वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-17

एतागच्छत गच्छामो वानरानतिदर्पितान् ।
बलेनावारयिष्यामो मधु भक्षयतो वयम् ॥१७॥

17. etāgacchata gacchāmo vānarānatidarpitān ,
balenāvārayiṣyāmo madhu bhakṣayato vayam.

17. eta āgacchata gacchāmaḥ vānarān atidarpitān
balena avārayiṣyāmaḥ madhu bhakṣayataḥ vayam

17. eta āgacchata! vayam atidarpitān vānarān madhu
bhakṣayataḥ balena avārayiṣyāmaḥ gacchāmaḥ

17. Come on, let's go! Let us approach those excessively arrogant monkeys. We will forcibly stop them from consuming the honey.

Words meanings summery:

• एत (eta) - an exhortation or imperative to come/go (come!, go!)

• आगच्छत (āgacchata) - you all come, approach

• गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go

• वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys

• अतिदर्पितान् (atidarpitān) - excessively arrogant, very proud

• बलेन (balena) - by force

• अवारयिष्यामः (avārayiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall prevent, we shall stop

• मधु (madhu) - honey

• भक्षयतः (bhakṣayataḥ) - while they are eating (the honey) (eating, consuming)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

एत (eta) - an exhortation or imperative to come/go (come!, go!)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

आगच्छत (āgacchata) - you all come, approach

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of āgam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Can also be present indicative 1st plural, but imperative ('let us go') fits the exhortative context better.

वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

अतिदर्पितान् (atidarpitān) - excessively arrogant, very proud

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of atidarpita

atidarpita - very proud, excessively arrogant, highly inflated

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+darpita)

• ati – over, beyond, excessive
  indeclinable
• darpita – proud, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛp (causative darpaya)
  Root: dṛp (class 4)

बलेन (balena) - by force

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bala

bala - force, strength, power

अवारयिष्यामः (avārayiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall prevent, we shall stop

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of avāraya

Causative verb, Future tense

Derived from root vṛ with prefix a- (denoting negation or opposition) and causative suffix.

Prefix: a

Root: vṛ (class 5)

मधु (madhu) - honey

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, liquor

भक्षयतः (bhakṣayataḥ) - while they are eating (the honey) (eating, consuming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhakṣayat

bhakṣayat - eating, devouring, consuming

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative of root bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'vānarān' (monkeys).

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

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