वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-10, verse-20

तेन वाक्येन संहृष्टा तमभिप्रायमात्मनः ।
व्याजहार महाघोरमभ्यागतमिवान्तकम् ॥२०॥

20. tena vākyena saṃhṛṣṭā tamabhiprāyamātmanaḥ ,
vyājahāra mahāghoramabhyāgatamivāntakam.

20. tena vākyena saṃhṛṣṭā tam abhiprāyam ātmanaḥ
vyājahāra mahāghoram abhyāgatam iva antakam

20. tena vākyena saṃhṛṣṭā sā ātmanaḥ tam mahāghoram abhiprāyam,
abhyāgatam antakam iva vyājahāra.

20. Greatly delighted by those words, she expressed her intention, which was exceedingly dreadful, as if it were Death (Antaka) himself who had approached her.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• वाक्येन (vākyena) - by the word, by the speech, by the statement

• संहृष्टा (saṁhṛṣṭā) - greatly delighted, much pleased, overjoyed

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• अभिप्रायम् (abhiprāyam) - intention, purpose, meaning, opinion

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of one's own self, of the soul

• व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - she spoke, she expressed, she declared

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - very terrible, exceedingly dreadful, fiercely terrifying

• अभ्यागतम् (abhyāgatam) - having approached, having arrived, one who has come near

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अन्तकम् (antakam) - Death, the Destroyer, Yama

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वाक्येन (vākyena) - by the word, by the speech, by the statement

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

संहृष्टा (saṁhṛṣṭā) - greatly delighted, much pleased, overjoyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - greatly delighted, pleased, glad

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛṣ (to be glad) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभिप्रायम् (abhiprāyam) - intention, purpose, meaning, opinion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhiprāya

abhiprāya - intention, purpose, design, meaning, opinion

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of one's own self, of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)

व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - she spoke, she expressed, she declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyāhṛ

Perfect form of the root hṛ with prefixes vi and ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - very terrible, exceedingly dreadful, fiercely terrifying

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrible, exceedingly dreadful, fiercely terrifying

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, awful
  adjective

अभ्यागतम् (abhyāgatam) - having approached, having arrived, one who has come near

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - approached, arrived, come near, a visitor

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefixes abhi and ā

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अन्तकम् (antakam) - Death, the Destroyer, Yama

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - causing an end, destroyer, Death (Antaka, a name for Yama)