वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-59, verse-6

ता वेपथुपरीताश्च राज्ञः प्राणेषु शङ्किताः ।
प्रतिस्रोतस्तृणाग्राणां सदृशं संचकम्पिरे ॥६॥

6. tā vepathuparītāśca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ ,
pratisrotastṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ saṃcakampire.

6. tāḥ vepathupurītāḥ ca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ
pratisrotaḥ tṛṇāgrāṇām sadṛśam saṃcakampire

6. tāḥ vepathupurītāḥ ca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ
pratisrotaḥ tṛṇāgrāṇām sadṛśam saṃcakampire

6. Overcome with trembling and apprehensive about the king's life, they quivered greatly, like blades of grass caught in a counter-current.

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - they

• वेपथुपुरीताः (vepathupurītāḥ) - overcome with trembling, afflicted by trembling

• च (ca) - and

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

• प्राणेषु (prāṇeṣu) - in (his) life, about (his) life

• शङ्किताः (śaṅkitāḥ) - apprehensive, fearful, suspected

• प्रतिस्रोतः (pratisrotaḥ) - against the current, upstream

• तृणाग्राणाम् (tṛṇāgrāṇām) - of the blades of grass, of the tips of grass

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - like, similar to, resembling

• संचकम्पिरे (saṁcakampire) - they trembled greatly, they quivered

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वेपथुपुरीताः (vepathupurītāḥ) - overcome with trembling, afflicted by trembling

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vepathupurīta

vepathupurīta - overcome with trembling

Compound type : tatpurusha (vepathu+purīta)

• vepathu – trembling, tremor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vep (class 1)
• purīta – filled, surrounded, overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'ī' (to go) with prefix 'pari'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

प्राणेषु (prāṇeṣu) - in (his) life, about (his) life

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

Root: an (class 2)

शङ्किताः (śaṅkitāḥ) - apprehensive, fearful, suspected

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śaṅkita

śaṅkita - feared, suspected, apprehensive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śaṅk' (to doubt, to fear)

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

प्रतिस्रोतः (pratisrotaḥ) - against the current, upstream

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'prati' (against) and 'srotas' (stream)

तृणाग्राणाम् (tṛṇāgrāṇām) - of the blades of grass, of the tips of grass

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tṛṇāgra

tṛṇāgra - blade of grass, tip of grass

Compound type : tatpurusha (tṛṇa+agra)

• tṛṇa – grass, a blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• agra – tip, point, front part
  noun (neuter)

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - like, similar to, resembling

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - like, similar, resembling

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here.

संचकम्पिरे (saṁcakampire) - they trembled greatly, they quivered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (Lit) of kamp

Perfect

Reduplicated perfect form of √kamp

Prefix: sam

Root: kamp (class 1)