वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-47, verse-8

स परिव्राजकच्छद्म महाकायो विहाय तत् ।
प्रतिपेदे स्वकं रूपं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः ॥८॥

8. sa parivrājakacchadma mahākāyo vihāya tat ,
pratipede svakaṃ rūpaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ.

8. sa parivrājakacchadma mahākāyaḥ vihāya tat
pratipede svakaṃ rūpaṃ rāvaṇaḥ rākṣasādhipaḥ

8. sa rāvaṇaḥ rākṣasādhipaḥ mahākāyaḥ tat
parivrājakacchadma vihāya svakaṃ rūpaṃ pratipede

8. He, Rāvaṇa, the huge-bodied king of demons, abandoning that disguise of an ascetic, assumed his true form.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Rāvaṇa (he, that)

• परिव्राजकच्छद्म (parivrājakacchadma) - disguise of an ascetic

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, leaving, giving up

• तत् (tat) - that disguise (that)

• प्रतिपेदे (pratipede) - he attained, he obtained, he regained, he assumed

• स्वकं (svakaṁ) - his own

• रूपं (rūpaṁ) - form, appearance, shape

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king)

• राक्षसाधिपः (rākṣasādhipaḥ) - lord of demons, king of rākṣasas

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Rāvaṇa (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परिव्राजकच्छद्म (parivrājakacchadma) - disguise of an ascetic

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parivrājakacchadman

parivrājakacchadman - the disguise of a wandering ascetic

Compound type : tatpurusha (parivrājaka+chadman)

• parivrājaka – wandering ascetic
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vraj (class 1)
• chadman – disguise, cover
  noun (neuter)
  Root: chad (class 10)

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a large body, gigantic

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, leaving, giving up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root hā- with prefix vi- and -ya suffix (absolutive)

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that disguise (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रतिपेदे (pratipede) - he attained, he obtained, he regained, he assumed

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, ātmanepada, with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

स्वकं (svakaṁ) - his own

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, peculiar to oneself

Derived from sva with ka suffix

रूपं (rūpaṁ) - form, appearance, shape

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the name of the chief of the rākṣasas, the ten-headed king of Lankā)

Root: ru (class 2)

राक्षसाधिपः (rākṣasādhipaḥ) - lord of demons, king of rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasādhipa

rākṣasādhipa - king/lord of rākṣasas (demons)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rākṣasa+adhipa)

• rākṣasa – demon, rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, king
  noun (masculine)