वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-20, verse-9

तान्भूमौ पतितान्दृष्ट्वा क्षणेनैव महाबलान् ।
रामस्य च महत् कर्म महांस्त्रासो ऽभवन्मम ॥९॥

9. tānbhūmau patitāndṛṣṭvā kṣaṇenaiva mahābalān ,
rāmasya ca mahat karma mahāṃstrāso'bhavanmama.

9. tān bhūmau patitān dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇena eva mahābalān
rāmasya ca mahat karma mahān trāsaḥ abhavat mama

9. rāmasya mahat karma tān mahābalān bhūmau kṣaṇena
eva patitān dṛṣṭvā ca mama mahān trāsaḥ abhavat

9. Seeing those exceedingly mighty ones fallen on the ground in an instant, and witnessing that great deed (karma) of Rama, a great fear arose within me.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• पतितान् (patitān) - fallen, descended

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, in an instant

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty, very powerful

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• च (ca) - and, also

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work (karma)

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, immense

• त्रासः (trāsaḥ) - fear, terror, alarm

• अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, arose, became

• मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

पतितान् (patitān) - fallen, descended

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with suffix 'ta'.

Root: pat (class 1)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix 'tvā'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, in an instant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, very short time

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty, very powerful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - greatly strong, mighty, powerful

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a Hindu deity, hero of the Ramayana); pleasing, charming

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, eminent

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, eminent

त्रासः (trāsaḥ) - fear, terror, alarm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trāsa

trāsa - fear, terror, fright

Root: tras (class 1)

अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, arose, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

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