वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-78, verse-52

लाङ्गूलानि प्रविध्यन्तः स्फोटयन्तश्च वानराः ।
लक्ष्मणो जयतीत्येवं वाक्यं व्यश्रावयंस्तदा ॥५२॥

52. lāṅgūlāni pravidhyantaḥ sphoṭayantaśca vānarāḥ ,
lakṣmaṇo jayatītyevaṃ vākyaṃ vyaśrāvayaṃstadā.

52. lāṅgūlāni pravidhyantaḥ sphoṭayantaḥ ca vānarāḥ
lakṣmaṇaḥ jayati iti evam vākyam vyaśrāvayan tadā

52. tadā vānarāḥ lāṅgūlāni pravidhyantaḥ ca sphoṭayantaḥ
lakṣmaṇaḥ jayati iti evam vākyam vyaśrāvayan

52. Then, the monkeys, waving their tails and cracking them, loudly proclaimed the words, "Lakṣmaṇa is victorious!"

Words meanings summery:

• लाङ्गूलानि (lāṅgūlāni) - tails

• प्रविध्यन्तः (pravidhyantaḥ) - waving, shaking

• स्फोटयन्तः (sphoṭayantaḥ) - cracking, causing to burst, making a snapping sound

• च (ca) - and, also

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys, apes

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa, brother of Rāma (Lakṣmaṇa)

• जयति (jayati) - is victorious, conquers, wins

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence, proclamation

• व्यश्रावयन् (vyaśrāvayan) - they caused to be heard, they proclaimed, they announced

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

लाङ्गूलानि (lāṅgūlāni) - tails

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of lāṅgūla

lāṅgūla - tail

प्रविध्यन्तः (pravidhyantaḥ) - waving, shaking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravidhyant

pravidhyant - waving, shaking, brandishing

Present Active Participle

From the root √vidh 'to pierce, strike' with the prefix 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vidh (class 6)

स्फोटयन्तः (sphoṭayantaḥ) - cracking, causing to burst, making a snapping sound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sphoṭayant

sphoṭayant - causing to burst, cracking, making a sound

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From the root √sphuṭ 'to burst' in the causative form.

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys, apes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa, brother of Rāma (Lakṣmaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (brother of Rama)

जयति (jayati) - is victorious, conquers, wins

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jayati

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: ji (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence, proclamation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement, proclamation

From the root √vac 'to speak' with the suffix -ya.

Root: vac (class 2)

व्यश्रावयन् (vyaśrāvayan) - they caused to be heard, they proclaimed, they announced

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect causative (luṅ) of vyaśrāvayan

Imperfect Active Causative

3rd person plural, imperfect tense, active voice, causative form. Formed from the root √śru with prefixes vi- and ā-.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: śru (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)