वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-68, verse-24

स तां बाणसहस्रेण विक्षोभ्य हरिवाहिनीम् ।
हरिश्रेष्ठं हनूमन्तमिन्द्रजित् प्रत्युवाच ह ॥२४॥

24. sa tāṃ bāṇasahasreṇa vikṣobhya harivāhinīm ,
hariśreṣṭhaṃ hanūmantamindrajit pratyuvāca ha.

24. saḥ tām bāṇasahasreṇa vikṣobhya harivāhinīm
hariśreṣṭham hanūmantam indrajit pratyuvāca ha

24. saḥ indrajit bāṇasahasreṇa tām harivāhinīm
vikṣobhya hariśreṣṭham hanūmantam ha pratyuvāca

24. Having thoroughly agitated that monkey army with thousands of arrows, Indrajit then spoke to Hanumān, the best of the monkeys.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Indrajit (he)

• ताम् (tām) - that monkey army (harivāhinīm) (that (feminine))

• बाणसहस्रेण (bāṇasahasreṇa) - with a thousand arrows

• विक्षोभ्य (vikṣobhya) - having agitated, having disturbed

• हरिवाहिनीम् (harivāhinīm) - the monkey army

• हरिश्रेष्ठम् (hariśreṣṭham) - referring to Hanumān (the best of monkeys, foremost monkey)

• हनूमन्तम् (hanūmantam) - Hanumān

• इन्द्रजित् (indrajit) - Indrajit (son of Rāvaṇa, conqueror of Indra)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied, he spoke back

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Indrajit (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to Indrajit.

ताम् (tām) - that monkey army (harivāhinīm) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'harivāhinīm'.

बाणसहस्रेण (bāṇasahasreṇa) - with a thousand arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bāṇasahasra

bāṇasahasra - a thousand arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāṇa+sahasra)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bāṇ (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Instrument of agitation.

विक्षोभ्य (vikṣobhya) - having agitated, having disturbed

(gerund)

Note: Indicates a preceding action.

हरिवाहिनीम् (harivāhinīm) - the monkey army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of harivāhinī

harivāhinī - army of monkeys

Compound type : tatpurusha (hari+vāhinī)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• vāhinī – army, host
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vikṣobhya'.

हरिश्रेष्ठम् (hariśreṣṭham) - referring to Hanumān (the best of monkeys, foremost monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hariśreṣṭha

hariśreṣṭha - best of monkeys, foremost monkey

Compound type : tatpurusha (hari+śreṣṭha)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of 'praśasya'

Note: Epithet for Hanumān.

हनूमन्तम् (hanūmantam) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān

Note: Object of 'pratyuvāca'.

इन्द्रजित् (indrajit) - Indrajit (son of Rāvaṇa, conqueror of Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indrajit

indrajit - Indrajit, conqueror of Indra

Compound type : tatpurusha (indra+jit)

• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: id (class 1)
• jit – conquering, victorious
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'ji' (to conquer) with kvip suffix
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'pratyuvāca'.

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied, he spoke back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pratyuvāca

Perfect

Perfect tense form of 'vac' (to speak) with prefix 'prati'

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses emphasis or narrates a past event.