वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-50, verse-32

उत्पात वाताभिहता नानाद्विज गणायुताः ।
मा भैरिति विधूताग्रा व्याजह्रुरिव पादपाः ॥३२॥

32. utpāta vātābhihatā nānādvija gaṇāyutāḥ ,
mā bhairiti vidhūtāgrā vyājahruriva pādapāḥ.

32. utpāta-vātābhihatāḥ nānādvija-gaṇāyutāḥ mā
bhaiḥ iti vidhūtāgrāḥ vyājahruḥ iva pādapāḥ

32. pādapāḥ utpāta-vātābhihatāḥ nānādvija-gaṇāyutāḥ
vidhūtāgrāḥ mā bhaiḥ iti iva vyājahruḥ

32. The trees, assailed by stormy winds and filled with diverse flocks of birds, their swaying tops seemed to cry out, "Do not fear!"

Words meanings summery:

• उत्पात-वाताभिहताः (utpāta-vātābhihatāḥ) - struck by tempestuous winds

• नानाद्विज-गणायुताः (nānādvija-gaṇāyutāḥ) - filled with various flocks of birds

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• भैः (bhaiḥ) - you (all) fear (fear ye)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• विधूताग्राः (vidhūtāgrāḥ) - having their tops shaken

• व्याजह्रुः (vyājahruḥ) - they spoke/cried out

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees

Words meanings and morphology

उत्पात-वाताभिहताः (utpāta-vātābhihatāḥ) - struck by tempestuous winds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utpāta-vātābhihata

utpāta-vātābhihata - struck by strong winds/tempests

Compound type : tatpurusha (utpāta+vāta+abhihata)

• utpāta – calamity, abnormal phenomenon, tempest
  noun (masculine)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• abhihata – struck, assailed, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb root han (to strike, kill) with prefix abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

नानाद्विज-गणायुताः (nānādvija-gaṇāyutāḥ) - filled with various flocks of birds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānādvija-gaṇāyuta

nānādvija-gaṇāyuta - accompanied by diverse groups of birds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nānā+dvija+gaṇa+āyuta)

• nānā – various, diverse
  indeclinable
• dvija – bird, twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya)
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – flock, group, multitude
  noun (masculine)
• āyuta – joined, endowed with, accompanied by
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb root yuj (to join) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yuj (class 7)

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

भैः (bhaiḥ) - you (all) fear (fear ye)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, injunctive (luṅ) of bhī

injunctive

injunctive form of √bhī, 2nd plural

Root: bhī (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

विधूताग्राः (vidhūtāgrāḥ) - having their tops shaken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidhūtāgra

vidhūtāgra - whose tops are shaken/swaying

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vidhūta+agra)

• vidhūta – shaken, stirred, scattered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb root dhū (to shake) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• agra – tip, top, peak, front
  noun (neuter)

व्याजह्रुः (vyājahruḥ) - they spoke/cried out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyāhṛ

perfect tense

perfect 3rd plural, from verb root hṛ (to carry, bring) with prefixes vi and ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (literally: 'foot-drinker')

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (pāda+pa)

• pāda – foot, root, leg
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinker, protector
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from verb root pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

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