वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-7

अग्रे यातु बलस्यास्य नीलो मार्गमवेक्षितुम् ।
वृतः शतसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम् ॥७॥

7. agre yātu balasyāsya nīlo mārgamavekṣitum ,
vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām.

7. agre yātu balasya asya nīlaḥ mārgam avekṣitum
vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇām tarasvinām

7. asya balasya agre nīlaḥ mārgam avekṣitum yātu
tarasvinām vānarāṇām śatasahasreṇa vṛtaḥ

7. Let Nīla go ahead of this army to scout the path, accompanied by a hundred thousand powerful monkeys.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्रे (agre) - ahead (in front, ahead, first)

• यातु (yātu) - let him go (let him go, may he go)

• बलस्य (balasya) - of the army (of the army, of strength)

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nīla (Nīla (name of a monkey general))

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path (path, way, road)

• अवेक्षितुम् (avekṣitum) - to scout (to observe, to look for, to scout)

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - accompanied by (surrounded, accompanied, chosen)

• शतसहस्रेण (śatasahasreṇa) - by a hundred thousand

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful (of the powerful, of the mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

अग्रे (agre) - ahead (in front, ahead, first)

(indeclinable)

Locative case used adverbially.

Note: Adverbial use of locative singular.

यातु (yātu) - let him go (let him go, may he go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

imperative active

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is Nīla.

बलस्य (balasya) - of the army (of the army, of strength)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, army, force

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Also could be masculine. Context indicates neuter, referring to bala.

नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nīla (Nīla (name of a monkey general))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - blue, dark blue, indigo; Nīla (a proper name)

Note: Subject of yātu.

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path (path, way, road)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, track

Root: mṛj (class 2)

अवेक्षितुम् (avekṣitum) - to scout (to observe, to look for, to scout)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

from root īkṣ with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - accompanied by (surrounded, accompanied, chosen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, encompassed, covered, chosen, appointed

past passive participle

from root vṛ (to cover, choose)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

शतसहस्रेण (śatasahasreṇa) - by a hundred thousand

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, lakh

Compound of śata (hundred) and sahasra (thousand).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, belonging to monkeys

From vana (forest).

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful (of the powerful, of the mighty)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - powerful, mighty, swift, energetic

From taras (speed, power).

Root: tṝ (class 1)