वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-53, verse-36

अद्य वानरमुख्यानां तानि यूथानि भागशः ।
निर्दहिष्यामि संक्रुद्धः शलभानिव पावकः ॥३६॥

36. adya vānaramukhyānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ ,
nirdahiṣyāmi saṃkruddhaḥ śalabhāniva pāvakaḥ.

36. adya vānarāmukhyānām tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ
nirdahiṣyāmi saṃkruddhaḥ śalabhān iva pāvakaḥ

36. adya saṃkruddhaḥ pāvakaḥ iva śalabhān,
tāni vānarāmukhyānām yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ nirdahiṣyāmi

36. Today, enraged, I will burn down those divisions of chief Vānaras, one by one, just as fire consumes moths.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• वानरामुख्यानाम् (vānarāmukhyānām) - of the chief Vānaras (monkeys)

• तानि (tāni) - those

• यूथानि (yūthāni) - troops, herds, divisions

• भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts, by divisions, one by one

• निर्दहिष्यामि (nirdahiṣyāmi) - I will burn down, I will consume

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - enraged, very angry

• शलभान् (śalabhān) - moths, grasshoppers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

वानरामुख्यानाम् (vānarāmukhyānām) - of the chief Vānaras (monkeys)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānarāmukhya

vānarāmukhya - chief of Vānaras, prominent monkey

Compound of 'vānara' and 'mukhya'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (vānara+mukhya)

• vānara – monkey, ape, a forest-dweller
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, primary
  adjective (masculine)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

यूथानि (yūthāni) - troops, herds, divisions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yūtha

yūtha - herd, flock, troop, division, multitude

Root: yudh

भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts, by divisions, one by one

(indeclinable)

From 'bhāga' (share, portion) with the suffix '-śas'.

निर्दहिष्यामि (nirdahiṣyāmi) - I will burn down, I will consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nirdah

Future tense, 1st person singular.

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - enraged, very angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of √krudh (to be angry) with sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe the speaker.

शलभान् (śalabhān) - moths, grasshoppers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, Agni

From √pū (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

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