वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-68, verse-27

न हन्तव्याः स्त्रियश्चेति यद्ब्रवीषि प्लवंगम ।
पीडा करममित्राणां यत् स्यात् कर्तव्यमेत तत् ॥२७॥

27. na hantavyāḥ striyaśceti yadbravīṣi plavaṃgama ,
pīḍā karamamitrāṇāṃ yat syāt kartavyameta tat.

27. na hantavyāḥ striyaḥ ca iti yat bravīṣi plavaṅgama
pīḍākaram amitrāṇām yat syāt kartavyam etat tat

27. plavaṅgama yat "na striyaḥ ca hantavyāḥ" iti bravīṣi,
amitrāṇām yat pīḍākaram syāt,
etat tat kartavyam

27. O monkey (plavaṅgama), regarding what you say, 'Women should not be killed,' that which causes distress to enemies must be done.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हन्तव्याः (hantavyāḥ) - should not be killed (used with 'na') (ought to be killed, fit to be killed)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (women, wives)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इति (iti) - marks the quoted statement (thus, so, in this manner (marks a quote))

• यत् (yat) - regarding what (you say) (that which, since, because)

• ब्रवीषि (bravīṣi) - you (Hanumān) say (you say, you speak)

• प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama) - O monkey (Hanumān) (monkey, ape)

• पीडाकरम् (pīḍākaram) - causing distress (causing pain, tormenting, distressing)

• अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of the enemies (of enemies, hostile)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (causes distress) (that which, whatever)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be (may be, should be, happens to be)

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - must be done (ought to be done, proper to be done)

• एतत् (etat) - this (thing, i.e., causing distress) (this, this one)

• तत् (tat) - that (specifically referring to 'pīḍākaram amitrāṇām yat syāt') (that, that one)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हन्तव्याः (hantavyāḥ) - should not be killed (used with 'na') (ought to be killed, fit to be killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hantavya

hantavya - to be killed, fit to be killed

gerundive

Gerundive from √han (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (women, wives)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female, wife

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marks the quoted statement (thus, so, in this manner (marks a quote))

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - regarding what (you say) (that which, since, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yad

yad - which, what; since, because, that

Note: Functions as a conjunction introducing the dependent clause.

ब्रवीषि (bravīṣi) - you (Hanumān) say (you say, you speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice

Root √brū (or √vac in some forms).

Root: brū (class 2)

प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama) - O monkey (Hanumān) (monkey, ape)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - monkey, ape (lit. 'going by leaps')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (plava+gama)

• plava – a jump, a leap; a boat
  noun (masculine)
  From √plu 'to float, swim, jump'.
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going, moving; who goes
  adjective (masculine)
  noun from root
  Suffix -a added to √gam.
  Root: gam (class 1)

पीडाकरम् (pīḍākaram) - causing distress (causing pain, tormenting, distressing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pīḍākara

pīḍākara - causing pain, tormenting, distressing

pīḍā (pain) + kara (making/doing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pīḍā+kara)

• pīḍā – pain, distress, affliction
  noun (feminine)
  From √pīḍ.
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)
• kara – making, doing, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Suffix -ara from √kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of the enemies (of enemies, hostile)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of amitra

amitra - enemy, foe (lit. 'not friend')

Negative prefix 'a-' + mitra.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mitra)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• mitra – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - whatever (causes distress) (that which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

स्यात् (syāt) - should be (may be, should be, happens to be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root √as, optative stem syā.

Root: as (class 2)

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - must be done (ought to be done, proper to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, duty

gerundive

Gerundive from √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Often functions substantively as 'a duty' or 'what should be done'.

एतत् (etat) - this (thing, i.e., causing distress) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one (near speaker)

तत् (tat) - that (specifically referring to 'pīḍākaram amitrāṇām yat syāt') (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.