वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-16, verse-16

गृह्णीयुरपि मातङ्गान्मत्तान्प्रव्रजतो वने ।
नर्दमानांश्च नादेन पातयेयुर्विहंगमान् ॥१६॥

16. gṛhṇīyurapi mātaṅgānmattānpravrajato vane ,
nardamānāṃśca nādena pātayeyurvihaṃgamān.

16. gṛhṇīyuḥ api mātaṅgān mattān pravrajataḥ vane
nardamānān ca nādena pātayeyuḥ vihaṅgamān

16. api vane pravrajataḥ mattān mātaṅgān gṛhṇīyuḥ
ca nādena nardamānān vihaṅgamān pātayeyuḥ

16. They might even seize mad elephants wandering in the forest, and with their roar, they might fell the roaring birds.

Words meanings summery:

• गृह्णीयुः (gṛhṇīyuḥ) - they might seize, they might take

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मातङ्गान् (mātaṅgān) - elephants

• मत्तान् (mattān) - mad, intoxicated, excited

• प्रव्रजतः (pravrajataḥ) - wandering, moving forth

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• नर्दमानान् (nardamānān) - roaring (birds) (roaring, crying aloud)

• च (ca) - and

• नादेन (nādena) - with sound, with roar

• पातयेयुः (pātayeyuḥ) - they might cause to fall, they might fell

• विहङ्गमान् (vihaṅgamān) - birds

Words meanings and morphology

गृह्णीयुः (gṛhṇīyuḥ) - they might seize, they might take

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गान् (mātaṅgān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant, outcaste, caṇḍāla

मत्तान् (mattān) - mad, intoxicated, excited

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - mad, intoxicated, wild, passionate, proud

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated, to rejoice)

Root: mad (class 4)

प्रव्रजतः (pravrajataḥ) - wandering, moving forth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pravrajat

pravrajat - wandering, going forth, renouncing, ascetic

Present Active Participle

Derived from pra-vraj (to go forth, to wander)

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket, water

नर्दमानान् (nardamānān) - roaring (birds) (roaring, crying aloud)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nardamāna

nardamāna - roaring, braying, making noise

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root nard (to roar, to sound)

Root: nard (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नादेन (nādena) - with sound, with roar

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry, thunder

पातयेयुः (pātayeyuḥ) - they might cause to fall, they might fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pātay

Causative formation

Derived from root pat (to fall) with causative suffix -āya, then conjugated

Root: pat (class 1)

विहङ्गमान् (vihaṅgamān) - birds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vihaṅgama

vihaṅgama - bird, one who goes in the sky

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (viha+gama)

• viha – sky, air, bird (lit. moving in the air)
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, moving, reaching
  adjective
  Agent noun/suffix
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)