वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-3

ततो गतायां निद्रायां राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः ।
तद्वनं ददृशुर्भग्नं तं च वीरं महाकपिम् ॥३॥

3. tato gatāyāṃ nidrāyāṃ rākṣasyo vikṛtānanāḥ ,
tadvanaṃ dadṛśurbhagnaṃ taṃ ca vīraṃ mahākapim.

3. tataḥ gatāyām nidrāyām rākṣasyaḥ vikṛtānanāḥ
tat vanam dadṛśuḥ bhagnam tam ca vīram mahākapim

3. tataḥ nidrāyām gatāyām vikṛtānanāḥ rākṣasyaḥ
bhagnam tat vanam ca tam vīram mahākapim dadṛśuḥ

3. Then, when their sleep had ended, the hideous-faced female demons (rākṣasīs) saw that devastated forest and that mighty hero, the great monkey (Hanumān).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• गतायाम् (gatāyām) - when sleep had ended / departed (having gone, departed, passed)

• निद्रायाम् (nidrāyām) - in their state of sleep (in sleep, during sleep)

• राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - female demons, rākṣasīs

• विकृताननाः (vikṛtānanāḥ) - the female demons with distorted, hideous faces (having distorted faces, ugly-faced)

• तत् (tat) - that specific forest (that, that one)

• वनम् (vanam) - the Ashoka forest (forest, wood, grove)

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - the rākṣasīs saw (they saw, observed)

• भग्नम् (bhagnam) - the forest, broken/destroyed (broken, destroyed, shattered)

• तम् (tam) - that particular hero, Hanumān (him, that one)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वीरम् (vīram) - the heroic Hanumān (hero, brave man, warrior)

• महाकपिम् (mahākapim) - the great monkey Hanumān (great monkey)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

गतायाम् (gatāyām) - when sleep had ended / departed (having gone, departed, passed)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, passed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

निद्रायाम् (nidrāyām) - in their state of sleep (in sleep, during sleep)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - female demons, rākṣasīs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, ogress

Feminine form of rākṣasa

विकृताननाः (vikṛtānanāḥ) - the female demons with distorted, hideous faces (having distorted faces, ugly-faced)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vikṛtānana

vikṛtānana - having a distorted face, ugly-faced, hideous-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikṛta+ānana)

• vikṛta – distorted, disfigured, changed, unnatural
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make) with upasarga vi- (apart, away)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

तत् (tat) - that specific forest (that, that one)

(demonstrative pronoun)

वनम् (vanam) - the Ashoka forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - the rākṣasīs saw (they saw, observed)

(verb)

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

Perfect

Irregular perfect form of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भग्नम् (bhagnam) - the forest, broken/destroyed (broken, destroyed, shattered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhagna

bhagna - broken, destroyed, shattered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

तम् (tam) - that particular hero, Hanumān (him, that one)

(demonstrative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वीरम् (vīram) - the heroic Hanumān (hero, brave man, warrior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior, valiant

महाकपिम् (mahākapim) - the great monkey Hanumān (great monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahākapi

mahākapi - great monkey

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kapi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• kapi – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)

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