वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-16, verse-3

सागरे सेतुबन्धं तु न श्रद्दध्यां कथं चन ।
अवश्यं चापि संख्येयं तन्मया वानरं बलम् ॥३॥

3. sāgare setubandhaṃ tu na śraddadhyāṃ kathaṃ cana ,
avaśyaṃ cāpi saṃkhyeyaṃ tanmayā vānaraṃ balam.

3. sāgare setubandham tu na śraddadhyām katham cana
avaśyam ca api saṃkhyeyam tat mayā vānaram balam

3. mayā sāgare setubandham katham cana na śraddadhyām
ca api tat vānaram balam avaśyam saṃkhyeyam

3. But I would never believe in such a bridge-building across the ocean. And that monkey army must certainly be enumerated by me.

Words meanings summery:

• सागरे (sāgare) - across the ocean (in/on the ocean)

• सेतुबन्धम् (setubandham) - bridge-building

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• न (na) - not

• श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I would believe (I should/would believe)

• कथम् (katham) - how (in the sense of "by any means") (how, in what manner)

• चन (cana) - at all (in combination with katham for emphasis) (even, also, and, at all)

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (necessarily, certainly, inevitably)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• संख्येयम् (saṁkhyeyam) - must be enumerated (to be counted, calculable)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the army) (that, it)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• वानरम् (vānaram) - monkey (army) (monkey, belonging to monkeys)

• बलम् (balam) - army (strength, power, army, force)

Words meanings and morphology

सागरे (sāgare) - across the ocean (in/on the ocean)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Location for 'setubandham'.

सेतुबन्धम् (setubandham) - bridge-building

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of setubandhana

setubandhana - building a bridge, construction of a dam

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (setu+bandhana)

• setu – a bridge, dam, dike
  noun (masculine)
• bandhana – binding, tying, fastening; a bond, fetter
  noun (neuter)
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Object of implied belief.

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I would believe (I should/would believe)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śraddhā

Optative (Liṅ) first person singular of root śraddhā (a compound root, śrat + dhā).

Prefix: śrat

Root: dhā (class 3)

कथम् (katham) - how (in the sense of "by any means") (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with 'cana' to mean 'never', 'by no means'.

चन (cana) - at all (in combination with katham for emphasis) (even, also, and, at all)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle, often used with interrogatives to form indefinite pronouns/adverbs.

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (necessarily, certainly, inevitably)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'avaśya' (uncontrolled, independent, necessary).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing inclusion or emphasis.

संख्येयम् (saṁkhyeyam) - must be enumerated (to be counted, calculable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃkhyeya

saṁkhyeya - to be counted, numbered, calculated

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Formed from prefix 'sam' + root 'khyā' (to count) + suffix '-eya'.

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'balam'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the army) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'saṃkhyeyam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Agent for 'saṃkhyeyam'.

वानरम् (vānaram) - monkey (army) (monkey, belonging to monkeys)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey; relating to monkeys

Note: Modifies 'balam'.

बलम् (balam) - army (strength, power, army, force)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power; an army, force

Note: Object of 'saṃkhyeyam'.