वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-73, verse-9

घोराः स्म पक्षिणो वाचो व्याहरन्ति ततस्ततः ।
भौमाश्चैव मृगाः सर्वे गच्छन्ति स्म प्रदक्षिणम् ॥९॥

9. ghorāḥ sma pakṣiṇo vāco vyāharanti tatastataḥ ,
bhaumāścaiva mṛgāḥ sarve gacchanti sma pradakṣiṇam.

9. ghorāḥ sma pakṣiṇaḥ vācaḥ vyāharanti tataḥ tataḥ
bhaumāḥ ca eva mṛgāḥ sarve gacchanti sma pradakṣiṇam

9. ghorāḥ vācaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ tataḥ tataḥ sma vyāharanti ca
eva sarve bhaumāḥ mṛgāḥ pradakṣiṇam sma gacchanti

9. Terrible birds uttered ominous cries from various directions. And all the terrestrial animals moved in an auspicious, right-sided manner (pradakṣiṇam).

Words meanings summery:

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - ominous (describing cries) (dreadful, terrible, ominous)

• स्म (sma) - used to indicate past tense with present verbs (indeed, certainly; particle for past tense)

• पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - cries (of birds) (voices, words, cries)

• व्याहरन्ति (vyāharanti) - cried out (utter, cry out, speak)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that place/direction (from there, thence, then)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that place/direction (from there, thence, then)

• भौमाः (bhaumāḥ) - terrestrial (animals) (terrestrial, earthly, born of the earth)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - also, indeed (indeed, just, only)

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - wild animals (deer) (deer, wild animals)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (animals) (all, every)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - moved (go, move, proceed)

• स्म (sma) - used to indicate past tense with present verbs (indeed, certainly; particle for past tense)

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - in an auspicious, right-sided manner (auspiciously, towards the right)

Words meanings and morphology

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - ominous (describing cries) (dreadful, terrible, ominous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, formidable, ominous

Note: Agrees with `vācaḥ`.

स्म (sma) - used to indicate past tense with present verbs (indeed, certainly; particle for past tense)

(indeclinable)

पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

From `pakṣa` (wing) + `in` suffix.

वाचः (vācaḥ) - cries (of birds) (voices, words, cries)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - voice, speech, word, sound, cry

Root: vac (class 2)

व्याहरन्ति (vyāharanti) - cried out (utter, cry out, speak)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vyā-hṛ

Root `hṛ` (class 1, `harati`) with prefixes `vi` and `ā`. Present active 3rd plural.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that place/direction (from there, thence, then)

(indeclinable)

From `tad` (that) + `tas` suffix.

ततः (tataḥ) - from that place/direction (from there, thence, then)

(indeclinable)

From `tad` (that) + `tas` suffix.

भौमाः (bhaumāḥ) - terrestrial (animals) (terrestrial, earthly, born of the earth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhauma

bhauma - terrestrial, earthly, relating to the earth

From `bhūmi` (earth) + `aṇ` suffix.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also, indeed (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - wild animals (deer) (deer, wild animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, game, wild animal

Root: mṛg (class 6)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (animals) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - moved (go, move, proceed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root `gam` (class 1, `gacchati`). Present active 3rd plural.

Root: gam (class 1)

स्म (sma) - used to indicate past tense with present verbs (indeed, certainly; particle for past tense)

(indeclinable)

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - in an auspicious, right-sided manner (auspiciously, towards the right)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `pradakṣiṇa`.

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