वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-50, verse-38

इति सर्वाणि भूतानि गणशः पर्यदेवयन् ।
वित्रस्तका दीनमुखा रुरुदुर्मृगपोतकाः ॥३८॥

38. iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni gaṇaśaḥ paryadevayan ,
vitrastakā dīnamukhā rurudurmṛgapotakāḥ.

38. iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni gaṇaśaḥ paryadevayan
vitrastakāḥ dīnamukhāḥ ruruduḥ mṛgapotakāḥ

38. iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni gaṇaśaḥ paryadevayan
vitrastakāḥ dīnamukhāḥ mṛgapotakāḥ ruruduḥ

38. Thus, all creatures lamented in groups. Young deer, frightened and with sorrowful faces, cried.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (all, every)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

• गणशः (gaṇaśaḥ) - in groups (in groups, by hordes, in numbers)

• पर्यदेवयन् (paryadevayan) - they lamented (they lamented, they mourned)

• वित्रस्तकाः (vitrastakāḥ) - frightened (fawns) (frightened ones, trembling ones)

• दीनमुखाः (dīnamukhāḥ) - with sorrowful faces (fawns) (having sorrowful faces, with miserable countenances)

• रुरुदुः (ruruduḥ) - they cried (they cried, they wept)

• मृगपोतकाः (mṛgapotakāḥ) - young deer (young deer, fawns)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past, has been

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

गणशः (gaṇaśaḥ) - in groups (in groups, by hordes, in numbers)

(indeclinable)

Derived from gaṇa (group) + suffix śaḥ (indicating distribution)

पर्यदेवयन् (paryadevayan) - they lamented (they lamented, they mourned)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dev

Imperfect 3rd plural, with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: dev (class 1)

वित्रस्तकाः (vitrastakāḥ) - frightened (fawns) (frightened ones, trembling ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vitrastaka

vitrastaka - frightened, terrified, trembling

Diminutive/intensive suffix ka added to vitrasta (frightened, from vi-√tras)

Root: tras (class 4)

दीनमुखाः (dīnamukhāḥ) - with sorrowful faces (fawns) (having sorrowful faces, with miserable countenances)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīnamukha

dīnamukha - having a sad face, sorrow-faced

Bahuvrihi compound: dīna (sad, distressed) + mukha (face)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīna+mukha)

• dīna – distressed, sad, miserable, poor
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dai (to be exhausted, sorrowful)
  Root: dai (class 4)
• mukha – face, mouth, principal, chief
  noun (neuter)

रुरुदुः (ruruduḥ) - they cried (they cried, they wept)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd plural

Root: rud (class 2)

मृगपोतकाः (mṛgapotakāḥ) - young deer (young deer, fawns)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgapotaka

mṛgapotaka - young deer, fawn (lit. 'animal's young one')

Tatpurusha compound: mṛga (animal, deer) + potaka (young one)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+potaka)

• mṛga – deer, animal, beast
  noun (masculine)
• potaka – young animal, cub, fawn, child
  noun (masculine)