वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-44, verse-4

एते ऽत्र बलवन्तो हि भीमकायाश्च वानराः ।
द्रुमशैलप्रहरणास्तिष्ठन्ति प्रमुखे मम ॥४॥

4. ete'tra balavanto hi bhīmakāyāśca vānarāḥ ,
drumaśailapraharaṇāstiṣṭhanti pramukhe mama.

4. ete atra balavantaḥ hi bhīmakāyāḥ ca vānarāḥ
drumaśailapraharaṇāḥ tiṣṭhanti pramukhe mama

4. atra ete balavantaḥ hi ca bhīmakāyāḥ vānarāḥ
drumaśailapraharaṇāḥ mama pramukhe tiṣṭhanti

4. "These powerful monkeys here, indeed, possessing terrifying physiques and wielding trees and rocks, stand before me."

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these (monkeys) (these)

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place)

• बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - powerful (powerful, strong, mighty)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• भीमकायाः (bhīmakāyāḥ) - possessing terrifying physiques (of terrifying physique, having a dreadful body)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• द्रुमशैलप्रहरणाः (drumaśailapraharaṇāḥ) - wielding trees and rocks (whose weapons are trees and rocks, wielding trees and rocks)

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - stand (they stand, they remain, they abide)

• प्रमुखे (pramukhe) - in front (of me) (in front of, at the head of, in the presence of)

• मम (mama) - me (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these (monkeys) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Subject of 'tiṣṭhanti'.

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronominal root idam + suffix -tra.

Note: Adverb of place.

बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - powerful (powerful, strong, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty

Derived from bala (strength) with possessive suffix -vat.

Note: Qualifies 'vānarāḥ' and 'ete'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भीमकायाः (bhīmakāyāḥ) - possessing terrifying physiques (of terrifying physique, having a dreadful body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīmakāya

bhīmakāya - of terrifying physique, having a dreadful body

Compound: bhīma (dreadful, terrible) + kāya (body, physique).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+kāya)

• bhīma – dreadful, terrible, formidable
  adjective
  From root bhī (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• kāya – body, physique, form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'vānarāḥ' and 'ete'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

Note: Main subject, along with 'ete'.

द्रुमशैलप्रहरणाः (drumaśailapraharaṇāḥ) - wielding trees and rocks (whose weapons are trees and rocks, wielding trees and rocks)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of drumaśailapraharaṇa

drumaśailapraharaṇa - whose weapons are trees and rocks

Bahuvrihi compound: druma (tree) + śaila (rock, mountain) + praharaṇa (weapon).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (druma+śaila+praharaṇa)

• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
• śaila – rock, stone, mountain
  noun (masculine)
• praharaṇa – weapon, instrument for striking
  noun (neuter)
  From pra-hṛ (to strike).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vānarāḥ' and 'ete'.

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - stand (they stand, they remain, they abide)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present tense, 3rd Person Plural, Active Voice

From root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Verb for the plural subject 'ete vānarāḥ'.

प्रमुखे (pramukhe) - in front (of me) (in front of, at the head of, in the presence of)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pramukha

pramukha - foremost, chief, in front of, presence

Compound: pra (forward, before) + mukha (face, mouth).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pra+mukha)

• pra – before, forth
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative of place, used with genitive 'mama'.

मम (mama) - me (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive with 'pramukhe'.