वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-54, verse-18

निरायुधानां द्रवतामसंगगतिपौरुषाः ।
दारा ह्यपहसिष्यन्ति स वै घातस्तु जीविताम् ॥१८॥

18. nirāyudhānāṃ dravatāmasaṃgagatipauruṣāḥ ,
dārā hyapahasiṣyanti sa vai ghātastu jīvitām.

18. nirāyudhānām dravatām asaṅgagatipauruṣāḥ dārāḥ
hi upahasiṣyanti saḥ vai ghātaḥ tu jīvitām

18. Your wives will surely mock you, the weaponless, fleeing ones, whose valor lies in unhindered movement. Indeed, that is the very destruction of life.

Words meanings summery:

• निरायुधानाम् (nirāyudhānām) - of the weaponless ones

• द्रवताम् (dravatām) - of the fleeing ones, of those who are running

• असङ्गगतिपौरुषाः (asaṅgagatipauruṣāḥ) - whose valor is in unhindered movement/flight

• दाराः (dārāḥ) - wives

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

• उपहसिष्यन्ति (upahasiṣyanti) - will laugh at, will mock, will ridicule

• सः (saḥ) - that (act of fleeing) (that (he))

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• घातः (ghātaḥ) - destruction, blow, killing

• तु (tu) - indeed, but (for emphasis) (but, and, indeed)

• जीविताम् (jīvitām) - one's life (life (accusative))

Words meanings and morphology

निरायुधानाम् (nirāyudhānām) - of the weaponless ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nirāyudha

nirāyudha - weaponless, unarmed

Bahuvrihi compound: nis (without) + āyudha (weapon).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+āyudha)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix/preposition indicating absence or negation.
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the implied monkeys.

द्रवताम् (dravatām) - of the fleeing ones, of those who are running

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dravat

dravat - running, fleeing, flowing

present active participle

From root dru (to run, to flow).

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied monkeys.

असङ्गगतिपौरुषाः (asaṅgagatipauruṣāḥ) - whose valor is in unhindered movement/flight

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asaṅgagatipauruṣa

asaṅgagatipauruṣa - whose valor consists in unhindered movement

Bahuvrihi compound: asaṅga (unattached, unhindered) + gati (movement, flight) + pauruṣa (valor).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (asaṅga+gati+pauruṣa)

• asaṅga – unattached, unhindered, free
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative compound a + saṅga (attachment, impediment).
• gati – movement, course, flight
  noun (feminine)
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pauruṣa – manliness, valor, prowess
  noun (neuter)
  From puruṣa (man).

Note: Qualifies the implied monkeys (vocative sense in context).

दाराः (dārāḥ) - wives

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (masculine noun, but usually plural to denote a wife or wives)

Always masculine in Sanskrit, even when referring to female plural.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle.

उपहसिष्यन्ति (upahasiṣyanti) - will laugh at, will mock, will ridicule

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of upa-has

future active

Formed with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: has (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (act of fleeing) (that (he))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Masculine nominative singular.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

घातः (ghātaḥ) - destruction, blow, killing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghāta

ghāta - striking, killing, destruction, blow

From root han (to strike, to kill).

Root: han (class 2)

तु (tu) - indeed, but (for emphasis) (but, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

जीविताम् (jīvitām) - one's life (life (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvitā

jīvitā - life, living

Feminine noun from root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

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