वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-22, verse-1

तत् प्रयातं बलं घोरमशिवं शोणितोदकम् ।
अभ्यवर्षन्महामेघस्तुमुलो गर्दभारुणः ॥१॥

1. tat prayātaṃ balaṃ ghoramaśivaṃ śoṇitodakam ,
abhyavarṣanmahāmeghastumulo gardabhāruṇaḥ.

1. tat prayātam balam ghoram aśivam śoṇitodakam
abhyavarṣan mahāmeghaḥ tumulaḥ gardabhāruṇaḥ

1. gardabhāruṇaḥ tumulaḥ mahāmeghaḥ tat prayātam
ghoram aśivam balam śoṇitodakam abhyavarṣan

1. A great, tumultuous cloud, reddish like a donkey, rained dreadful, inauspicious blood-water upon that advancing army.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that, then

• प्रयातम् (prayātam) - proceeding, advancing, gone

• बलम् (balam) - army, force, strength

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, awful

• अशिवम् (aśivam) - inauspicious, evil, not good

• शोणितोदकम् (śoṇitodakam) - blood-water, water consisting of blood

• अभ्यवर्षन् (abhyavarṣan) - used with a singular subject (cloud) to describe a voluminous or multi-component action of raining (they rained upon, showered upon)

• महामेघः (mahāmeghaḥ) - great cloud

• तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous, noisy, dreadful

• गर्दभारुणः (gardabhāruṇaḥ) - donkey-red, reddish like a donkey

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that, then

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

प्रयातम् (prayātam) - proceeding, advancing, gone

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prayāta

prayāta - gone, departed, advanced, started

Past Passive Participle

From pra- + yā (to go)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

बलम् (balam) - army, force, strength

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, troops

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, awful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, frightful

अशिवम् (aśivam) - inauspicious, evil, not good

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśiva

aśiva - inauspicious, unpropitious, evil

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+śiva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• śiva – auspicious, benevolent, gracious
  adjective (masculine)

शोणितोदकम् (śoṇitodakam) - blood-water, water consisting of blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṇitodaka

śoṇitodaka - water of blood, blood-water

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoṇita+udaka)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)

अभ्यवर्षन् (abhyavarṣan) - used with a singular subject (cloud) to describe a voluminous or multi-component action of raining (they rained upon, showered upon)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of abhi-vṛṣ

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

महामेघः (mahāmeghaḥ) - great cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmegha

mahāmegha - a great cloud

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+megha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)

तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous, noisy, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, noisy, agitated, dreadful

गर्दभारुणः (gardabhāruṇaḥ) - donkey-red, reddish like a donkey

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gardabhāruṇa

gardabhāruṇa - donkey-red, having the colour of a donkey (reddish-grey)

Compound type : tatpurusha (gardabha+aruṇa)

• gardabha – donkey, ass
  noun (masculine)
• aruṇa – red, reddish, dawn
  adjective (masculine)