वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-5, verse-28

ददर्श विविधान्
गुल्मांस्तस्य रक्षःपतेर्गृहे ॥२८॥

28. dadarśa vividhān
gulmāṃstasya rakṣaḥpatergṛhe.

28. dadarśa vividhān gulmān
tasya rakṣaḥpateḥ gṛhe

28. He (Hanuman) saw various thickets (or formations of guards) in the dwelling of that lord of the Rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he (Hanuman) saw (he saw, he beheld)

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various (thickets/groups) (various, diverse, manifold)

• गुल्मान् (gulmān) - thickets (of plants) or groups of guards/soldiers (thickets, shrubs, groups, battalions, squadrons)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rākṣasa lord) (of him, his, of that)

• रक्षःपतेः (rakṣaḥpateḥ) - of Rāvaṇa, the lord of the Rākṣasas (of the lord of Rākṣasas, of the king of demons)

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the palace (of Rāvaṇa) (in the house, in the home, in the palace)

Words meanings and morphology

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he (Hanuman) saw (he saw, he beheld)

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated perfect form.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विविधान् (vividhān) - various (thickets/groups) (various, diverse, manifold)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of many kinds

Prefix 'vi' + 'vidha' (kind, sort).

Note: Modifies 'gulmān'.

गुल्मान् (gulmān) - thickets (of plants) or groups of guards/soldiers (thickets, shrubs, groups, battalions, squadrons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gulma

gulma - a thicket, bush, shrub; a cluster; a body of troops, squadron (esp. 9 chariots, 9 elephants, 27 horses, 45 foot-soldiers)

Note: Object of 'dadarśa'.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rākṣasa lord) (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

रक्षःपतेः (rakṣaḥpateḥ) - of Rāvaṇa, the lord of the Rākṣasas (of the lord of Rākṣasas, of the king of demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rakṣaḥpati

rakṣaḥpati - lord of Rākṣasas, king of demons

Compound 'rakṣas' (demon) + 'pati' (lord/master). Visarga in the middle of a compound.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (rakṣas+pati)

• rakṣas – demon, Rākṣasa, fiend
  noun (neuter)
• pati – lord, master, husband, ruler
  noun (masculine)

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the palace (of Rāvaṇa) (in the house, in the home, in the palace)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, palace

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