वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-60, verse-9

के चित् पीत्वापविध्यन्ति मधूनि मधुपिङ्गलाः ।
मधूच्चिष्टेन के चिच्च जघ्नुरन्योन्यमुत्कटाः ॥९॥

9. ke cit pītvāpavidhyanti madhūni madhupiṅgalāḥ ,
madhūcciṣṭena ke cicca jaghnuranyonyamutkaṭāḥ.

9. ke cit pītvā apavidhyanti madhūni madhupiṅgalāḥ |
madhūccīṣṭena ke cit ca jaghnuḥ anyonyam utkaṭāḥ

9. Some, having drunk honey until they were golden-brown (from it), threw away (what remained). And some, highly exuberant, struck each other with beeswax.

Words meanings summery:

• के (ke) - some (monkeys) (who, which, some)

• चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness, 'some'

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk, after drinking

• अपविध्यन्ति (apavidhyanti) - they throw away, they cast off

• मधूनि (madhūni) - honey (the remainder of it) (honeys, sweet things)

• मधुपिङ्गलाः (madhupiṅgalāḥ) - yellowish-brown or golden from having consumed honey (golden-brown from honey, intoxicated by honey)

• मधूच्चीष्टेन (madhūccīṣṭena) - with beeswax, with honey residue

• के (ke) - some (monkeys) (who, which, some)

• चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness, 'some'

• च (ca) - and, also

• जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - they struck (each other) (they struck, they killed, they beat)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• उत्कटाः (utkaṭāḥ) - highly exuberant or boisterous (excessive, fierce, high, prominent, exuberant)

Words meanings and morphology

के (ke) - some (monkeys) (who, which, some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, some

चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness, 'some'

(indeclinable)

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk, after drinking

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √pā (to drink).

Root: pā (class 1)

अपविध्यन्ति (apavidhyanti) - they throw away, they cast off

(verb)

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

Derived from root √vyadh (to pierce, strike, throw) with prefix apa-.

Prefix: apa

Root: vyadh (class 4)

मधूनि (madhūni) - honey (the remainder of it) (honeys, sweet things)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, nectar, wine

मधुपिङ्गलाः (madhupiṅgalāḥ) - yellowish-brown or golden from having consumed honey (golden-brown from honey, intoxicated by honey)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhupiṅgala

madhupiṅgala - golden-brown like honey, having the color of honey, yellowish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+piṅgala)

• madhu – honey
  noun (neuter)
• piṅgala – tawny, yellowish-brown, golden
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'ke cit'.

मधूच्चीष्टेन (madhūccīṣṭena) - with beeswax, with honey residue

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madhūccīṣṭa

madhūccīṣṭa - beeswax, honey residue, honeycomb

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+uccīṣṭa)

• madhu – honey
  noun (neuter)
• uccīṣṭa – remains of food, residue, left over
  noun (neuter)

के (ke) - some (monkeys) (who, which, some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, some

चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness, 'some'

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - they struck (each other) (they struck, they killed, they beat)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of han

Root: han (class 2)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

Note: Can also be declined as 'anyonyāt' (from each other) etc. Here functions as an adverbial accusative.

उत्कटाः (utkaṭāḥ) - highly exuberant or boisterous (excessive, fierce, high, prominent, exuberant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utkaṭa

utkaṭa - excessive, fierce, violent, prominent, high, strong, exuberant

Prefix: ut

Root: kaṭ

Note: Qualifies 'ke cit'.

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