वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-26, verse-8

शरधारा समूहान् स महामेघ इवोत्सृजन् ।
व्यसृजत् सदृशं नादं जलार्द्रस्येव दुन्दुभेः ॥८॥

8. śaradhārā samūhān sa mahāmegha ivotsṛjan ,
vyasṛjat sadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrasyeva dundubheḥ.

8. śaradhārāsamūhān sa mahāmeghaḥ iva utsṛjan
vyasṛjat sadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrāsya iva dundubheḥ

8. sa mahāmeghaḥ iva śaradhārāsamūhān utsṛjan
jalārdrāsya dundubheḥ iva sadṛśaṃ nādaṃ vyasṛjat

8. Releasing groups of arrow-streams like a great cloud, he emitted a sound similar to that of a water-laden war-drum.

Words meanings summery:

• शरधारासमूहान् (śaradhārāsamūhān) - groups of arrow-streams

• स (sa) - he (referring to the demon) (he, that)

• महामेघः (mahāmeghaḥ) - great cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उत्सृजन् (utsṛjan) - releasing, emitting, sending forth

• व्यसृजत् (vyasṛjat) - he emitted, he released

• सदृशं (sadṛśaṁ) - similar, like

• नादं (nādaṁ) - sound, roar, cry

• जलार्द्रास्य (jalārdrāsya) - of one wet with water, of one moist with water, of a water-laden

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दुन्दुभेः (dundubheḥ) - of a war-drum, of a drum

Words meanings and morphology

शरधारासमूहान् (śaradhārāsamūhān) - groups of arrow-streams

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śaradhārāsamūha

śaradhārāsamūha - collection of arrow-showers, multitude of streams of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaradhārā+samūha)

• śaradhārā – stream of arrows, shower of arrows
  noun (feminine)
• samūha – collection, group, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `ūh` (to move, to remove, to consider) with prefix `sam`.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ūh (class 1)

स (sa) - he (referring to the demon) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महामेघः (mahāmeghaḥ) - great cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmegha

mahāmegha - great cloud

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+megha)

• mahat – great, large, strong
  adjective
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mih (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्सृजन् (utsṛjan) - releasing, emitting, sending forth

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utsṛjat

utsṛjat - releasing, emitting

present active participle

Derived from root `sṛj` (to create, emit, release) with prefix `ut`.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: The nominative singular form for masculine is `utsṛjan`.

व्यसृजत् (vyasṛjat) - he emitted, he released

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vyasṛjat

imperfect

Root `sṛj` with prefix `vi-a`. The form is `vy-asṛjat`. `vi` + `a-sṛjat`.

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

सदृशं (sadṛśaṁ) - similar, like

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Also seen as `sadṛśa` for masculine/feminine. Here, accusative singular masculine/neuter, agreeing with nādaṃ.

नादं (nādaṁ) - sound, roar, cry

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry

Derived from root `nad` (to sound, roar).

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: The word is masculine, but accusative singular ends in -am.

जलार्द्रास्य (jalārdrāsya) - of one wet with water, of one moist with water, of a water-laden

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jalārdra

jalārdra - wet with water, moist with water, water-laden

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ārdra)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ārdra – wet, moist, damp
  adjective

Note: Agrees with `dundubheḥ`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दुन्दुभेः (dundubheḥ) - of a war-drum, of a drum

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dundubhi

dundubhi - war-drum, drum

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