वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-25, verse-2

प्रतिगृह्य च तद्वरं निमीलित इवर्षभः ।
रामः क्रोधं परं भेजे वधार्थं सर्वरक्षसाम् ॥२॥

2. pratigṛhya ca tadvaraṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ ,
rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām.

2. pratigṛhya ca tat varam nimīlitaḥ iva ṛṣabhaḥ
rāmaḥ krodham param bheje vadhārtham sarvarakṣasām

2. ca tat varam pratigṛhya nimīlitaḥ iva ṛṣabhaḥ
rāmaḥ sarvarakṣasām vadhārtham param krodham bheje

2. And having countered that attack, Rama, like a bull with closed eyes, became intensely angry with the aim of killing all the Rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received, having accepted, having repelled

• च (ca) - and

• तत् (tat) - that

• वरम् (varam) - that excellent (attack) (boon, choice, excellent thing, best)

• निमीलितः (nimīlitaḥ) - closed (eyes), concentrated

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• ऋषभः (ṛṣabhaḥ) - bull, best, chief

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, extreme

• भेजे (bheje) - obtained, took, felt, resorted to

• वधार्थम् (vadhārtham) - for the purpose of killing, for killing

• सर्वरक्षसाम् (sarvarakṣasām) - of all Rākṣasas

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received, having accepted, having repelled

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root grah (Grahādi class), with prefix prati, suffix -ya.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

वरम् (varam) - that excellent (attack) (boon, choice, excellent thing, best)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - boon, choice, desirable object, excellent, best

From root vṛ 'to choose, wish, desire'

Root: vṛ (class 9)

निमीलितः (nimīlitaḥ) - closed (eyes), concentrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimīlita

nimīlita - closed (eyes), shut, blinking

Past Passive Participle

From root mīl 'to close the eyes' with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: mīl (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

ऋषभः (ṛṣabhaḥ) - bull, best, chief

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, chief, best, leader

From root ṛṣ 'to rush, move quickly'

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

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

क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

From root krudh 'to be angry'

Root: krudh (class 4)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, extreme

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - farthest, highest, supreme, extreme, next, another

भेजे (bheje) - obtained, took, felt, resorted to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of bhaj

Perfect

Root bhaj, reduplicated perfect (liṭ)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

वधार्थम् (vadhārtham) - for the purpose of killing, for killing

(indeclinable)

Compound of vadha 'killing' and artha 'purpose'. Used as an adverbial compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadha+artha)

• vadha – killing, slaughter, striking
  noun (masculine)
  From root han 'to strike, kill'
  Root: han (class 2)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

सर्वरक्षसाम् (sarvarakṣasām) - of all Rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvarakṣas

sarvarakṣas - all Rākṣasas, all demons

Compound of sarva 'all' and rakṣas 'Rākṣasa'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+rakṣas)

• sarva – all, every, entire
  pronoun (masculine)
• rakṣas – Rākṣasa, demon, evil being
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)

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