वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-65, verse-11

अद्य रामं वधिष्यामि लक्ष्मणं च निशाचराः ।
शाखामृगं च सुग्रीवं वानरांश्च शरोत्तमैः ॥११॥

11. adya rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇaṃ ca niśācarāḥ ,
śākhāmṛgaṃ ca sugrīvaṃ vānarāṃśca śarottamaiḥ.

11. adya rāmam vadhiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇam ca niśācarāḥ
śākhāmṛgam ca sugrīvam vānarān ca śara-uttamaiḥ

11. adya niśācarāḥ aham rāmam lakṣmaṇam ca śākhāmṛgam
sugrīvam ca vānarān ca śara-uttamaiḥ vadhiṣyāmi

11. Today, O night-roamers (niśācara), I will kill Rama, Lakshmana, and Sugriva, the monkey (śākhāmṛga), along with the other monkeys, with my finest arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama, the son of Dasaratha (Rama)

• वधिष्यामि (vadhiṣyāmi) - I will kill (I will kill, I will strike)

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana, brother of Rama (Lakshmana)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• निशाचराः (niśācarāḥ) - O night-roaming demons (vocative address) (night-wanderers, demons)

• शाखामृगम् (śākhāmṛgam) - the monkey Sugriva (king of monkeys) (tree-animal, monkey)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुग्रीवम् (sugrīvam) - Sugriva, the monkey king (Sugriva)

• वानरान् (vānarān) - the other monkeys (monkeys)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शर-उत्तमैः (śara-uttamaiḥ) - with my finest arrows (with excellent arrows, with best arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama, the son of Dasaratha (Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper noun), pleasing, charming

वधिष्यामि (vadhiṣyāmi) - I will kill (I will kill, I will strike)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √han

Future Tense, First Person Singular

From √han (to strike, kill), future stem vadhiṣya-, 1st person singular ending -mi.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: The root √han (to kill) changes to vadhi- in the future tense.

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana, brother of Rama (Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (proper noun), having auspicious marks

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

निशाचराः (niśācarāḥ) - O night-roaming demons (vocative address) (night-wanderers, demons)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, goblin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer (from √car to move)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √car with suffix -a.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: The compound means 'one who moves in the night'.

शाखामृगम् (śākhāmṛgam) - the monkey Sugriva (king of monkeys) (tree-animal, monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śākhāmṛga

śākhāmṛga - tree-animal, monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śākhā+mṛga)

• śākhā – branch (of a tree)
  noun (feminine)
• mṛga – animal, deer, game
  noun (masculine)

Note: Literally 'branch-deer', meaning a monkey.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सुग्रीवम् (sugrīvam) - Sugriva, the monkey king (Sugriva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugriva (proper noun), 'one with a beautiful neck'

वानरान् (vānarān) - the other monkeys (monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शर-उत्तमैः (śara-uttamaiḥ) - with my finest arrows (with excellent arrows, with best arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śarottama

śarottama - best of arrows, excellent arrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+uttama)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Compound of śara (arrow) and uttama (best).