महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-268, verse-23

ततः सर्वाभिसारेण हरीणां वातरंहसाम् ।
भेदयामास लङ्कायाः प्राकारं रघुनन्दनः ॥२३॥

23. tataḥ sarvābhisāreṇa harīṇāṁ vātaraṁhasām ,
bhedayāmāsa laṅkāyāḥ prākāraṁ raghunandanaḥ.

23. tataḥ sarvābhisāreṇa harīṇām vātarahṃhasām
bhedayāmāsa laṅkāyāḥ prākāram raghunandanaḥ

23. Then, with a full-scale assault by the Vānaras (harī), who were swift as the wind, Rāma (Raghunandana) caused the wall of Laṅkā to be breached.

23. אז, בהסתערות כוללת של הקופים שמהירותם כמהירות הרוח, פרץ רַגְהוּנַנְדַנַה את חומת לַנְקָה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• सर्वाभिसारेण (sarvābhisāreṇa) - by a full assault, by a universal attack

• हरीणाम् (harīṇām) - of the Vānaras, of the monkeys

• वातरह्ंहसाम् (vātarahṁhasām) - of those having wind-like speed, swift as the wind

• भेदयामास (bhedayāmāsa) - he caused to break, he breached, he pierced

• लङ्कायाः (laṅkāyāḥ) - of Laṅkā

• प्राकारम् (prākāram) - wall, rampart, enclosure

• रघुनन्दनः (raghunandanaḥ) - Rāma (joy of the Raghus, descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

सर्वाभिसारेण (sarvābhisāreṇa) - by a full assault, by a universal attack

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sarvābhisāra

sarvābhisāra - full assault, general attack

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+abhisāra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• abhisāra – assault, attack, onset
  noun (masculine)

हरीणाम् (harīṇām) - of the Vānaras, of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, Vānara (mythological ape-like beings), lion, Viṣṇu, Indra

वातरह्ंहसाम् (vātarahṁhasām) - of those having wind-like speed, swift as the wind

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vātarahṃhas

vātarahṁhas - having the speed of wind, swift as wind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāta+raṃhas)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• raṃhas – speed, velocity, impetus
  noun (neuter)

भेदयामास (bhedayāmāsa) - he caused to break, he breached, he pierced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhid

Causative

Perfect tense form of the causative stem 'bheday'.

Root: bhid (class 7)

लङ्कायाः (laṅkāyāḥ) - of Laṅkā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (name of an island and city)

प्राकारम् (prākāram) - wall, rampart, enclosure

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prākāra

prākāra - wall, rampart, enclosure, fence

रघुनन्दनः (raghunandanaḥ) - Rāma (joy of the Raghus, descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - joy of the Raghus, descendant of Raghu (an epithet of Rāma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (an ancient king, ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, joy
  noun (masculine)

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