वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-100, verse-24

देवानां यस्य या योनिर्वानरा ऋष्कराक्षसाः ।
तामेव विविशुः सर्वे देहान्निक्षिप्य चाम्भसि ॥२४॥

24. devānāṃ yasya yā yonirvānarā ṛṣkarākṣasāḥ ,
tāmeva viviśuḥ sarve dehānnikṣipya cāmbhasi.

24. devānām yasya yā yoniḥ vānarāḥ ṛṣkararākṣasāḥ
tām eva viviśuḥ sarve dehān nikṣipya ca ambhasi

24. sarve devānām yasya yā yoniḥ vānarāḥ ṛṣkararākṣasāḥ
tām eva viviśuḥ dehān ambhasi ca nikṣipya

24. All of them, having cast off their (divine) bodies into the water, entered those very species of monkeys, bears, and rākṣasas, which were the lineages (yoni) of the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods, of the deities

• यस्य (yasya) - of whom, whose, of which

• या (yā) - which, who (feminine singular nominative)

• योनिः (yoniḥ) - origin, source, womb, species, lineage

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• ऋष्करराक्षसाः (ṛṣkararākṣasāḥ) - often interpreted as `ṛkṣa-rākṣasāḥ` (bears and rākṣasas), referring to the forest-dwelling beings in the Ramayana. (bears and rākṣasas (demons))

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular accusative)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - they entered

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• देहान् (dehān) - bodies

• निक्षिप्य (nikṣipya) - having cast off, having deposited, having abandoned

• च (ca) - and, also

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water, into water

Words meanings and morphology

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods, of the deities

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

यस्य (yasya) - of whom, whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

या (yā) - which, who (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

योनिः (yoniḥ) - origin, source, womb, species, lineage

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - origin, source, womb, lineage, species, family

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

ऋष्करराक्षसाः (ṛṣkararākṣasāḥ) - often interpreted as `ṛkṣa-rākṣasāḥ` (bears and rākṣasas), referring to the forest-dwelling beings in the Ramayana. (bears and rākṣasas (demons))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣkararākṣasa

ṛṣkararākṣasa - a combined class of beings, specifically bears and rākṣasas

Compound type : dvandva (ṛṣkara+rākṣasa)

• ṛṣkara – (possibly a variant or uncommon form of `ṛkṣa`, meaning bear)
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – demon, rākṣasa (a class of mythological beings)
  noun (masculine)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - they entered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √viś

Root: viś (class 6)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

देहान् (dehān) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form

निक्षिप्य (nikṣipya) - having cast off, having deposited, having abandoned

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root `√kṣip` with prefix `ni-` and suffix `-ya`.

Prefix: ni

Root: kṣip (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water, into water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

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