वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-128

विभीषणेनैवमुक्तो रावणः संदिदेश तान् ।
राक्षसानेतदेवाद्य लाङ्गूलं दह्यतामिति ॥१२८॥

128. vibhīṣaṇenaivamukto rāvaṇaḥ saṃdideśa tān ,
rākṣasānetadevādya lāṅgūlaṃ dahyatāmiti.

128. vibhīṣaṇena evam uktaḥ rāvaṇaḥ samdideśa tān
rākṣasān etat eva adya lāṅgūlam dahyatām iti

128. vibhīṣaṇena evam uktaḥ rāvaṇaḥ tān rākṣasān
adya etat eva lāṅgūlam dahyatām iti samdideśa

128. When Vibhīṣaṇa had spoken thus, Rāvaṇa then commanded those demons, saying, "Let this tail be burnt today!"

Words meanings summery:

• विभीषणेन (vibhīṣaṇena) - by Vibhīṣaṇa

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• सम्दिदेश (samdideśa) - ordered, commanded

• तान् (tān) - those (demons) (them (masculine))

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - the demons (as object of command) (demons (accusative plural), O demons (vocative plural))

• एतत् (etat) - this (tail) (this (neuter), this one)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, very

• अद्य (adya) - today

• लाङ्गूलम् (lāṅgūlam) - tail

• दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let it be burnt

• इति (iti) - thus, saying

Words meanings and morphology

विभीषणेन (vibhīṣaṇena) - by Vibhīṣaṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhīṣaṇa (a character in the Rāmāyaṇa)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Root: vac (class 2)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the demon king of Laṅkā)

सम्दिदेश (samdideśa) - ordered, commanded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of diś

Prefix: sam

Root: diś (class 6)

तान् (tān) - those (demons) (them (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those; he, she, it, they

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - the demons (as object of command) (demons (accusative plural), O demons (vocative plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit

एतत् (etat) - this (tail) (this (neuter), this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, very

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

लाङ्गूलम् (lāṅgūlam) - tail

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lāṅgūla

lāṅgūla - tail

दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let it be burnt

(verb)

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

Root: dah (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, saying

(indeclinable)

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