वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-58, verse-9

तीक्ष्णकामास्तु गन्धर्वास्तीक्ष्णकोपा भुजंगमाः ।
मृगाणां तु भयं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णक्षुधा वयम् ॥९॥

9. tīkṣṇakāmāstu gandharvāstīkṣṇakopā bhujaṃgamāḥ ,
mṛgāṇāṃ tu bhayaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tatastīkṣṇakṣudhā vayam.

9. tīkṣṇakāmāḥ tu gandharvāḥ tīkṣṇakopāḥ bhujaṅgamāḥ
mṛgāṇām tu bhayam tīkṣṇam tataḥ tīkṣṇakṣudhāḥ vayam

9. gandharvāḥ tu tīkṣṇakāmāḥ bhujaṅgamāḥ tīkṣṇakopāḥ
mṛgāṇām tu bhayam tīkṣṇam tataḥ vayam tīkṣṇakṣudhāḥ

9. Indeed, Gandharvas have intense desires, and serpents possess fierce anger. Among deer, fear is intense. Therefore, we (birds) have intense hunger.

Words meanings summery:

• तीक्ष्णकामाः (tīkṣṇakāmāḥ) - having intense desires (having fierce desires)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas (Gandharvas (celestial musicians))

• तीक्ष्णकोपाः (tīkṣṇakopāḥ) - possess fierce anger (having fierce anger)

• भुजङ्गमाः (bhujaṅgamāḥ) - serpents (serpents, reptiles)

• मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - among deer (of deer, of animals)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

• तीक्ष्णम् (tīkṣṇam) - intense (sharp, keen, fierce, intense)

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• तीक्ष्णक्षुधाः (tīkṣṇakṣudhāḥ) - have intense hunger (having fierce hunger)

• वयम् (vayam) - we (the birds, referring to Sampati and his lineage) (we)

Words meanings and morphology

तीक्ष्णकामाः (tīkṣṇakāmāḥ) - having intense desires (having fierce desires)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇakāma

tīkṣṇakāma - having sharp or fierce desires

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīkṣṇa+kāma)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, fierce, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  From √kam (to desire).
  Root: kam (class 1)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas (Gandharvas (celestial musicians))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - celestial musician, demigod

Mythological beings.

Note: Subject.

तीक्ष्णकोपाः (tīkṣṇakopāḥ) - possess fierce anger (having fierce anger)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇakopa

tīkṣṇakopa - having sharp or fierce anger

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīkṣṇa+kopa)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, fierce, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• kopa – anger, wrath, fury
  noun (masculine)
  From √kup (to be angry).
  Root: kup (class 4)

भुजङ्गमाः (bhujaṅgamāḥ) - serpents (serpents, reptiles)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhujaṅgama

bhujaṅgama - snake, serpent, moving on the arm/shoulder

Compound 'bhuja' (arm) + 'gama' (going).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject.

मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - among deer (of deer, of animals)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, beast

Root: mṛj (class 2)

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

From √bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject.

तीक्ष्णम् (tīkṣṇam) - intense (sharp, keen, fierce, intense)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, fierce, intense, pungent

From √tij (to be sharp).

Root: tij (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

From tad + -tas suffix.

तीक्ष्णक्षुधाः (tīkṣṇakṣudhāḥ) - have intense hunger (having fierce hunger)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tīkṣṇakṣudh

tīkṣṇakṣudh - having sharp hunger, intensely hungry

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīkṣṇa+kṣudh)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, fierce, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• kṣudh – hunger, appetite
  noun (feminine)
  From √kṣudh (to be hungry).
  Root: kṣudh (class 1)

वयम् (vayam) - we (the birds, referring to Sampati and his lineage) (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I, myself

1st person plural pronoun.

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