वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-3, verse-5

त्रासयन्तौ मृगगणानन्यांश्च वनचारिणः ।
पम्पातीररुहान् वृक्षान् वीक्षमाणौ समन्ततः ॥५॥

5. trāsayantau mṛgagaṇānanyāṃśca vanacāriṇaḥ ,
pampātīraruhān vṛkṣān vīkṣamāṇau samantataḥ.

5. trāsayantau mṛgagaṇān anyān ca vanacāriṇaḥ
pampātīraruhān vṛkṣān vīkṣamāṇau samantataḥ

5. trāsayantau mṛgagaṇān anyān ca vanacāriṇaḥ
vīkṣamāṇau pampātīraruhān vṛkṣān samantataḥ

5. Frightening herds of deer and other forest dwellers, they were looking all around at the trees growing on the banks of Pampa.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रासयन्तौ (trāsayantau) - causing fear to (deer and forest dwellers) (frightening, causing fear)

• मृगगणान् (mṛgagaṇān) - herds of deer (herds of deer, groups of animals)

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other (forest dwellers) (other, different)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest dwellers (forest dweller, moving in the forest)

• पम्पातीररुहान् (pampātīraruhān) - (trees) growing on the banks of Pampa (growing on the banks of Pampa)

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

• वीक्षमाणौ (vīkṣamāṇau) - looking, gazing at (looking, seeing, observing)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (all around, on all sides)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रासयन्तौ (trāsayantau) - causing fear to (deer and forest dwellers) (frightening, causing fear)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of trāsayat

trāsayat - causing fear, frightening

Present Active Participle

Causative stem 'trāsaya-' (from root 'tras' to tremble) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: tras (class 4)

Note: Refers to the two persons (Rama and Lakshmana).

मृगगणान् (mṛgagaṇān) - herds of deer (herds of deer, groups of animals)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛgagaṇa

mṛgagaṇa - herd of deer, group of animals

Tatpurusha compound: mṛga (deer) + gaṇa (group).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+gaṇa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, herd, multitude
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'trāsayantau'.

अन्यान् (anyān) - other (forest dwellers) (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Qualifies 'vanacāriṇaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest dwellers (forest dweller, moving in the forest)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanacārin

vanacārin - forest dweller, moving in the forest

Tatpurusha compound: vana (forest) + cārin (moving, dweller). Formed with suffix -in from root car.

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+cārin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, walking, going; a wanderer, a dweller
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'car' (to move) with suffix -in.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of 'trāsayantau'.

पम्पातीररुहान् (pampātīraruhān) - (trees) growing on the banks of Pampa (growing on the banks of Pampa)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pampātīraruha

pampātīraruha - growing on the banks of the Pampa (river)

Compound of Pampātīra (banks of Pampa) and ruha (growing).

Compound type : upapada (pampātīra+ruha)

• pampātīra – bank of Pampa
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound: pampā (Pampa river) + tīra (bank).
• ruha – growing, arising, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'ruh' (to grow) with suffix -a.
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛkṣān'.

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

Note: Object of 'vīkṣamāṇau'.

वीक्षमाणौ (vīkṣamāṇau) - looking, gazing at (looking, seeing, observing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīkṣamāṇa

vīkṣamāṇa - seeing, looking, observing

Present Middle Participle (śānac)

From root 'īkṣ' (to see) with upasarga 'vi' and śānac suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the two persons (Rama and Lakshmana).

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (all around, on all sides)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'samanta' (all-sided) with suffix 'tasa'.

Note: Adverb modifying 'vīkṣamāṇau'.