वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-8, verse-3

सर्वे प्रमत्ता विश्वस्ता वञ्चिताः स्म हनूमता ।
न हि मे जीवतो गच्छेज्जीवन् स वनगोचरः ॥३॥

3. sarve pramattā viśvastā vañcitāḥ sma hanūmatā ,
na hi me jīvato gacchejjīvan sa vanagocaraḥ.

3. sarve pramatṭāḥ viśvastāḥ vañcitāḥ sma hanūmatā
na hi me jīvataḥ gacchet jīvan saḥ vanagocaraḥ

3. All of us were negligent and trusting, and we were deceived by Hanumān. Indeed, that forest-dweller should not escape alive while I am alive.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (the rākṣasas) (all, everyone)

• प्रमत्टाः (pramatṭāḥ) - negligent, off guard (negligent, careless, intoxicated)

• विश्वस्ताः (viśvastāḥ) - trusting, unsuspecting (trusting, confident, unsuspectinga)

• वञ्चिताः (vañcitāḥ) - deceived, cheated, tricked

• स्म (sma) - used with present tense verbs to denote past action (historical present) (particle indicating past tense)

• हनूमता (hanūmatā) - by Hanumān

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphasizing the speaker's resolve) (indeed, surely, because)

• मे (me) - from me (used here with the sense of ablative, 'from my living') (to me, for me, my)

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - while I am alive (governing 'me') (living, being alive)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should escape (by going away) (should go, would go, may go)

• जीवन् (jīvan) - while being alive (referring to the forest-dweller) (living, being alive)

• सः (saḥ) - that one (referring to Hanumān) (he, that)

• वनगोचरः (vanagocaraḥ) - that forest-dweller (referring to Hanumān) (forest-dweller, ranger of the woods)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (the rākṣasas) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

प्रमत्टाः (pramatṭāḥ) - negligent, off guard (negligent, careless, intoxicated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pramatṭa

pramatṭa - negligent, careless, heedless, intoxicated, proud

past passive participle

Past passive participle of pra-√mad (to be negligent, careless)

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: In the Devanagari, the word appears as 'pramatṭā' (without visarga), which can be a poetic or metrical license. For 'no-sandhi' representation, 'pramatṭāḥ' is the standard nominative plural masculine form.

विश्वस्ताः (viśvastāḥ) - trusting, unsuspecting (trusting, confident, unsuspectinga)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśvasta

viśvasta - trusted, confided in, relying on, unsuspecting

past passive participle

Past passive participle of vi-√śvas (to trust, confide in)

Prefix: vi

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: In the Devanagari, the word appears as 'viśvastā' (without visarga), which can be a poetic or metrical license. For 'no-sandhi' representation, 'viśvastāḥ' is the standard nominative plural masculine form.

वञ्चिताः (vañcitāḥ) - deceived, cheated, tricked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vañcita

vañcita - deceived, cheated, tricked, deluded

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root vañc (to deceive, cheat)

Root: vañc (class 1)

स्म (sma) - used with present tense verbs to denote past action (historical present) (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

हनूमता (hanūmatā) - by Hanumān

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanumān (name of the monkey deity)

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphasizing the speaker's resolve) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - from me (used here with the sense of ablative, 'from my living') (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

1st person singular pronoun

Note: Used here with the sense of ablative 'from me', governed by the participle 'jīvataḥ'.

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - while I am alive (governing 'me') (living, being alive)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

present active participle

Present active participle of root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used in an absolute construction with 'me' (my living).

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should escape (by going away) (should go, would go, may go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

जीवन् (jīvan) - while being alive (referring to the forest-dweller) (living, being alive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

present active participle

Present active participle of root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'saḥ vanagocaraḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - that one (referring to Hanumān) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

Demonstrative pronoun

वनगोचरः (vanagocaraḥ) - that forest-dweller (referring to Hanumān) (forest-dweller, ranger of the woods)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gocara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gocara – moving in, frequenting, range, sphere of activity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'go' (sense, sphere) and 'car' (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)