वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-63, verse-12

इत्युक्त्वाभ्यपतद्गृध्रं संधाय धनुषि क्षुरम् ।
क्रुद्धो रामः समुद्रान्तां चालयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥१२॥

12. ityuktvābhyapatadgṛdhraṃ saṃdhāya dhanuṣi kṣuram ,
kruddho rāmaḥ samudrāntāṃ cālayanniva medinīm.

12. iti uktvā abhyapatat gṛdhram saṃdhāya dhanuṣi kṣuram
kruddhaḥ rāmaḥ samudrāntām cālayan iva medinīm

12. rāmaḥ kruddhaḥ iti uktvā dhanuṣi kṣuram saṃdhāya
samudrāntām medinīm cālayan iva gṛdhram abhyapatat

12. Having spoken thus, the enraged Rāma, as if shaking the entire earth bounded by the oceans, attacked the vulture, fitting a razor-sharp arrow to his bow.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - Having said these words (thus, so)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - he attacked, he rushed against

• गृध्रम् (gṛdhram) - towards Jaṭāyu, the king of vultures (vulture (accusative singular))

• संधाय (saṁdhāya) - having placed, having fixed, having joined

• धनुषि (dhanuṣi) - on the bow

• क्षुरम् (kṣuram) - a razor-sharp arrow (razor, razor-like (accusative singular))

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry (nominative singular)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rama (Rama (nominative singular))

• समुद्रान्ताम् (samudrāntām) - the earth whose boundaries reach the ocean (whose end is the ocean, ocean-bounded (accusative singular feminine))

• चालयन् (cālayan) - shaking, causing to move (nominative singular masculine)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth (accusative singular)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - Having said these words (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root vac (to speak) + suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - he attacked, he rushed against

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhyapat

Imperfect Active Third Person Singular

from prefix abhi- + prefix ā- + root pat (to fall) + imperfect ending

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: pat (class 1)

गृध्रम् (gṛdhram) - towards Jaṭāyu, the king of vultures (vulture (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy

संधाय (saṁdhāya) - having placed, having fixed, having joined

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from prefix sam- + root dhā (to place) + suffix -lyaP (absolutive with prefix)

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

धनुषि (dhanuṣi) - on the bow

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

क्षुरम् (kṣuram) - a razor-sharp arrow (razor, razor-like (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣura

kṣura - razor, knife; sharp

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry (nominative singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry

Past Passive Participle

from root krudh (to be angry) + suffix -kta

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Acts as an adjective here

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rama (Rama (nominative singular))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name); pleasing, beautiful

समुद्रान्ताम् (samudrāntām) - the earth whose boundaries reach the ocean (whose end is the ocean, ocean-bounded (accusative singular feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samudrānta

samudrānta - ocean-bounded, ending at the ocean

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samudra+anta)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective qualifying "medinīm"

चालयन् (cālayan) - shaking, causing to move (nominative singular masculine)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cālayat

cālayat - shaking, causing to move

Present Active Participle

from causal root cal (to move) + suffix -śatṛ

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies "rāmaḥ"

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth (accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, soil

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