वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-20

ते शिलाः पादपांश्चापि पाषाणांश्चापि वानराः ।
गृहीत्वाभ्यागमन् क्रुद्धा यत्र ते कपिकुञ्जराः ॥२०॥

20. te śilāḥ pādapāṃścāpi pāṣāṇāṃścāpi vānarāḥ ,
gṛhītvābhyāgaman kruddhā yatra te kapikuñjarāḥ.

20. te śilāḥ pādapān ca api pāṣāṇān ca api vānarāḥ
gṛhītvā abhyāgaman kruddhāḥ yatra te kapikuñjarāḥ

20. te vānarāḥ kruddhāḥ śilāḥ ca api pādapān ca api
pāṣāṇān gṛhītvā yatra te kapikuñjarāḥ abhyāgaman

20. Those enraged monkeys, seizing stones, trees, and rocks, advanced to where the chief monkeys were.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

• पादपान् (pādapān) - trees (literally 'foot-drinkers')

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• पाषाणान् (pāṣāṇān) - rocks, stones

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized

• अभ्यागमन् (abhyāgaman) - they came towards, approached

• क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged, angry

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• ते (te) - those

• कपिकुञ्जराः (kapikuñjarāḥ) - chief monkeys, excellent monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tat

tat - that, he, she, it

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - stone, rock

पादपान् (pādapān) - trees (literally 'foot-drinkers')

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (pāda+pa)

• pāda – foot, root (of a tree)
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinking, guarding
  adjective
  Root: pā (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

पाषाणान् (pāṣāṇān) - rocks, stones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṣāṇa

pāṣāṇa - stone, rock

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root grah + -tvā suffix

Root: grah (class 9)

अभ्यागमन् (abhyāgaman) - they came towards, approached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of abhyāgam

formed from prefixes abhi- and ā- + root gam

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

past passive participle

formed from root krudh + -ta suffix

Root: krudh (class 4)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tat

tat - that, he, she, it

कपिकुञ्जराः (kapikuñjarāḥ) - chief monkeys, excellent monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kapikuñjara

kapikuñjara - chief of monkeys, excellent monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kapi+kuñjara)

• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• kuñjara – elephant; chief, excellent (in compounds)
  noun (masculine)

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