वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-8

मधूनि द्रोणमात्राणि बहुभिः परिगृह्य ते ।
घ्नन्ति स्म सहिताः सर्वे भक्षयन्ति तथापरे ॥८॥

8. madhūni droṇamātrāṇi bahubhiḥ parigṛhya te ,
ghnanti sma sahitāḥ sarve bhakṣayanti tathāpare.

8. madhūni droṇamātrāṇi bahubhiḥ parigṛhya te |
ghnanti sma sahitāḥ sarve bhakṣayanti tathā apare

8. Many of them (the monkeys), having gathered honey in droṇa-measures, all together destroyed (the hives), while others likewise consumed (the honey).

Words meanings summery:

• मधूनि (madhūni) - honey (plural for quantity/types) (honeys, sweet things)

• द्रोणमात्राणि (droṇamātrāṇi) - in quantities equal to a droṇa (a specific ancient measure) (of the measure of a droṇa)

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many (monkeys) (by many, with many)

• परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having gathered (the honey) (having taken, having seized, having gathered)

• ते (te) - they (the monkeys) (they, those)

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they destroy (the honey/hives) (they strike, they kill, they destroy)

• स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle used to denote past action when combined with a present tense verb

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - all together (as a group) (united, accompanied, together)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (all, every)

• भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they eat, they consume

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

• अपरे (apare) - other monkeys (others)

Words meanings and morphology

मधूनि (madhūni) - honey (plural for quantity/types) (honeys, sweet things)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, nectar, wine

द्रोणमात्राणि (droṇamātrāṇi) - in quantities equal to a droṇa (a specific ancient measure) (of the measure of a droṇa)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of droṇamātra

droṇamātra - of the measure of a droṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇa+mātra)

• droṇa – a specific measure of capacity (e.g., a bucket, about 32 or 64 seers), a wooden trough
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – measure, quantity, only, merely
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'madhūni'.

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many (monkeys) (by many, with many)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, abundant

परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having gathered (the honey) (having taken, having seized, having gathered)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √grah (to seize, take) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

ते (te) - they (the monkeys) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they destroy (the honey/hives) (they strike, they kill, they destroy)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of han

Root: han (class 2)

स्म (sma) - an indeclinable particle used to denote past action when combined with a present tense verb

(indeclinable)

Note: Turns 'ghnanti' (they destroy) into 'they destroyed' in the past.

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - all together (as a group) (united, accompanied, together)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - united, joined, accompanied, together with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dhā (to place) with prefix sa- and stem hi-.

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'te' and 'sarve'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they eat, they consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhakṣay

Causative/Denominative verb form of √bhakṣ.

Derived from root √bhakṣ (to eat) in causative or denominative form.

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - other monkeys (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different, subsequent

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