वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-6, verse-27

जनौघैस्तैर्विसर्पद्भिः शुश्रुवे तत्र निःस्वनः ।
पर्वसूदीर्णवेगस्य सागरस्येव निःस्वनः ॥२७॥

27. janaughaistairvisarpadbhiḥ śuśruve tatra niḥsvanaḥ ,
parvasūdīrṇavegasya sāgarasyeva niḥsvanaḥ.

27. janaughaiḥ taiḥ visarpadbhiḥ śuśruve tatra niḥsvanaḥ
parvasu udīrṇavegasya sāgarasya iva niḥsvanaḥ

27. tatra taiḥ visarpadbhiḥ janaughaiḥ niḥsvanaḥ śuśruve
parvasu udīrṇavegasya sāgarasya niḥsvanaḥ iva

27. There, a great sound was heard, caused by those surging crowds of people, a sound like the roar of the ocean with its mighty surge during high tides or festivals.

Words meanings summery:

• जनौघैः (janaughaiḥ) - by crowds of people, by masses of men

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them (masculine instrumental plural)

• विसर्पद्भिः (visarpadbhiḥ) - by those moving about, by those spreading

• शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard, was listened to

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• निःस्वनः (niḥsvanaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

• पर्वसु (parvasu) - on festival days (referring to high tides on specific lunar days) (on festivals, on knots, on joints)

• उदीर्णवेगस्य (udīrṇavegasya) - of the one with surging speed/force, of the greatly agitated (ocean)

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, sea

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निःस्वनः (niḥsvanaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

Words meanings and morphology

जनौघैः (janaughaiḥ) - by crowds of people, by masses of men

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of janaugha

janaugha - crowd of people, multitude

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jana+ogha)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, current, multitude, heap, mass
  noun (masculine)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them (masculine instrumental plural)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he (demonstrative pronoun)

विसर्पद्भिः (visarpadbhiḥ) - by those moving about, by those spreading

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of visarpad

visarpad - moving about, spreading, flowing (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

from vi-sṛp

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛp (class 1)

शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard, was listened to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, perfect (liṭ) of śru

3rd person singular perfect middle (ātmanepada)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: often passive meaning in middle perfect

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

निःस्वनः (niḥsvanaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niḥsvana

niḥsvana - sound, noise, roar

from nis-svan

Prefix: nis

Root: svan (class 1)

पर्वसु (parvasu) - on festival days (referring to high tides on specific lunar days) (on festivals, on knots, on joints)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, section, festive day, period of change in moon's phase (full moon, new moon)

उदीर्णवेगस्य (udīrṇavegasya) - of the one with surging speed/force, of the greatly agitated (ocean)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of udīrṇavega

udīrṇavega - having surging speed/force, greatly agitated

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udīrṇa+vega)

• udīrṇa – roused, agitated, surging, powerful (past passive participle)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ud-īr
  Prefix: ud
  Root: īr (class 2)
• vega – speed, force, impulse, current
  noun (masculine)

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, sea

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

निःस्वनः (niḥsvanaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niḥsvana

niḥsvana - sound, noise, roar

from nis-svan

Prefix: nis

Root: svan (class 1)

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