वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-32

स तं परिघमादाय
जघान रजनीचरान् ॥३२॥

32. sa taṃ parighamādāya
jaghāna rajanīcarān.

32. sa tam parigham ādāya
jaghāna rajanīcarān

32. sa tam parigham ādāya
rajanīcarān jaghāna

32. Having taken that mace, he struck down the night-roaming demons.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Referring to Hanuman. (he, that)

• तम् (tam) - Referring to the mace previously mentioned. (that)

• परिघम् (parigham) - mace, club

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• जघान (jaghāna) - he struck, he killed

• रजनीचरान् (rajanīcarān) - Referring to the rākṣasas. (night-roamers, demons)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Referring to Hanuman. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तम् (tam) - Referring to the mace previously mentioned. (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies 'parigham'.

परिघम् (parigham) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parigha

parigha - mace, club, iron bar, bolt, obstacle

Derived from root han (to strike) with prefix pari (around).

Prefix: pari

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Object of 'ādāya'.

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root dā (to give) with prefix ā (to) and suffix -ya (for compound verbs).

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

जघान (jaghāna) - he struck, he killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (Lit) of han

Past tense (Perfect)

Reduplicated perfect form of root han.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

रजनीचरान् (rajanīcarān) - Referring to the rākṣasas. (night-roamers, demons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-roamer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound noun.

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, one who moves/goes
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From root car (to move, go).
  Root: car (class 1)

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