वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-4, verse-7

तन्त्री स्वनाः कर्णसुखाः प्रवृत्ताः स्वपन्ति नार्यः पतिभिः सुवृत्ताः ।
नक्तंचराश्चापि तथा प्रवृत्ता विहर्तुमत्यद्भुतरौद्रवृत्ताः ॥७॥

7. tantrī svanāḥ karṇasukhāḥ pravṛttāḥ svapanti nāryaḥ patibhiḥ suvṛttāḥ ,
naktaṃcarāścāpi tathā pravṛttā vihartumatyadbhutaraudravṛttāḥ.

7. tantrīsvanāḥ karṇasukhāḥ pravṛttāḥ
svapanti nāryaḥ patibhiḥ suvṛttāḥ
naktañcarāḥ ca api tathā pravṛttāḥ
vihartum atyadbhutarauDravṛttāḥ

7. karṇasukhāḥ tantrīsvanāḥ pravṛttāḥ.
suvṛttāḥ nāryaḥ patibhiḥ svapanti.
ca api tathā atyadbhutarauDravṛttāḥ naktañcarāḥ vihartum pravṛttāḥ.

7. The pleasing sounds of stringed instruments have begun. Chaste women are sleeping with their husbands. And similarly, night-wanderers, whose conduct is exceedingly wondrous and terrifying, have also set out to roam.

Words meanings summery:

• तन्त्रीस्वनाः (tantrīsvanāḥ) - sounds of stringed instruments

• कर्णसुखाः (karṇasukhāḥ) - pleasing to the ear

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have begun (commenced, started, engaged)

• स्वपन्ति (svapanti) - they sleep

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

• पतिभिः (patibhiḥ) - with husbands

• सुवृत्ताः (suvṛttāḥ) - chaste (well-behaved, chaste, virtuous)

• नक्तञ्चराः (naktañcarāḥ) - night-wanderers, demons, wild animals

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have set out (commenced, started, engaged)

• विहर्तुम् (vihartum) - to roam, to wander, to amuse oneself

• अत्यद्भुतरौद्रवृत्ताः (atyadbhutaraudravṛttāḥ) - whose conduct is exceedingly wondrous and terrifying (whose behavior is exceedingly wondrous and terrifying)

Words meanings and morphology

तन्त्रीस्वनाः (tantrīsvanāḥ) - sounds of stringed instruments

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tantrīsvana

tantrīsvana - sounds of stringed instruments

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhītatpuruṣa (tantrī+svana)

• tantrī – string (of a musical instrument), lute
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tan (class 8)
• svana – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

कर्णसुखाः (karṇasukhāḥ) - pleasing to the ear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karṇasukha

karṇasukha - pleasing to the ear

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karṇa+sukha)

• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sukh (class 1)

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have begun (commenced, started, engaged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, started, engaged

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt + pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्वपन्ति (svapanti) - they sleep

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of svap

Present Active Indicative

Third person plural

Root: svap (class 2)

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female

Root: nṛ

पतिभिः (patibhiḥ) - with husbands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pati

pati - husband, lord, master

Root: pā (class 2)

सुवृत्ताः (suvṛttāḥ) - chaste (well-behaved, chaste, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of suvṛtta

suvṛtta - well-behaved, chaste, virtuous

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave) + su (good) + kta

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+vṛtta)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – behaved, conducted, happened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛt + kta
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

नक्तञ्चराः (naktañcarāḥ) - night-wanderers, demons, wild animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naktañcara

naktañcara - night-wanderer, demon, wild animal

From nakta (night) + cara (mover)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naktam+cara)

• naktam – night, at night
  indeclinable
  Root: nak
• cara – moving, wandering
  adjective
  agent noun
  From root car + a
  Root: car (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have set out (commenced, started, engaged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, started, engaged

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt + pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विहर्तुम् (vihartum) - to roam, to wander, to amuse oneself

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form from root hṛ + vi

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अत्यद्भुतरौद्रवृत्ताः (atyadbhutaraudravṛttāḥ) - whose conduct is exceedingly wondrous and terrifying (whose behavior is exceedingly wondrous and terrifying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atyadbhutarauDravṛtta

atyadbhutarauDravṛtta - whose behavior is exceedingly wondrous and terrifying

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ati+adbhuta+raudra+vṛtta)

• ati – exceedingly, very, beyond
  indeclinable
  Preverb/Adverb
• adbhuta – wondrous, marvelous, strange
  adjective
• raudra – terrible, fierce, dreadful
  adjective
  Derived from Rudra
  Root: rud (class 2)
• vṛtta – conduct, behavior, action
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From root vṛt + kta
  Root: vṛt (class 1)