वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-50, verse-15

ये राक्षसा मुख्यतमा हतास्ते वानरैर्युधि ।
वानराणां क्षयं युद्धे न पश्यामि कदा चन ॥१५॥

15. ye rākṣasā mukhyatamā hatāste vānarairyudhi ,
vānarāṇāṃ kṣayaṃ yuddhe na paśyāmi kadā cana.

15. ye rākṣasāḥ mukhyatamāḥ hatāḥ te vānaraiḥ yudhi
vānarāṇām kṣayam yuddhe na paśyāmi kadā cana

15. ye mukhyatamāḥ rākṣasāḥ vānaraiḥ yudhi hatāḥ te
yuddhe vānarāṇām kṣayam kadā cana na paśyāmi

15. The most prominent rākṣasas (demons) have been slain by the monkeys in battle. I do not foresee the destruction of the monkeys in this war, ever.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - these; which; who

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons; rākṣasas

• मुख्यतमाः (mukhyatamāḥ) - most important; most prominent

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed; slain

• ते (te) - they

• वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by the monkeys

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle; in war

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction; loss; decrease

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; in war

• न (na) - not; no

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; I perceive

• कदा (kadā) - when; at what time

• चन (cana) - ever; at any time (used with interrogatives to form indefinites or negatives)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - these; which; who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - which, who

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons; rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, rākṣasa

मुख्यतमाः (mukhyatamāḥ) - most important; most prominent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukhyatama

mukhyatama - most important, chief, principal

Superlative suffix -tama

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed; slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by the monkeys

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

युधि (yudhi) - in battle; in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction; loss; decrease

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, loss, decay, end

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

न (na) - not; no

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of paśyati

Present stem paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कदा (kadā) - when; at what time

(indeclinable)

चन (cana) - ever; at any time (used with interrogatives to form indefinites or negatives)

(indeclinable)

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