वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-30, verse-11

शक्रबाणासनप्रख्यं धनुः कालान्तकोपमः ।
प्रगृह्य गिरिशृङ्गाभं मन्दरः सानुमानिव ॥११॥

11. śakrabāṇāsanaprakhyaṃ dhanuḥ kālāntakopamaḥ ,
pragṛhya giriśṛṅgābhaṃ mandaraḥ sānumāniva.

11. śakra_bāṇāsana_prakhyam dhanuḥ kāla_antaka_upamaḥ
pragṛhya giri_śṛṅga_ābham mandaraḥ sānumān iva

11. kāla_antaka_upamaḥ sānumān mandaraḥ iva (saḥ)
śakra_bāṇāsana_prakhyam giri_śṛṅga_ābham dhanuḥ pragṛhya

11. Grasping his bow, which was like Indra's weapon and resembled a mountain peak, he (Lakshmana) appeared like the multi-peaked Mandara mountain and akin to the Destroyer (Kālāntaka).

Words meanings summery:

• शक्र_बाणासन_प्रख्यम् (śakra_bāṇāsana_prakhyam) - resembling Indra's weapon (resembling Indra's bow)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - his bow (bow)

• काल_अन्तक_उपमः (kāla_antaka_upamaḥ) - akin to the Destroyer (Kālāntaka) (resembling Yama/Death at the end of time, like the Destroyer)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - grasping, holding (having grasped, having taken, holding)

• गिरि_शृङ्ग_आभम् (giri_śṛṅga_ābham) - resembling a mountain peak

• मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - Mandara mountain (Mandara (a mythical mountain))

• सानुमान् (sānumān) - with its peaks, multi-peaked (having peaks, mountainous)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

शक्र_बाणासन_प्रख्यम् (śakra_bāṇāsana_prakhyam) - resembling Indra's weapon (resembling Indra's bow)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śakrabāṇāsanaprakhya

śakrabāṇāsanaprakhya - resembling Indra's bow

Compound type : tatpurusha (śakra+bāṇāsana+prakhya)

• śakra – Indra (name of a deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• bāṇāsana – bow (literally 'arrow-seat')
  noun (neuter)
• prakhya – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
  From root khyā- (to be known) with pra- prefix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Adjective for `dhanuḥ`.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - his bow (bow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, archer's bow

Note: Object of `pragṛhya`.

काल_अन्तक_उपमः (kāla_antaka_upamaḥ) - akin to the Destroyer (Kālāntaka) (resembling Yama/Death at the end of time, like the Destroyer)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālāntakopama

kālāntakopama - resembling Yama (Kāla) at the end of time, like the Destroyer

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+antaka+upama)

• kāla – time, death, Yama
  noun (masculine)
• antaka – ender, destroyer, death
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root ant-
  Root: ant (class 1)
• upama – likeness, resemblance, comparable
  adjective

Note: Adjective for Lakshmana.

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - grasping, holding (having grasped, having taken, holding)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root grah- (to seize) with pra- prefix

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Connects to the main verb `jagāma` (went) from previous verse.

गिरि_शृङ्ग_आभम् (giri_śṛṅga_ābham) - resembling a mountain peak

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of giriśṛṅgābha

giriśṛṅgābha - resembling a mountain peak

Compound type : tatpurusha (giriśṛṅga+ābha)

• giriśṛṅga – mountain peak
  noun (neuter)
• ābha – resembling, like, appearance
  adjective
  From root bhā- (to shine)
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Adjective for `dhanuḥ`.

मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - Mandara mountain (Mandara (a mythical mountain))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mandara (name of a mythical mountain), great, firm

Note: Part of simile for Lakshmana.

सानुमान् (sānumān) - with its peaks, multi-peaked (having peaks, mountainous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sānumat

sānumat - having peaks, mountainous, having ridges

From sānū (peak) with matup suffix

Note: Adjective for Mandara.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for simile.

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