वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-31

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स वानरानिमान् सर्वान्मधुलुब्धान् गतायुषः ।
घातयिष्यति दण्डेन सुग्रीवः ससुहृज्जनान् ॥३१॥

31. sa vānarānimān sarvānmadhulubdhān gatāyuṣaḥ ,
ghātayiṣyati daṇḍena sugrīvaḥ sasuhṛjjanān.

31. saḥ vānarān imān sarvān madhulubdhān gatāyuṣaḥ
ghātayiṣyati daṇḍena sugrīvaḥ sasuhṛjjanān

31. sugrīvaḥ saḥ imān sarvān madhulubdhān gatāyuṣaḥ
sasuhṛjjanān vānarān daṇḍena ghātayiṣyati

31. Sugrīva himself will punish and kill all these monkeys, who are greedy for honey and doomed, along with their kith and kin.

Words meanings summery:

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सः (saḥ) - He (Sugrīva) (he, that)

वानरान् (vānarān) - the monkeys (who are currently in Madhuvana) (monkeys)

इमान् (imān) - these (monkeys) (these)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (the monkeys) (all, every)

मधुलुब्धान् (madhulubdhān) - greedy for the honey (of Madhuvana) (greedy for honey, desirous of honey)

गतायुषः (gatāyuṣaḥ) - doomed to die (whose life is gone, doomed, dead)

घातयिष्यति (ghātayiṣyati) - will execute (the monkeys) (will cause to be killed, will kill)

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by means of punishment (by a rod, by punishment, by a staff, by force)

सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva, the monkey king (Sugrīva)

ससुहृज्जनान् (sasuhṛjjanān) - along with their associates (along with friends/kith and kin)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Sugrīva) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to Sugrīva.

वानरान् (vānarān) - the monkeys (who are currently in Madhuvana) (monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, belonging to the forest

From `vana` (forest).

Note: Object of `ghātayiṣyati`.

इमान् (imān) - these (monkeys) (these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Qualifies `vānarān`.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (the monkeys) (all, every)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun/adjective.

Note: Qualifies `vānarān`.

मधुलुब्धान् (madhulubdhān) - greedy for the honey (of Madhuvana) (greedy for honey, desirous of honey)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of madhulubdha

madhulubdha - greedy for honey, fond of honey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+lubdha)

madhu – honey, sweet
noun (neuter)
lubdha – greedy, covetous, eager, perplexed
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root `lubh` (to covet, disturb) + `kta` suffix.
Root: lubh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `vānarān`.

गतायुषः (gatāyuṣaḥ) - doomed to die (whose life is gone, doomed, dead)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gatāyus

gatāyus - whose life is gone, dead, fated to die

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+āyus)

gata – gone, departed, passed
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root `gam` (to go) + `kta` suffix.
Root: gam (class 1)
āyus – life, vital power, duration of life
noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `vānarān`.

घातयिष्यति (ghātayiṣyati) - will execute (the monkeys) (will cause to be killed, will kill)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ghātay

Causative formation

From root `han` (to strike, kill), causative stem `ghātay`.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: The main verb of the sentence.

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by means of punishment (by a rod, by punishment, by a staff, by force)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, stick, staff, punishment, chastisement, fine, army