वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-108, verse-8

अकाले चापि मुख्यानि मूलानि च फलानि च ।
नद्यश्च विमलास्तत्र तिष्ठेयुर्यत्र वानराः ॥८॥

8. akāle cāpi mukhyāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca ,
nadyaśca vimalāstatra tiṣṭheyuryatra vānarāḥ.

8. akāle ca api mukhyāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca
nadyaḥ ca vimalāḥ tatra tiṣṭheyuḥ yatra vānarāḥ

8. And may excellent roots and fruits be available even out of season, and may clear rivers flow there, wherever the monkeys dwell.

Words meanings summery:

• अकाले (akāle) - out of season, at an inappropriate time

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• मुख्यानि (mukhyāni) - principal, chief, excellent, primary

• मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots, origins, foundations

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• फलानि (phalāni) - fruits, results, consequences

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• विमलाः (vimalāḥ) - pure, clear, spotless

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तिष्ठेयुः (tiṣṭheyuḥ) - they should stand, they should exist, they should remain

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys, apes

Words meanings and morphology

अकाले (akāle) - out of season, at an inappropriate time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of akāla

akāla - not the right time, untimely, out of season

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'kāla' (time)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+kāla)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

मुख्यानि (mukhyāni) - principal, chief, excellent, primary

(adjective)

neuter, plural of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, foremost, excellent, primary

Derived from 'mukha' (face, front)

मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots, origins, foundations

(noun)

neuter, plural of mūla

mūla - root, origin, basis, foundation, source

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

फलानि (phalāni) - fruits, results, consequences

(noun)

neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

विमलाः (vimalāḥ) - pure, clear, spotless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vimala

vimala - spotless, clean, pure, clear, free from impurity

Compound of 'vi' (without) and 'mala' (impurity)

Compound type : avyayībhāva / karmadhāraya (vi+mala)

• vi – apart, away, without
  indeclinable
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain, defect
  noun (masculine)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from pronominal base 'tad'

तिष्ठेयुः (tiṣṭheyuḥ) - they should stand, they should exist, they should remain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of sthā

Optative Active

From root 'sthā' (class 1), third person plural

Root: sthā (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from pronominal base 'yad'

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys, apes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - a monkey, an ape

Said to be derived from 'vana' (forest) + 'nara' (man)

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