वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-11, verse-15

ततस्तस्य गिरेः श्वेता गजेन्द्रविपुलाः शिलाः ।
चिक्षेप बहुधा भूमौ दुन्दुभिर्विननाद च ॥१५॥

15. tatastasya gireḥ śvetā gajendravipulāḥ śilāḥ ,
cikṣepa bahudhā bhūmau dundubhirvinanāda ca.

15. tataḥ tasya gireḥ śvetāḥ gajendravipulāḥ śilāḥ
cikṣepa bahudhā bhūmau dundubhiḥ vinanāda ca

15. tataḥ saḥ tasya gireḥ śvetāḥ gajendravipulāḥ
śilāḥ bhūmau bahudhā cikṣepa ca dundubhiḥ vinanāda

15. Then, he hurled enormous white rocks, massive as elephants, from that mountain onto the ground repeatedly, and the war-drum (dundubhi) resounded.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - indicating a sequence of events (then, thereafter, from that)

• तस्य (tasya) - referring to Himavat, the mountain mentioned earlier (of him, of that)

• गिरेः (gireḥ) - indicating the source of the rocks, originating from the mountain (of the mountain, from the mountain)

• श्वेताः (śvetāḥ) - rocks of white color (white)

• गजेन्द्रविपुलाः (gajendravipulāḥ) - rocks of immense size, comparable to majestic elephants (enormous like elephants, massive as elephant lords)

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - large chunks of rock (rocks, stones)

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - violently threw down (he threw, he cast, he hurled)

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - many times, frequently (in many ways, manifold, repeatedly)

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - onto the surface of the earth (on the ground, on the earth)

• दुन्दुभिः (dundubhiḥ) - a large war-drum, used to signal and intimidate (drum, battle-drum)

• विननाद (vinanāda) - produced a deep, echoing sound (of a drum) (resounded, roared, made a loud noise)

• च (ca) - connects the two clauses 'hurled rocks' and 'drum resounded' (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - indicating a sequence of events (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: An adverb of time/sequence.

तस्य (tasya) - referring to Himavat, the mountain mentioned earlier (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, 'of that (mountain)'.

गिरेः (gireḥ) - indicating the source of the rocks, originating from the mountain (of the mountain, from the mountain)

(noun)

masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Acts as an ablative of source here: 'from the mountain'.

श्वेताः (śvetāḥ) - rocks of white color (white)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śveta

śveta - white, light, pure

Note: Agrees with `śilāḥ`.

गजेन्द्रविपुलाः (gajendravipulāḥ) - rocks of immense size, comparable to majestic elephants (enormous like elephants, massive as elephant lords)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gajendravipula

gajendravipula - huge as a lordly elephant

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa / upamāna-pūrvapada karmadhāraya (gajendra+vipula)

• gajendra – lordly elephant, chief elephant
  noun (masculine)
• vipula – large, extensive, vast, enormous
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Prefix: vi

Note: Agrees with `śilāḥ`.

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - large chunks of rock (rocks, stones)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

Note: Direct object of `cikṣepa`.

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - violently threw down (he threw, he cast, he hurled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṣip

perfect

Perfect 3rd person singular active, from root kṣip. Intensive/reduplicated form.

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Subject is the implied `asurottamaḥ`.

बहुधा (bahudhā) - many times, frequently (in many ways, manifold, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -dhā meaning 'in X ways' from bahu (many)

Note: Adverb modifying `cikṣepa`.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - onto the surface of the earth (on the ground, on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Indicates location 'on the ground'.

दुन्दुभिः (dundubhiḥ) - a large war-drum, used to signal and intimidate (drum, battle-drum)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dundubhi

dundubhi - drum, war-drum, kettle-drum

Note: Subject of `vinanāda`.

विननाद (vinanāda) - produced a deep, echoing sound (of a drum) (resounded, roared, made a loud noise)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vinad

perfect

Perfect 3rd person singular active, from vi- + nad (to sound)

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

च (ca) - connects the two clauses 'hurled rocks' and 'drum resounded' (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

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