वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-50, verse-39

उद्वीक्ष्योद्वीक्ष्य नयनैरास्रपाताविलेक्षणाः ।
सुप्रवेपितगात्राश्च बभूवुर्वनदेवताः ॥३९॥

39. udvīkṣyodvīkṣya nayanairāsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ ,
supravepitagātrāśca babhūvurvanadevatāḥ.

39. udvīkṣya udvīkṣya nayanaiḥ āsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ
supravepitagātrāḥ ca babhūvuḥ vanadevatāḥ

39. vanadevatāḥ udvīkṣya udvīkṣya nayanaiḥ
āsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ supravepitagātrāḥ ca babhūvuḥ

39. The forest deities, looking up repeatedly with eyes agitated by falling tears, also became greatly trembling in their bodies.

Words meanings summery:

• उद्वीक्ष्य (udvīkṣya) - having looked up (having looked up, having gazed)

• उद्वीक्ष्य (udvīkṣya) - having looked up (having looked up, having gazed)

• नयनैः (nayanaiḥ) - with eyes

• आस्रपाताविलेक्षणाः (āsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ) - whose eyes were agitated by falling tears (whose eyes are agitated by falling tears)

• सुप्रवेपितगात्राः (supravepitagātrāḥ) - whose bodies were greatly trembling (whose bodies were greatly trembling, with greatly trembling limbs)

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became (they became, they were)

• वनदेवताः (vanadevatāḥ) - forest deities

Words meanings and morphology

उद्वीक्ष्य (udvīkṣya) - having looked up (having looked up, having gazed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √īkṣ (to see) with prefixes ud- and vi-

Prefixes: ud+vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Repeated for emphasis or continuous action.

उद्वीक्ष्य (udvīkṣya) - having looked up (having looked up, having gazed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √īkṣ (to see) with prefixes ud- and vi-

Prefixes: ud+vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Repeated for emphasis or continuous action.

नयनैः (nayanaiḥ) - with eyes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of nayana

nayana - eye, leading, guiding

From root √nī (to lead) + suffix ana

Root: nī (class 1)

आस्रपाताविलेक्षणाः (āsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ) - whose eyes were agitated by falling tears (whose eyes are agitated by falling tears)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āsrapātāvilekṣaṇa

āsrapātāvilekṣaṇa - having eyes turbid with falling tears

Bahuvrihi compound: āsrapāta (fall of tears) + avilekṣaṇa (turbid eyes). Or āsrapāta (fall of tears) + avila (turbid) + īkṣaṇa (eye). More likely āsrapāta-avila-īkṣaṇa as a three-part compound. āsrapāta is a tatpurusha.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āsrapāta+avila+īkṣaṇa)

• āsra – blood, tear
  noun (neuter)
• pāta – falling, fall, descent
  noun (masculine)
  From root √pat (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• avila – turbid, agitated, disturbed, muddy
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation (a) of vila (clear, pure)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  From root √īkṣ (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: The word āsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ is an adjective describing the vanadevatāḥ. The īkṣaṇa part refers to nayanaiḥ implicitly.

सुप्रवेपितगात्राः (supravepitagātrāḥ) - whose bodies were greatly trembling (whose bodies were greatly trembling, with greatly trembling limbs)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of supravepitagātra

supravepitagātra - having greatly trembling limbs/body

Bahuvrihi compound: su- (very, greatly) + pra- (forth) + vepita (trembling, P.P.P. of √vep) + gātra (body/limb)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+pravepita+gātra)

• su – good, well, very, greatly
  indeclinable
• pravepita – greatly trembled, violently shaken
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra- (prefix) + root √vep (to tremble)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vep (class 1)
• gātra – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became (they became, they were)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

वनदेवताः (vanadevatāḥ) - forest deities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanadevatā

vanadevatā - forest deity, dryad

Tatpurusha compound: vana (forest) + devatā (deity)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+devatā)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• devatā – deity, divinity, god, goddess
  noun (feminine)
  From deva (god) + suffix tā (abstract noun)

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