वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-42, verse-25

तास्तथा विलपन्त्यस्तु नगरे नागरस्त्रियः ।
चुक्रुशुर्भृशसंतप्ता मृत्योरिव भयागमे ॥२५॥

25. tāstathā vilapantyastu nagare nāgarastriyaḥ ,
cukruśurbhṛśasaṃtaptā mṛtyoriva bhayāgame.

25. tāḥ tathā vilapantyaḥ tu nagare nāgarastriyaḥ
cukruśuḥ bhṛśasaṃtaptāḥ mṛtyoḥ iva bhayāgame

25. tāḥ nāgarastriyaḥ tathā vilapantyaḥ tu nagare
bhṛśasaṃtaptāḥ cukruśuḥ mṛtyoḥ bhayāgame iva

25. Those city women, lamenting in this manner, cried out in the city, deeply distressed, as if at the onset of a terrifying death.

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• विलपन्त्यः (vilapantyaḥ) - lamenting, weeping

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, yet

• नगरे (nagare) - in the city

• नागरस्त्रियः (nāgarastriyaḥ) - city women, women of the city

• चुक्रुशुः (cukruśuḥ) - they cried out, they shrieked

• भृशसंतप्ताः (bhṛśasaṁtaptāḥ) - greatly distressed, intensely afflicted

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• भयागमे (bhayāgame) - at the arrival of fear, at the onset of danger

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

विलपन्त्यः (vilapantyaḥ) - lamenting, weeping

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vilapat

vilapat - lamenting, weeping

Present Active Participle

from vi + lap (to lament)

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, yet

(indeclinable)

नगरे (nagare) - in the city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

नागरस्त्रियः (nāgarastriyaḥ) - city women, women of the city

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nāgarastrī

nāgarastrī - city woman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāgara+strī)

• nāgara – civic, urban, a citizen
  adjective/noun (masculine)
• strī – woman
  noun (feminine)

चुक्रुशुः (cukruśuḥ) - they cried out, they shrieked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of kruś

Root: kruś (class 1)

भृशसंतप्ताः (bhṛśasaṁtaptāḥ) - greatly distressed, intensely afflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhṛśasaṃtapta

bhṛśasaṁtapta - greatly distressed, intensely afflicted

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+saṃtapta)

• bhṛśa – much, greatly, intensely
  indeclinable
• saṃtapta – heated, afflicted, distressed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam + tap (to heat, suffer)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death (mṛtyu)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

भयागमे (bhayāgame) - at the arrival of fear, at the onset of danger

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhayāgama

bhayāgama - arrival of fear/danger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+āgama)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• āgama – arrival, coming
  noun (masculine)

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