वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-24

भवन्तः कुम्भकर्णं च रावणं च निशाचरम् ।
अतिक्रम्य महावीर्यौ किं प्रशंसथ रावणिम् ॥२४॥

24. bhavantaḥ kumbhakarṇaṃ ca rāvaṇaṃ ca niśācaram ,
atikramya mahāvīryau kiṃ praśaṃsatha rāvaṇim.

24. bhavantaḥ kumbhakarṇam ca rāvaṇam ca niśācaram
atikramya mahāvīryau kim praśaṃsatha rāvaṇim

24. Why do you praise Ravani (Indrajit), having overlooked the immensely powerful Kumbhakarna and the demon Ravana?

Words meanings summery:

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (honorific plural)

• कुम्भकर्णम् (kumbhakarṇam) - Kumbhakarna (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• निशाचरम् (niśācaram) - night-wanderer, demon, Rakshasa

• अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having surpassed, having gone beyond, having overlooked/disregarded

• महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - immensely powerful, very valorous (dual)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• प्रशंसथ (praśaṁsatha) - you praise, you laud

• रावणिम् (rāvaṇim) - Ravani, son of Ravana (Indrajit)

Words meanings and morphology

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (honorific plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavant

bhavant - your honor, you (polite address)

present active participle

Present active participle of root bhū (to be), used as a pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

कुम्भकर्णम् (kumbhakarṇam) - Kumbhakarna (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarna (Ravana's giant brother)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the king of Lanka)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निशाचरम् (niśācaram) - night-wanderer, demon, Rakshasa

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, Rakshasa

Compound type : tatpurusha (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, walking, going (often as suffix meaning 'wanderer')
  adjective
  Derived from root car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having surpassed, having gone beyond, having overlooked/disregarded

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root kram (to step, go) with prefix ati, suffix -ya

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - immensely powerful, very valorous (dual)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mahāvīrya

mahāvīrya - immensely powerful, great-valor

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+vīrya)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• vīrya – valor, strength, heroism
  noun (neuter)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

प्रशंसथ (praśaṁsatha) - you praise, you laud

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of praśaṃsatha

Present Active

Second person plural present active of root śaṃs (to praise) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

रावणिम् (rāvaṇim) - Ravani, son of Ravana (Indrajit)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇi

rāvaṇi - son of Ravana (Indrajit)

Patronymic from Ravana

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