वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-31, verse-38

सन्ति चौघा बलाः के चित् के चिच्छतगुणोत्तराः ।
अप्रमेयबलाश्चान्ये तत्रासन् हरियूथपाः ॥३८॥

38. santi caughā balāḥ ke cit ke cicchataguṇottarāḥ ,
aprameyabalāścānye tatrāsan hariyūthapāḥ.

38. santi ca oghabalāḥ ke cit ke cit śataguṇottarāḥ
aprameyabalāḥ ca anye tatra āsan hariyūthapāḥ

38. ca ke cit oghabalāḥ santi ke cit śataguṇottarāḥ
ca anye aprameyabalāḥ hariyūthapāḥ tatra āsan

38. And some [monkeys] possessed immense strength, while others were a hundred times mightier. Moreover, there were other monkey leaders (hariyūthapāḥ) present whose strength was immeasurable.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

• च (ca) - and, moreover (and, also, moreover)

• ओघबलाः (oghabalāḥ) - having immense strength, strength like a flood/multitude

• के (ke) - some (of the monkeys) (some, who)

• चित् (cit) - used with 'ke' to form 'some' (indeed, particle for indefiniteness)

• के (ke) - some (of the monkeys) (some, who)

• चित् (cit) - used with 'ke' to form 'some' (indeed, particle for indefiniteness)

• शतगुणोत्तराः (śataguṇottarāḥ) - a hundred times stronger than the basic strength (a hundred times superior, a hundred times stronger)

• अप्रमेयबलाः (aprameyabalāḥ) - of immeasurable strength

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• तत्र (tatra) - among them, in that assembly (there, in that place)

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

• हरियूथपाः (hariyūthapāḥ) - monkey chiefs, leaders of monkey troops

Words meanings and morphology

सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

present active 3rd plural

Present tense, parasmaipada, 3rd person plural of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, moreover (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ओघबलाः (oghabalāḥ) - having immense strength, strength like a flood/multitude

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of oghabala

oghabala - having strength like a flood, possessing immense strength

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ogha+bala)

• ogha – flood, torrent, multitude, heap
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vah (to carry) with prefix ava, meaning 'flow, flood'.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: vah (class 1)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)

के (ke) - some (of the monkeys) (some, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, some

चित् (cit) - used with 'ke' to form 'some' (indeed, particle for indefiniteness)

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - some (of the monkeys) (some, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, some

चित् (cit) - used with 'ke' to form 'some' (indeed, particle for indefiniteness)

(indeclinable)

शतगुणोत्तराः (śataguṇottarāḥ) - a hundred times stronger than the basic strength (a hundred times superior, a hundred times stronger)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śataguṇottara

śataguṇottara - a hundred times superior/more

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śataguṇa+uttara)

• śataguṇa – hundredfold, a hundred times
  adjective (neuter)
• uttara – superior, later, subsequent, more
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: tṛ

अप्रमेयबलाः (aprameyabalāḥ) - of immeasurable strength

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aprameyabala

aprameyabala - having immeasurable strength

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aprameya+bala)

• aprameya – immeasurable, incomparable, unknowable
  adjective (neuter)
  gerundive (potential passive participle)
  Negative participle (a-) of prameya (that which can be measured), from root mā (to measure) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 2)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

तत्र (tatra) - among them, in that assembly (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

imperfect active 3rd plural

Imperfect tense, parasmaipada, 3rd person plural of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

हरियूथपाः (hariyūthapāḥ) - monkey chiefs, leaders of monkey troops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hariyūthapa

hariyūthapa - monkey chief, leader of a monkey troop

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+yūthapa)

• hari – monkey, lion, Vishnu, sun
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• yūthapa – troop leader, chief of a herd/group
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of yūtha (group, herd) and pa (protector, ruler, from root pā - to protect).
  Root: pā (class 1)

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