वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-17, verse-8

केषां शृणोति सुग्रीवः के वा यूथपयूथपाः ।
सारणाचक्ष्व मे सर्वं के प्रधानाः प्लवंगमाः ॥८॥

8. keṣāṃ śṛṇoti sugrīvaḥ ke vā yūthapayūthapāḥ ,
sāraṇācakṣva me sarvaṃ ke pradhānāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ.

8. keṣām śṛṇoti sugrīvaḥ ke vā yūthapayūthapāḥ
sāraṇa ācakṣva me sarvam ke pradhānāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ

8. sāraṇa me sarvam ācakṣva sugrīvaḥ keṣām śṛṇoti
ke vā yūthapayūthapāḥ ke plavaṅgamāḥ pradhānāḥ

8. Sāraṇa, tell me everything: Whose advice does Sugrīva listen to? And who are the commanders of the legions? Who are the chief monkeys?

Words meanings summery:

• केषाम् (keṣām) - whose (advice) (of whom, whose, of what)

• शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - listens (to) (hears, listens)

• सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva, the king of the monkeys (Sugrīva)

• के (ke) - who (are the leaders) (who)

• वा (vā) - and (or, and)

• यूथपयूथपाः (yūthapayūthapāḥ) - commanders of the troops (chiefs of the troop leaders, commanders of legions)

• सारण (sāraṇa) - O Sāraṇa (Rāvaṇa's minister) (O Sāraṇa)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell (me) (tell, relate, explain)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything, whole)

• के (ke) - who (are the chief monkeys) (who)

• प्रधानाः (pradhānāḥ) - chief (monkeys) (chief, principal, foremost)

• प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - monkeys (monkeys, jumpers)

Words meanings and morphology

केषाम् (keṣām) - whose (advice) (of whom, whose, of what)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Refers to masculine, feminine, or neuter.

शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - listens (to) (hears, listens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Present Tense

Parasmaipada, 5th conjugation (Śru-class)

Root: śru (class 5)

सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugrīva, the king of the monkeys (Sugrīva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (a monkey king, literally 'beautiful neck')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+grīva)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• grīva – neck
  noun (feminine)

के (ke) - who (are the leaders) (who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - and (or, and)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a copulative particle here.

यूथपयूथपाः (yūthapayūthapāḥ) - commanders of the troops (chiefs of the troop leaders, commanders of legions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yūthapayūthapa

yūthapayūthapa - chief of the troop leaders

Compound type : tatpurusha (yūthapa+yūthapa)

• yūthapa – leader of a troop, commander
  noun (masculine)
• yūthapa – leader of a troop, commander
  noun (masculine)

सारण (sāraṇa) - O Sāraṇa (Rāvaṇa's minister) (O Sāraṇa)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sāraṇa

sāraṇa - Sāraṇa (name of a rākṣasa minister in the Rāmāyaṇa)

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell (me) (tell, relate, explain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ā-cakṣ

Imperative Mood

Ātmanepada, 2nd conjugation (Ad-class)

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form for dative (mahyam) or genitive (mama).

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything, whole)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Used substantively as 'everything'.

के (ke) - who (are the chief monkeys) (who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

प्रधानाः (pradhānāḥ) - chief (monkeys) (chief, principal, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pradhāna

pradhāna - chief, principal, main, most important

Prefix: pra

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to `plavaṅgamāḥ`.

प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - monkeys (monkeys, jumpers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - monkey (literally 'goer by jumping')

Compound type : tatpurusha (plava+gama)

• plava – a jump, leaping
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'plu' (to float, to jump)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going, moving, who goes
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)