वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-4

स ता दृष्ट्व महाबाहुर्महासत्त्वो महाबलः ।
चकार सुमहद् रूपं राक्षसीनां भयावहम् ॥४॥

4. sa tā dṛṣṭva mahābāhurmahāsattvo mahābalaḥ ,
cakāra sumahad rūpaṃ rākṣasīnāṃ bhayāvaham.

4. saḥ tāḥ dṛṣṭvā mahābāhuḥ mahāsattvaḥ mahābalaḥ
cakāra sumahat rūpam rākṣasīnām bhayāvaham

4. saḥ mahābāhuḥ mahāsattvaḥ mahābalaḥ tāḥ dṛṣṭvā
rākṣasīnām bhayāvaham sumahat rūpam cakāra

4. Seeing them, that mighty-armed (mahābāhu), greatly courageous (mahāsattva), and immensely powerful (mahābala) one (Hanumān) assumed an exceedingly vast form, which was terrifying to the female demons (rākṣasīs).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He, referring to Hanumān (he, that)

• ताः (tāḥ) - them, referring to the rākṣasīs (them, those (feminine))

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - Hanumān, who is mighty-armed (mighty-armed, strong-armed)

• महासत्त्वः (mahāsattvaḥ) - Hanumān, of great courage (of great courage/strength/being)

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - Hanumān, of immense power (immensely powerful, of great strength)

• चकार (cakāra) - Hanumān assumed / created a form (he did, made, created, performed)

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - a very great / vast form (very great, exceedingly large)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - a very great form (of Hanumān) (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

• राक्षसीनाम् (rākṣasīnām) - terrifying for the rākṣasīs (of the female demons, of the rākṣasīs)

• भयावहम् (bhayāvaham) - a form terrifying to the rākṣasīs (terrifying, frightening, dreadful)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He, referring to Hanumān (he, that)

(demonstrative pronoun)

ताः (tāḥ) - them, referring to the rākṣasīs (them, those (feminine))

(demonstrative pronoun)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - Hanumān, who is mighty-armed (mighty-armed, strong-armed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, having strong arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bāhu – arm, fore-arm
  noun (masculine)

महासत्त्वः (mahāsattvaḥ) - Hanumān, of great courage (of great courage/strength/being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāsattva

mahāsattva - of great courage, strong, mighty, a great being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+sattva)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• sattva – being, essence, strength, courage, reality
  noun (neuter)

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - Hanumān, of immense power (immensely powerful, of great strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, immensely powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

चकार (cakāra) - Hanumān assumed / created a form (he did, made, created, performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect

Root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - a very great / vast form (very great, exceedingly large)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, exceedingly large, immense

Compound type : avyayībhāva (intensifier) (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
  Prefix for intensification
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)

रूपम् (rūpam) - a very great form (of Hanumān) (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, image

राक्षसीनाम् (rākṣasīnām) - terrifying for the rākṣasīs (of the female demons, of the rākṣasīs)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, ogress

Feminine form of rākṣasa

भयावहम् (bhayāvaham) - a form terrifying to the rākṣasīs (terrifying, frightening, dreadful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhayāvaha

bhayāvaha - terrifying, frightening, dreadful, causing fear

Compound of bhaya (fear) and āvaha (bringing, causing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+āvaha)

• bhaya – fear, terror, dread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• āvaha – bringing, causing, producing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Verbal Adjective
  Derived from root vah (to carry) with upasarga ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vah (class 1)

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