वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-16, verse-10

अङ्गनाशतमात्रं तु तं व्रजन्तमनुव्रजत् ।
महेन्द्रमिव पौलस्त्यं देवगन्धर्वयोषितः ॥१०॥

10. aṅganāśatamātraṃ tu taṃ vrajantamanuvrajat ,
mahendramiva paulastyaṃ devagandharvayoṣitaḥ.

10. aṅganāśatamātram tu tam vrajantam anuvrajat
mahendram iva paulastyam devagandharvayoṣitaḥ

10. tam vrajantam aṅganāśatamātram tu devagandharvayoṣitaḥ
mahendram iva paulastyam anuvrajat

10. As he departed, a mere hundred women followed him, just as the wives of gods and gandharvas follow Mahendra or (Ravana) the son of Pulastya.

Words meanings summery:

• अङ्गनाशतमात्रम् (aṅganāśatamātram) - merely a hundred women; only a hundred ladies

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

• तम् (tam) - him (the hero being described) (him, that)

• व्रजन्तम् (vrajantam) - as he was departing (going, moving, departing)

• अनुव्रजत् (anuvrajat) - followed (followed, went after)

• महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Mahendra (the great Indra, king of gods) (the great Indra; a great ruler)

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

• पौलस्त्यम् (paulastyam) - Ravana (son of the sage Pulastya) (son of Pulastya; Ravana)

• देवगन्धर्वयोषितः (devagandharvayoṣitaḥ) - wives of gods and gandharvas (wives of gods and gandharvas; female celestials)

Words meanings and morphology

अङ्गनाशतमात्रम् (aṅganāśatamātram) - merely a hundred women; only a hundred ladies

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṅganāśatamātra

aṅganāśatamātra - a hundred women only; merely a hundred women

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṅganā+śata+mātra)

• aṅganā – woman, lady
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• mātra – only, mere, amount, measure
  indeclinable

Note: agrees with 'him' (tam) in accusative, descriptive of the number of women

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

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (the hero being described) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: refers to the male protagonist

व्रजन्तम् (vrajantam) - as he was departing (going, moving, departing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vrajat

vrajat - going, moving, walking, departing

Present Active Participle

derived from √vraj (to go)

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: qualifies 'tam'

अनुव्रजत् (anuvrajat) - followed (followed, went after)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of anuvraj

root √vraj with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: verb from anu-√vraj (to follow), 3rd person singular imperfect. Subject 'devagandharvayoṣitaḥ' is plural, implying poetic license.

महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Mahendra (the great Indra, king of gods) (the great Indra; a great ruler)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahendra

mahendra - great Indra; a great ruler; the king of gods

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+indra)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: object of comparison

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पौलस्त्यम् (paulastyam) - Ravana (son of the sage Pulastya) (son of Pulastya; Ravana)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paulastya

paulastya - descendant of Pulastya; Ravana

patronymic from Pulastya

Note: object of comparison, refers to Ravana

देवगन्धर्वयोषितः (devagandharvayoṣitaḥ) - wives of gods and gandharvas (wives of gods and gandharvas; female celestials)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devagandharvayoṣit

devagandharvayoṣit - female of gods and gandharvas; celestial women

Compound type : dvandva (deva+gandharva+yoṣit)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• gandharva – celestial musician, gandharva
  noun (masculine)
• yoṣit – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

Note: subject of the verb 'anuvrajat'