वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-41, verse-12

आवर्त इव गङ्गायास्तोयस्य विपुलो महान् ।
परिक्षिप्य हरिश्रेष्ठं स बभौ रक्षसां गणः ॥१२॥

12. āvarta iva gaṅgāyāstoyasya vipulo mahān ,
parikṣipya hariśreṣṭhaṃ sa babhau rakṣasāṃ gaṇaḥ.

12. āvartaḥ iva gaṅgāyāḥ toyasya vipulaḥ mahān
parikṣipya hariśreṣṭham saḥ babhau rakṣasām gaṇaḥ

12. rakṣasām saḥ gaṇaḥ hariśreṣṭham parikṣipya
gaṅgāyāḥ toyasya vipulaḥ mahān āvartaḥ iva babhau

12. That host of Rākṣasas, having surrounded the chief of monkeys (harisreṣṭha), appeared like a vast and great whirlpool of the Gaṅgā river's waters.

Words meanings summery:

• आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - whirlpool, eddy

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the Gaṅgā

• तोयस्य (toyasya) - of water

• विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - vast, extensive, great

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• परिक्षिप्य (parikṣipya) - having surrounded, having encircled

• हरिश्रेष्ठम् (hariśreṣṭham) - Hanumān, the chief of monkeys (the best of monkeys, the chief of monkeys)

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• बभौ (babhau) - it shone, it appeared, it seemed

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas

• गणः (gaṇaḥ) - host, multitude, troop

Words meanings and morphology

आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - whirlpool, eddy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvarta

āvarta - whirlpool, eddy, circle

Prefix: ā

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

तोयस्य (toyasya) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of toya

toya - water

विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - vast, extensive, great

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, extensive, wide, great

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

परिक्षिप्य (parikṣipya) - having surrounded, having encircled

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from √kṣip with prefix pari- and suffix -lyap

Prefix: pari

Root: √kṣip (class 6)

हरिश्रेष्ठम् (hariśreṣṭham) - Hanumān, the chief of monkeys (the best of monkeys, the chief of monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hariśreṣṭha

hariśreṣṭha - best of monkeys, chief of monkeys

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (hari+śreṣṭha)

• hari – monkey, tawny-colored, Vishnu
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of praśasya

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बभौ (babhau) - it shone, it appeared, it seemed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of babhau

Root: √bhā (class 2)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa (a class of demons or giants)

गणः (gaṇaḥ) - host, multitude, troop

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaṇa

gaṇa - host, multitude, troop, collection

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