वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-124

तेन वध्यो ऽहमाज्ञप्तो
रक्षसा रौद्रकर्मणा ॥१२४॥

124. tena vadhyo'hamājñapto
rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā.

124. tena vadhyaḥ aham ājñaptaḥ
rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā

124. tena raudrakarmaṇā rakṣasā
aham vadhyaḥ ājñaptaḥ

124. By him, that demon of fierce deeds, I was commanded to be killed.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by Ravana (by him, by that)

• वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - to be killed, executable

• अहम् (aham) - I (Hanuman) (I)

• आज्ञप्तः (ājñaptaḥ) - commanded, ordered

• रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by Ravana (the demon) (by the demon, by the ogre)

• रौद्रकर्मणा (raudrakarmaṇā) - by Ravana, who performs fierce deeds (by him of fierce deeds, by the one whose actions are terrible)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by Ravana (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - to be killed, executable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, executable, worthy of death

Gerundive

Derived from root √vadh (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I (Hanuman) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

आज्ञप्तः (ājñaptaḥ) - commanded, ordered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ājñapta

ājñapta - commanded, ordered, informed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √jñā (to know) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by Ravana (the demon) (by the demon, by the ogre)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, ogre

रौद्रकर्मणा (raudrakarmaṇā) - by Ravana, who performs fierce deeds (by him of fierce deeds, by the one whose actions are terrible)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of raudrakarman

raudrakarman - one whose deeds are fierce/terrible

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (raudra+karman)

• raudra – fierce, terrible, wrathful
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – deed, action, work
  noun (neuter)

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