वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-21, verse-16

एवमुक्त्वा महातेजा रावणः पुनरब्रवीत् ।
चारिता भवता सेना के ऽत्र शूराः प्लवंगमाः ॥१६॥

16. evamuktvā mahātejā rāvaṇaḥ punarabravīt ,
cāritā bhavatā senā ke'tra śūrāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ.

16. evam uktvā mahātejāḥ rāvaṇaḥ punaḥ abravīt
cāritā bhavatā senā ke atra śūrāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ

16. Having spoken thus, the exceedingly powerful Rāvaṇa spoke again: 'You have surveyed the army; who are the heroic monkeys among them?'

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - highly powerful, great-spirited

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• चारिता (cāritā) - surveyed, investigated, led

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• सेना (senā) - army, host

• के (ke) - who?

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones

• प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root √vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - highly powerful, great-spirited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great splendor, high energy, exceedingly powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, power, vitality
  noun (neuter)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the king of Laṅkā)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect

3rd person singular active imperfect of √brū

Root: brū (class 2)

चारिता (cāritā) - surveyed, investigated, led

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cārita

cārita - caused to move, led, observed, investigated, surveyed

Past Passive Participle (causal)

Derived from the causal form of root √car (to move, wander)

Root: car (class 1)

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (honorific address)

present active participle

Present active participle of √bhū (to be, to become), used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

सेना (senā) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, troop

के (ke) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Note: Interrogative pronoun

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, warrior, brave, valiant

प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - one who goes by leaping; a monkey

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (plava+gama)

• plava – a jump, a leap, a raft
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  noun-agent
  Derived from root √gam (to go) with suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)