वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-79, verse-14

एवं संभाषमाणस्य गुहस्य भरतं तदा ।
बभौ नष्टप्रभः सूर्यो रजनी चाभ्यवर्तत ॥१४॥

14. evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharataṃ tadā ,
babhau naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata.

14. evam saṃbhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharatam tadā babhau
naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryaḥ rajanī ca abhyavartata

14. tadā guhasya bharatam evam saṃbhāṣamāṇasya
naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryaḥ babhau ca rajanī abhyavartata

14. As Guha was speaking thus to Bharata at that time, the sun lost its brilliance and night set in.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• संभाषमाणस्य (saṁbhāṣamāṇasya) - of him who was speaking, of him who was conversing

• गुहस्य (guhasya) - of Guha

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata (accusative)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, was radiant

• नष्टप्रभः (naṣṭaprabhaḥ) - whose radiance is lost, dim, faded

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - sun

• रजनी (rajanī) - night

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभ्यवर्तत (abhyavartata) - night approached/descended (approached, came on, drew near)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

संभाषमाणस्य (saṁbhāṣamāṇasya) - of him who was speaking, of him who was conversing

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃbhāṣamāṇa

saṁbhāṣamāṇa - speaking, conversing, talking (with)

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Present participle of root bhāṣ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Guhasya

गुहस्य (guhasya) - of Guha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of guha

guha - Guha (proper name of the Nishada king)

भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name, Rama's brother)

Note: Object of implied verb of speaking

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from demonstrative pronoun tad

बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, was radiant

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ) 3rd person singular of root bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

नष्टप्रभः (naṣṭaprabhaḥ) - whose radiance is lost, dim, faded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭaprabha

naṣṭaprabha - whose light is lost, dim, faded, deprived of splendor

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+prabhā)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root naś (to perish, to be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• prabhā – light, radiance, splendor, lustre
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies Sūryaḥ

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, the sun god

रजनी (rajanī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajanī

rajanī - night

From root raj (to color, to dye, to darken)

Root: raj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभ्यवर्तत (abhyavartata) - night approached/descended (approached, came on, drew near)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of abhyavart

Imperfect tense (laṅ) 3rd person singular of root vṛt with prefixes abhi and ava

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: vṛt (class 1)