वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-51, verse-19

चत्वरेषु चतुष्केषु राजमार्गे तथैव च ।
घोषयन्ति कपिं सर्वे चारीक इति राक्षसाः ॥१९॥

19. catvareṣu catuṣkeṣu rājamārge tathaiva ca ,
ghoṣayanti kapiṃ sarve cārīka iti rākṣasāḥ.

19. catvareṣu catuṣkeṣu rājamārge tathā eva ca
ghoṣayanti kapim sarve cārīka iti rākṣasāḥ

19. rākṣasāḥ sarve catvareṣu catuṣkeṣu rājamārge
tathā eva ca kapim cārīka iti ghoṣayanti

19. In the public squares, at the crossroads, and similarly on the royal highway, all the demons proclaimed the monkey to be a spy.

Words meanings summery:

• चत्वरेषु (catvareṣu) - in the squares, at the crossroads

• चतुष्केषु (catuṣkeṣu) - in the four-way junctions, in the quadrangles

• राजमार्गे (rājamārge) - on the royal road, on the highway

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, similarly

• एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (indeed, only, just, even)

• च (ca) - and

• घोषयन्ति (ghoṣayanti) - they proclaim, they announce

• कपिम् (kapim) - Hanumān (the monkey)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of the demons (all)

• चारीक (cārīka) - a spy

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a direct quote or thought) (thus, saying, so)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the demons

Words meanings and morphology

चत्वरेषु (catvareṣu) - in the squares, at the crossroads

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of catvara

catvara - a square, courtyard, crossroads

चतुष्केषु (catuṣkeṣu) - in the four-way junctions, in the quadrangles

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of catuṣka

catuṣka - a group of four, a quadrangle, a four-way road, crossroads

राजमार्गे (rājamārge) - on the royal road, on the highway

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rājamārga

rājamārga - royal road, main road, highway

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+mārga)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - (emphatic particle) (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

घोषयन्ति (ghoṣayanti) - they proclaim, they announce

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ghoṣaya

causative present active

Derived from root `ghuṣ` (to sound) + `ṇic` (causative)

Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

कपिम् (kapim) - Hanumān (the monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kapi

kapi - monkey

सर्वे (sarve) - all of the demons (all)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

चारीक (cārīka) - a spy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cārīka

cārīka - a spy, an emissary

From `car` (to move, to wander)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Used with `iti` to denote 'as a spy' or 'to be a spy'.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a direct quote or thought) (thus, saying, so)

(indeclinable)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a fiend

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