वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-15, verse-17

मांसशोणितदिग्धाङ्गीर्मांसशोणितभोजनाः ।
ता ददर्श कपिश्रेष्ठो रोमहर्षणदर्शनाः ॥१७॥

17. māṃsaśoṇitadigdhāṅgīrmāṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ ,
tā dadarśa kapiśreṣṭho romaharṣaṇadarśanāḥ.

17. māṃsa-śoṇita-digdha-aṅgīḥ māṃsa-śoṇita-bhojanāḥ
tā dadarśa kapi-śreṣṭhaḥ roma-harṣaṇa-darśanāḥ

17. kapi-śreṣṭhaḥ tāḥ māṃsa-śoṇita-digdha-aṅgīḥ
māṃsa-śoṇita-bhojanāḥ roma-harṣaṇa-darśanāḥ dadarśa

17. Their bodies were smeared with flesh and blood, and their food consisted of flesh and blood. The best of monkeys (Hanuman) saw them, terrifying in their appearance, causing one's hair to stand on end.

Words meanings summery:

• मांस-शोणित-दिग्ध-अङ्गीः (māṁsa-śoṇita-digdha-aṅgīḥ) - describing the female demons (rākṣasīs) as having bodies covered in flesh and blood (whose limbs were smeared with flesh and blood)

• मांस-शोणित-भोजनाः (māṁsa-śoṇita-bhojanāḥ) - describing the female demons (rākṣasīs) as consuming flesh and blood (whose food was flesh and blood)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (female demons, rākṣasīs) (them (feminine plural))

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - the best of monkeys (Hanuman) saw (he saw)

• कपि-श्रेष्ठः (kapi-śreṣṭhaḥ) - Hanuman, the foremost among monkeys (the best of monkeys, chief of monkeys)

• रोम-हर्षण-दर्शनाः (roma-harṣaṇa-darśanāḥ) - describing the terrifying appearance of the female demons (rākṣasīs) (whose sight causes hair to stand on end, terrifying to behold)

Words meanings and morphology

मांस-शोणित-दिग्ध-अङ्गीः (māṁsa-śoṇita-digdha-aṅgīḥ) - describing the female demons (rākṣasīs) as having bodies covered in flesh and blood (whose limbs were smeared with flesh and blood)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of māṃsaśoṇitadigdhāṅgī

māṁsa-śoṇita-digdha-aṅgī - whose limbs are smeared with flesh and blood (feminine)

Feminine plural of māṃsaśoṇitadigdhāṅga

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (māṃsa+śoṇita+digdha+aṅga)

• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle of √śoṇ (to be red), used as a noun
  Root: śoṇ (class 1)
• digdha – smeared, anointed, covered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• aṅga – limb, body part, body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Feminine accusative plural, agreeing with the implied rākṣasīs (tāḥ).

मांस-शोणित-भोजनाः (māṁsa-śoṇita-bhojanāḥ) - describing the female demons (rākṣasīs) as consuming flesh and blood (whose food was flesh and blood)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of māṃsaśoṇitabhojanā

māṁsa-śoṇita-bhojana - whose food is flesh and blood

Feminine plural of māṃsaśoṇitabhojana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (māṃsa+śoṇita+bhojana)

• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle of √śoṇ (to be red), used as a noun
  Root: śoṇ (class 1)
• bhojana – food, eating, meal
  noun (neuter)
  From root √bhuj (to eat, enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Feminine accusative plural, agreeing with the implied rākṣasīs (tāḥ).

ताः (tāḥ) - those (female demons, rākṣasīs) (them (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the rākṣasīs described in previous verses, serving as the object of 'dadarśa'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - the best of monkeys (Hanuman) saw (he saw)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense (lit), active voice, from root √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'kapiśreṣṭhaḥ'.

कपि-श्रेष्ठः (kapi-śreṣṭhaḥ) - Hanuman, the foremost among monkeys (the best of monkeys, chief of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kapiśreṣṭha

kapi-śreṣṭha - best of monkeys, chief monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kapi+śreṣṭha)

• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Refers to Hanumān.

रोम-हर्षण-दर्शनाः (roma-harṣaṇa-darśanāḥ) - describing the terrifying appearance of the female demons (rākṣasīs) (whose sight causes hair to stand on end, terrifying to behold)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of romaharṣaṇadarśana

roma-harṣaṇa-darśana - whose appearance causes hair to stand on end, terrifying

Feminine plural of romaharṣaṇadarśana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (roman+harṣaṇa+darśana)

• roman – hair (of the body), down
  noun (neuter)
• harṣaṇa – causing joy/excitement/thrill, causing hair to stand on end (horrifying)
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Causative noun/adjective
  Nominal derivation from causative of √hṛṣ (to be thrilled, horripilated)
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)
• darśana – sight, appearance, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Feminine accusative plural, agreeing with the implied rākṣasīs (tāḥ).

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