वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-24, verse-28

तद्बभूवाद्भुतं युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ।
रामस्यास्य महाघोरं पुनस्तेषां च रक्षसाम् ॥२८॥

28. tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam ,
rāmasyāsya mahāghoraṃ punasteṣāṃ ca rakṣasām.

28. tat babhūva adbhutam yuddham tumulam romaharṣaṇam
rāmasya asya mahāghoram punaḥ teṣām ca rakṣasām

28. rāmasya asya teṣām rakṣasām ca punaḥ tat yuddham
adbhutam tumulam mahāghoram romaharṣaṇam babhūva

28. The battle that ensued between Rama and those Rākṣasas was astonishing, tumultuous, greatly fierce, and hair-raising.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing, miraculous

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous, fierce, noisy, dreadful

• रोमहर्षणम् (romaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising, thrilling, causing goosebumps

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• अस्य (asya) - of this Rama (of this, his)

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - greatly terrible, extremely fierce, very dreadful

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those Rākṣasas (of them, their)

• च (ca) - and

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened

(verb)

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

Perfect

Root bhū, reduplicated perfect (liṭ)

Root: bhū (class 1)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing, miraculous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, extraordinary, astonishing, marvelous

From prefix ad + root bhū + ta (Kṛt suffix)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yuddham'.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - fight, battle, war

From root yudh 'to fight'

Root: yudh (class 4)

तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous, fierce, noisy, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, noisy, agitated, dreadful, fierce

रोमहर्षणम् (romaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising, thrilling, causing goosebumps

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of romaharṣaṇa

romaharṣaṇa - causing the hair to stand on end, thrilling, horrifying

Derived from roman 'hair' and harṣaṇa 'causing erection/thrilling'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (roman+harṣaṇa)

• roman – hair
  noun (neuter)
• harṣaṇa – causing excitement, thrilling, causing erection
  noun (neuter)
  causative nominalization
  From root hṛṣ (to thrill, be excited) with causative -aya + ṇa
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, incarnation of Viṣṇu)

अस्य (asya) - of this Rama (of this, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - greatly terrible, extremely fierce, very dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very dreadful, exceedingly terrible, extremely fierce

Compound of mahā 'great' and ghora 'terrible'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fierce, frightful
  adjective (neuter)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those Rākṣasas (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa, demon, evil being

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

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