वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-56, verse-11

महर्षींस्तु पुरस्कृत्य प्रयान्तु तव सैनिकाः ।
यथा ग्रीष्मावशेषेण तरेयुर्जाह्नवीजलम् ॥११॥

11. maharṣīṃstu puraskṛtya prayāntu tava sainikāḥ ,
yathā grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa tareyurjāhnavījalam.

11. maharṣīn tu puraskṛtya prayāntu tava sainikāḥ
yathā grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa tareyuḥ jāhnavījalam

11. tava sainikāḥ maharṣīn tu puraskṛtya prayāntu
yathā grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa jāhnavījalam tareyuḥ

11. Let your soldiers advance, with the great sages leading them, so that they may cross the waters of the Gaṅgā as easily as one crosses (a river) at the end of summer.

Words meanings summery:

• महर्षीन् (maharṣīn) - great sages (great sages, great seers)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand, just)

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having made leaders, with them leading (having placed in front, having put at the head, having made a leader)

• प्रयान्तु (prayāntu) - let them advance (let them go forth, let them advance, let them proceed)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers (soldiers, warriors)

• यथा (yathā) - so that, as (as, just as, in what manner, so that)

• ग्रीष्मावशेषेण (grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa) - by the end of summer (implying low water levels) (by the remainder of summer, by the end of summer)

• तरेयुः (tareyuḥ) - they may cross (with ease) (they might cross, they should cross)

• जाह्नवीजलम् (jāhnavījalam) - the waters of the Gaṅgā (the water of the Gaṅgā, the Gaṅgā river's water)

Words meanings and morphology

महर्षीन् (maharṣīn) - great sages (great sages, great seers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - a great sage, a great seer, a venerable sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – a sage, a seer, an inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand, just)

(indeclinable)

पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having made leaders, with them leading (having placed in front, having put at the head, having made a leader)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root kṛ (to do, to make) with puras (in front).

Prefix: puras

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रयान्तु (prayāntu) - let them advance (let them go forth, let them advance, let them proceed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of prayā

Present Imperative

From verb root yā (to go) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here possessively.

सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers (soldiers, warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sainika

sainika - a soldier, an army man

Derived from senā (army).

यथा (yathā) - so that, as (as, just as, in what manner, so that)

(indeclinable)

ग्रीष्मावशेषेण (grīṣmāvaśeṣeṇa) - by the end of summer (implying low water levels) (by the remainder of summer, by the end of summer)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of grīṣmāvaśeṣa

grīṣmāvaśeṣa - the remainder of summer, the end of summer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (grīṣma+avaśeṣa)

• grīṣma – summer
  noun (masculine)
• avaśeṣa – remainder, residue, end
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

तरेयुः (tareyuḥ) - they may cross (with ease) (they might cross, they should cross)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of tṛ

Optative, 3rd person plural

From root tṛ.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

जाह्नवीजलम् (jāhnavījalam) - the waters of the Gaṅgā (the water of the Gaṅgā, the Gaṅgā river's water)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāhnavījalam

jāhnavījalam - the water of the Gaṅgā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāhnavī+jala)

• jāhnavī – the river Gaṅgā
  proper noun (feminine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)