वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-37, verse-6

ऋषिमांसाशनः क्रूरस्त्रासयन् वनगोचरान् ।
तदा रुधिरमत्तो ऽहं व्यचरं दण्डकावनम् ॥६॥

6. ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūrastrāsayan vanagocarān ,
tadā rudhiramatto'haṃ vyacaraṃ daṇḍakāvanam.

6. ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūraḥ trāsayant vanagocarān
tadā rudhiramattaḥ aham vyacaram daṇḍakāvanam

6. tadā krūraḥ ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ rudhiramattaḥ aham
vanagocarān trāsayant daṇḍakāvanam vyacaram

6. Then, I, a cruel eater of sages' flesh, intoxicated with blood, wandered through the Daṇḍaka forest, terrifying the creatures residing there.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषिमांसाशनः (ṛṣimāṁsāśanaḥ) - eater of sages' flesh

• क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel, fierce

• त्रासयन्त् (trāsayant) - terrifying, frightening

• वनगोचरान् (vanagocarān) - creatures residing in the forest (forest-dwellers, forest-roamers)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• रुधिरमत्तः (rudhiramattaḥ) - intoxicated with blood

• अहम् (aham) - I

• व्यचरम् (vyacaram) - I wandered

• दण्डकावनम् (daṇḍakāvanam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषिमांसाशनः (ṛṣimāṁsāśanaḥ) - eater of sages' flesh

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣimāṃsāśana

ṛṣimāṁsāśana - one who eats the flesh of sages

Tatpurusha compound: ṛṣi (sage) + māṃsa (flesh) + āśana (eating)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṛṣi+māṃsa+āśana)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• āśana – eating, food, one who eats
  noun (masculine)
  From root aś- (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Qualifies aham.

क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, dreadful

Root: krū

Note: Qualifies aham.

त्रासयन्त् (trāsayant) - terrifying, frightening

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trāsayat

trāsayat - terrifying, causing fear

Present active participle (causative)

Causative from root tras- (to tremble)

Root: tras (class 4)

Note: Modifies aham.

वनगोचरान् (vanagocarān) - creatures residing in the forest (forest-dwellers, forest-roamers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanagocara

vanagocara - moving in forests, forest-dweller, forest-animal

Tatpurusha compound: vana (forest) + gocara (roaming)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+gocara)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• gocara – range, scope, what moves in, inhabiting
  noun (masculine)
  From root gam- (to go) with prefix go-
  Prefix: go
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of trāsayant.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from pronoun tad.

Note: Temporal adverb.

रुधिरमत्तः (rudhiramattaḥ) - intoxicated with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rudhiramatta

rudhiramatta - drunk with blood, blood-intoxicated

Tatpurusha compound: rudhira (blood) + matta (intoxicated)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rudhira+matta)

• rudhira – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• matta – intoxicated, drunk, excited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mad- (to be drunk, to rejoice)
  Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun

Note: Subject of the sentence.

व्यचरम् (vyacaram) - I wandered

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vyacar

Imperfect

1st singular active, from root car- (to move, go) with prefixes vi- and a-

Prefixes: vi+a

Root: car (class 1)

दण्डकावनम् (daṇḍakāvanam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāvana

daṇḍakāvana - the Daṇḍaka forest

Tatpurusha compound: Daṇḍaka + vana

Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍaka+vana)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (name of a region/forest)
  proper noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of vyacaram.

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