वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-25, verse-1

इत्युक्ताः सीतया घोरं राक्षस्यः क्रोधमूर्छिताः ।
काश्चिज्जग्मुस्तदाख्यातुं रावणस्य तरस्विनः ॥१॥

1. ityuktāḥ sītayā ghoraṃ rākṣasyaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ ,
kāścijjagmustadākhyātuṃ rāvaṇasya tarasvinaḥ.

1. iti uktāḥ sītayā ghoram rākṣasyaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ
kāścit jagmuḥ tadā ākhyātum rāvaṇasya tarasvinaḥ

1. sītayā ghoram uktāḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ rākṣasyaḥ kāścit
tadā tarasvinaḥ rāvaṇasya ākhyātum jagmuḥ iti

1. When Sītā spoke to them so harshly, some of the rākṣasīs, overwhelmed with anger, then went to report this to the mighty Rāvaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken to (spoken, said, addressed)

• सीतया (sītayā) - by Sītā

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terribly, harshly, dreadfully

• राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - demonesses, female ogres

• क्रोधमूर्छिताः (krodhamūrchitāḥ) - overwhelmed with anger, swooning from anger

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some (feminine)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to tell, to report

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• तरस्विनः (tarasvinaḥ) - of the mighty, of the powerful

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken to (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Acts as an adjective qualifying 'rākṣasyaḥ'.

सीतया (sītayā) - by Sītā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, Rama's wife)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

घोरम् (ghoram) - terribly, harshly, dreadfully

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - demonesses, female ogres

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - a female rākṣasa, demoness, ogress

Feminine form of rākṣasa

Note: Subject of the sentence.

क्रोधमूर्छिताः (krodhamūrchitāḥ) - overwhelmed with anger, swooning from anger

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of krodhamūrchita

krodhamūrchita - overwhelmed/fainted/swooned with anger

Compound type : tatpurusha (krodha+mūrchita)

• krodha – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: krudh (class 4)
• mūrchita – fainted, swooned, unconscious, overwhelmed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mūrch (to swoon, faint)
  Root: mūrch (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rākṣasyaḥ'.

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścit

kaścit - someone, something, any, a certain

Indefinite pronoun formed from interrogative pronoun ka and particle cit

Note: Refers to some of the rākṣasīs.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect (Lit) third person plural active

Third person plural Perfect Active of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to tell, to report

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root khyā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Expresses purpose.

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the chief of rākṣasas, abductor of Sītā)

तरस्विनः (tarasvinaḥ) - of the mighty, of the powerful

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tarasvin

tarasvin - mighty, powerful, swift, energetic

Note: Qualifies 'rāvaṇasya'.

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