) + tām (imperative 3rd singular middle/passive ending)

Root: dah (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - indeed (emphasizing the alternative) (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

भक्ष्यताम् (bhakṣyatām) - let him be eaten (let him be eaten, may he be devoured)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of bhakṣ

imperative (passive voice), 3rd person singular

root bhakṣ (to eat) + ya (passive suffix) + tām (imperative 3rd singular middle/passive ending)

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (connecting this group of speakers) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - other (rākṣasas) (others, some others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, western

Note: Refers to other rākṣasas besides the ones questioning in the previous verse.

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the rākṣasas (demons, rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, rākṣasa, belonging to rākṣasas

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'abruvan'.

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the assembly) (there, then)

(indeclinable)

from 'tad' (that) + 'tral' suffix

सङ्क्रुद्धाः (saṅkruddhāḥ) - greatly enraged (enraged, very angry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṅkruddha

saṅkruddha - enraged, very angry, furious

past passive participle

prefix sam + root krudh (to be angry) + kta suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - to each other (to each other, mutually)

(pronoun)

of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal, one another

Note: Accusative singular neuter form used adverbially.

अथ (atha) - then (indicating sequence) (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke (they spoke, they said)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of brū

imperfect tense, active voice, 3rd person plural

root brū (to speak) + augment 'a' (for imperfect) + verbal ending (-van)

Root: brū (class 2)