वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-21, verse-17

कीदृशाः किंप्रभावाश्च वानरा ये दुरासदाः ।
कस्य पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च तत्त्वमाख्याहि राक्षस ॥१७॥

17. kīdṛśāḥ kiṃprabhāvāśca vānarā ye durāsadāḥ ,
kasya putrāśca pautrāśca tattvamākhyāhi rākṣasa.

17. kīdṛśāḥ kimprabhāvāḥ ca vānarāḥ ye durāsadāḥ
kasya putrāḥ ca pautrāḥ ca tattvam ākhyāhi rākṣasa

17. What kind of monkeys are they, and what is their power, those who are formidable? Whose sons and grandsons are they? Tell me the truth, O demon (rākṣasa).

Words meanings summery:

• कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - of what kind, what sort

• किम्प्रभावाः (kimprabhāvāḥ) - of what power, having what influence

• च (ca) - and

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• ये (ye) - who, which (plural)

• दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - difficult to approach, formidable, unconquerable

• कस्य (kasya) - whose

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• च (ca) - and

• पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons

• च (ca) - and

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the truth, the reality

• आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, declare, relate

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon

Words meanings and morphology

कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - of what kind, what sort

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, what like

Note: Interrogative adjective

किम्प्रभावाः (kimprabhāvāḥ) - of what power, having what influence

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimprabhāva

kimprabhāva - of what power, having what influence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+prabhāva)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• prabhāva – power, might, influence, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

ये (ye) - who, which (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun

दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - difficult to approach, formidable, unconquerable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach or reach, formidable, unconquerable

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (dur+āsada)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• āsada – approach, arrival
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √sad (to sit, approach) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

कस्य (kasya) - whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Note: Interrogative pronoun

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pautra

pautra - grandson

Derived from putra (son) with suffix -a denoting descendant

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the truth, the reality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - thatness, reality, truth, principle, element

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tva' (abstract suffix)

आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, declare, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ākhyā

imperative

2nd person singular active imperative of √khyā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a giant, a fiend (class of mythological beings)

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