वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-26

रावणो नो निहन्तव्यः सर्वे च रजनीचराः ।
इति गर्जन्ति हरयो राघवस्य समीपतः ॥२६॥

26. rāvaṇo no nihantavyaḥ sarve ca rajanīcarāḥ ,
iti garjanti harayo rāghavasya samīpataḥ.

26. rāvaṇaḥ naḥ nihantavyaḥ sarve ca rajanīcarāḥ
iti garjanti harayaḥ rāghavasya samīpataḥ

26. rāvaṇaḥ ca sarve rajanīcarāḥ naḥ nihantavyaḥ
iti harayaḥ rāghavasya samīpataḥ garjanti

26. “Rāvaṇa must be killed by us, and all the night-roaming demons as well!” Thus the monkeys roared near Rāghava (Rāma).

Words meanings summery:

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (the demon king)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (by us, to us, our, us)

• निहन्तव्यः (nihantavyaḥ) - should be killed, to be killed, must be killed

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• च (ca) - and, also

• रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - demons (night-wanderers, demons)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation)

• गर्जन्ति (garjanti) - they roar, they shout

• हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys

• राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

• समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - from near, near, in the vicinity

Words meanings and morphology

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (the demon king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the demon king of Laṅkā)

नः (naḥ) - by us (by us, to us, our, us)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

निहन्तव्यः (nihantavyaḥ) - should be killed, to be killed, must be killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihantavya

nihantavya - to be killed, should be killed

Gerundive (kṛtya)

From root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ni' + suffix 'tavya'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - demons (night-wanderers, demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-wanderer, demon

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'car' (to move, wander)
  Root: car (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

गर्जन्ति (garjanti) - they roar, they shout

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of garj

Root: garj (class 1)

हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, lion, Viṣṇu

राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - from near, near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable formed from 'samīpa' with the ablative suffix '-taḥ'.