वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-47, verse-27

गौतमेनैवमुक्तस्य सरोषेण महात्मना ।
पेततुर्वृषणौ भूमौ सहस्राक्षस्य तत्क्षणात् ॥२७॥

27. gautamenaivamuktasya saroṣeṇa mahātmanā ,
petaturvṛṣaṇau bhūmau sahasrākṣasya tatkṣaṇāt.

27. gautamena evam uktasya saroṣeṇa mahātmanā
petatuḥ vṛṣaṇau bhūmau sahasrākṣasya tatkṣaṇāt

27. saroṣeṇa mahātmanā gautamena evam uktasya
sahasrākṣasya vṛṣaṇau tatkṣaṇāt bhūmau petatuḥ

27. Immediately after he was thus spoken to by the great-souled (mahātman) and enraged Gautama, the two testicles of the thousand-eyed (Indra) fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• गौतमेन (gautamena) - by Gautama

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तस्य (uktasya) - of the one who was spoken to (referring to Indra) (of the one who was spoken to, to whom it was said)

• सरोषेण (saroṣeṇa) - by the enraged (Gautama) (with anger, angrily, enraged)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (mahātman) Gautama (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

• पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they (two) fell

• वृषणौ (vṛṣaṇau) - two testicles

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• सहस्राक्षस्य (sahasrākṣasya) - of the thousand-eyed Indra (of the thousand-eyed one)

• तत्क्षणात् (tatkṣaṇāt) - at that moment, immediately

Words meanings and morphology

गौतमेन (gautamena) - by Gautama

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a sage)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तस्य (uktasya) - of the one who was spoken to (referring to Indra) (of the one who was spoken to, to whom it was said)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

past passive participle

formed from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

सरोषेण (saroṣeṇa) - by the enraged (Gautama) (with anger, angrily, enraged)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saroṣa

saroṣa - full of anger, enraged, angry

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+roṣa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating accompaniment
• roṣa – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (mahātman) Gautama (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they (two) fell

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

वृषणौ (vṛṣaṇau) - two testicles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛṣaṇa

vṛṣaṇa - testicle, scrotum

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

सहस्राक्षस्य (sahasrākṣasya) - of the thousand-eyed Indra (of the thousand-eyed one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sahasrākṣa

sahasrākṣa - having a thousand eyes; an epithet of Indra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+akṣan)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral adjective (neuter)
• akṣan – eye
  noun (neuter)

तत्क्षणात् (tatkṣaṇāt) - at that moment, immediately

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+kṣaṇa)

• tad – that, this
  pronoun
• kṣaṇa – moment, instant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Ablative singular of 'tatkṣaṇa' used adverbially to mean 'at that moment, immediately'.

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