Canonical Ref: VR 4.55.5
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
परम्पराणां भक्षिष्ये वानराणां मृतं मृतम् । उवाचैवं वचः पक्षी तान्निरीक्ष्य प्लवंगमान् ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
paramparāṇāṃ bhakṣiṣye vānarāṇāṃ mṛtaṃ mṛtam | uvācaivaṃ vacaḥ pakṣī tānnirīkṣya plavaṃgamān ||
English Scholarly Translation
Verily man reapeth the fruit of his former acts; and therefore it is that this food ordained to that end, comes to me after a long time. I shall feed on these monkeys, one by one, slaying them one after another. Eyeing those apes, the bird expressed himself thus.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
परम्पराणां
Lemma: परम्पर
POS: adj
भक्षिष्ये
Lemma: भक्ष्
POS: 4. P. • Verb: भक्षिष्ये
वानराणां
Lemma: वानर
POS: m
मृतं
Lemma: मृ
POS: 4. Ā.
मृतम्
Lemma: मृ
POS: 4. Ā.
उवाचैवं
Lemma: वच्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: उवाच
उवाचैवं
Lemma: एवम्
POS: ind
वचः
Lemma: वचस्
POS: n
पक्षी
Lemma: पक्षिन्
POS: m
तान्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
निरीक्ष्य
Lemma: निरीक्ष्
POS: 1. P.
प्लवंगमान्
Lemma: प्लवंगम
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 4.55.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.