वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-27

अन्तर्जलचरा घोरा नरव्याघ्रा इति श्रुताः ।
एतेषामालयाः सर्वे विचेयाः काननौकसः ॥२७॥

27. antarjalacarā ghorā naravyāghrā iti śrutāḥ ,
eteṣāmālayāḥ sarve viceyāḥ kānanaukasaḥ.

27. antarjalacarāḥ ghorāḥ naravyāghrāḥ iti śrutāḥ
| eteṣām ālayāḥ sarve viceyāḥ kānanaukasaḥ

27. kānanaukasaḥ antarjalacarāḥ ghorāḥ naravyāghrāḥ
iti śrutāḥ eteṣām sarve ālayāḥ viceyāḥ

27. These terrible aquatic creatures, known as 'man-tigers,' have been heard of. O forest-dwellers, all of their abodes must be thoroughly searched.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तर्जलचराः (antarjalacarāḥ) - aquatic creatures, those moving in water

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

• नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - man-tigers, tiger-like men, fierce men (or creatures resembling men and tigers)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marker for quoted speech or thought)

• श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - heard, known, famous

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these

• आलयाः (ālayāḥ) - abodes, dwellings, resting places

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• विचेयाः (viceyāḥ) - to be searched, should be investigated, to be sought

• काननौकसः (kānanaukasaḥ) - O forest-dwellers, forest-inhabitants

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तर्जलचराः (antarjalacarāḥ) - aquatic creatures, those moving in water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antarjalacara

antarjalacara - one who moves in water, aquatic creature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antarjala+cara)

• antarjala – within water
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a mover
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, fearful

नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - man-tigers, tiger-like men, fierce men (or creatures resembling men and tigers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - man-tiger (a fierce man, or a creature resembling a man and a tiger)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marker for quoted speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - heard, known, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śruta

śruta - heard, known, famous, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Root: śru (class 5)

एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

आलयाः (ālayāḥ) - abodes, dwellings, resting places

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ālaya

ālaya - abode, dwelling, house, receptacle, retreat

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

विचेयाः (viceyāḥ) - to be searched, should be investigated, to be sought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viceya

viceya - to be searched, to be investigated, to be sought

Gerundive

Derived from root 'ci' (to collect, search) with 'vi' prefix and '-ya' suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

काननौकसः (kānanaukasaḥ) - O forest-dwellers, forest-inhabitants

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of kānanaukas

kānanaukas - forest-dweller, inhabitant of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kānana+okas)

• kānana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, house, abode
  noun (neuter)