वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-30, verse-24

नखदंष्ट्रायुधा घोराः सर्वे विकृतदर्शनाः ।
सर्वे शार्दूलदर्पाश्च सर्वे च विकृताननाः ॥२४॥

24. nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhā ghorāḥ sarve vikṛtadarśanāḥ ,
sarve śārdūladarpāśca sarve ca vikṛtānanāḥ.

24. nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ ghorāḥ sarve vikṛtadarśanāḥ
sarve śārdūladarpāḥ ca sarve ca vikṛtānanāḥ

24. sarve nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ ghorāḥ vikṛtadarśanāḥ
sarve ca śārdūladarpāḥ ca sarve vikṛtānanāḥ

24. All of them were terrible and dreadful to behold, with claws and fangs as their weapons. All possessed the might of tigers, and all had grotesque faces.

Words meanings summery:

• नखदंष्ट्रायुधाः (nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudhāḥ) - having claws and fangs as weapons

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• विकृतदर्शनाः (vikṛtadarśanāḥ) - of distorted appearance, dreadful to behold

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• शार्दूलदर्पाः (śārdūladarpāḥ) - having the pride/might of tigers

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• च (ca) - and

• विकृताननाः (vikṛtānanāḥ) - with distorted faces, gruesome-faced

Words meanings and morphology

नखदंष्ट्रायुधाः (nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudhāḥ) - having claws and fangs as weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudha

nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudha - whose weapons are claws and fangs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nakha+daṃṣṭrā+āyudha)

• nakha – claw, nail
  noun (masculine)
• daṃṣṭrā – fang, tusk
  noun (feminine)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

विकृतदर्शनाः (vikṛtadarśanāḥ) - of distorted appearance, dreadful to behold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikṛtadarśana

vikṛtadarśana - of dreadful/deformed appearance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikṛta+darśana)

• vikṛta – deformed, altered, changed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• darśana – appearance, sight, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

शार्दूलदर्पाः (śārdūladarpāḥ) - having the pride/might of tigers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śārdūladarpa

śārdūladarpa - having the pride of a tiger

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śārdūla+darpa)

• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)
• darpa – pride, arrogance, might
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dṛp (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विकृताननाः (vikṛtānanāḥ) - with distorted faces, gruesome-faced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikṛtānana

vikṛtānana - having a deformed face, ugly-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikṛta+ānana)

• vikṛta – deformed, altered, changed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

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