वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-24, verse-8

ते बलाहकसंकाशा महानादा महाबलाः ।
अभ्यधावन्त काकुत्स्थं रामं युद्धे जिघांसवः ॥८॥

8. te balāhakasaṃkāśā mahānādā mahābalāḥ ,
abhyadhāvanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ yuddhe jighāṃsavaḥ.

8. te balāhakasaṃkāśāḥ mahānādāḥ mahābalāḥ
abhyadhāvanta kākutstham rāmam yuddhe jighāṃsavaḥ

8. te balāhakasaṃkāśāḥ mahānādāḥ mahābalāḥ
jighāṃsavaḥ yuddhe kākutstham rāmam abhyadhāvanta

8. Resembling clouds, making mighty roars, and possessing immense strength, they rushed towards Rama, the descendant of Kakutstha, in battle, intent on killing him.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• बलाहकसंकाशाः (balāhakasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling clouds, cloud-like

• महानादाः (mahānādāḥ) - with great roars, making loud noises

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - greatly powerful, immensely strong

• अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - they rushed towards, they ran at

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - towards Kakutstha, to Rama (descendant of Kakutstha)

• रामम् (rāmam) - towards Rama

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• जिघांसवः (jighāṁsavaḥ) - desirous of killing, intent on killing

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बलाहकसंकाशाः (balāhakasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling clouds, cloud-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balāhakasaṃkāśa

balāhakasaṁkāśa - cloud-like, resembling clouds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (balāhaka+saṃkāśa)

• balāhaka – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearing
  adjective (masculine)
  from saṃ-kāś (to appear)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

महानादाः (mahānādāḥ) - with great roars, making loud noises

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahānāda

mahānāda - great roar, loud noise

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+nāda)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• nāda – roar, sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  from root nad (to sound)
  Root: nad (class 1)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - greatly powerful, immensely strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - greatly powerful, immensely strong

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

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

अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - they rushed towards, they ran at

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dhāv

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person plural, Ātmanepada, with upasargas abhi + ā

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: dhāv (class 1)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - towards Kakutstha, to Rama (descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rama)

रामम् (rāmam) - towards Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (the protagonist of Ramayana)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Root: yudh (class 4)

जिघांसवः (jighāṁsavaḥ) - desirous of killing, intent on killing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jighāṃsu

jighāṁsu - desirous of killing, murderous

Desiderative nominal adjective

Derived from desiderative stem of root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

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