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

कति दुर्गाणि दुर्गाया लङ्कायास्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ।
ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तत् सर्वं दर्शनादिव वानर ॥३॥

3. kati durgāṇi durgāyā laṅkāyāstadbravīhi me ,
jñātumicchāmi tat sarvaṃ darśanādiva vānara.

3. kati durgāṇi durgāyāḥ laṅkāyāḥ tat bravīhi me
jñātum icchāmi tat sarvam darśanāt iva vānara

3. vānara bravīhi me tat kati durgāṇi durgāyāḥ
laṅkāyāḥ jñātum icchāmi tat sarvam iva darśanāt

3. Tell me, O monkey, how many fortifications the formidable city of Lanka possesses. I desire to know all of that, as if I had seen it myself.

Words meanings summery:

• कति (kati) - how many (how many, how much)

• दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - fortifications (fortifications, strongholds, difficult places)

• दुर्गायाः (durgāyāḥ) - of the formidable (city) (of the formidable, of the difficult, of Durga)

• लङ्कायाः (laṅkāyāḥ) - of Lanka

• तत् (tat) - that (information) (that, therefore, so)

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell (tell, speak, say)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire (I wish, I desire, I want)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of that) (all, every, whole)

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from having seen (from seeing, by means of sight, from appearance)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• वानर (vānara) - O monkey (O monkey, monkey)

Words meanings and morphology

कति (kati) - how many (how many, how much)

(indeclinable)

दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - fortifications (fortifications, strongholds, difficult places)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of durga

durga - difficult to access, fortress, stronghold, calamity

from dus- 'difficult' and gam- 'to go'

Prefix: dus

Root: gam (class 1)

दुर्गायाः (durgāyāḥ) - of the formidable (city) (of the formidable, of the difficult, of Durga)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of durgā

durgā - difficult to access, formidable, goddess Durga

feminine of durga

Prefix: dus

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Laṅkāyāḥ

लङ्कायाः (laṅkāyāḥ) - of Lanka

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (name of a city/island)

तत् (tat) - that (information) (that, therefore, so)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Object of bravīhi

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

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

imperative active

2nd person singular imperative

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of jñā

infinitive

infinitive from root jñā-

Root: jñā (class 9)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire (I wish, I desire, I want)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

1st person singular present indicative of desiderative stem iccha-

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of that) (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from having seen (from seeing, by means of sight, from appearance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, viewing, perception, sight, doctrine

action noun

from root dṛś- 'to see'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वानर (vānara) - O monkey (O monkey, monkey)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape (specifically, a member of the vānara race)

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