वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-132

ततस्ते राक्षसाः शूरा बद्धं मामग्निसंवृतम् ।
अघोषयन् राजमार्गे नगरद्वारमागताः ॥१३२॥

132. tataste rākṣasāḥ śūrā baddhaṃ māmagnisaṃvṛtam ,
aghoṣayan rājamārge nagaradvāramāgatāḥ.

132. tataḥ te rākṣasāḥ śūrāḥ baddhaṃ mām agnisaṃvṛtam
aghoṣayan rājamārge nagaradvāram āgatāḥ

132. tataḥ nagaradvāram āgatāḥ te śūrāḥ rākṣasāḥ
baddhaṃ agnisaṃvṛtam mām rājamārge aghoṣayan

132. Then those mighty (rākṣasas), having reached the city gate, proclaimed me, bound and engulfed in fire, along the main street.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• ते (te) - Refers to the 'rākṣasāḥ'. (those)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, (rākṣasas)

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, mighty, heroic

• बद्धम् (baddham) - bound, tied, captured

• माम् (mām) - Refers to Hanumān. (me)

• अग्निसंवृतम् (agnisaṁvṛtam) - Refers to Hanumān whose tail was set on fire. (surrounded by fire, enveloped in fire, engulfed in fire)

• अघोषयन् (aghoṣayan) - they proclaimed, they announced

• राजमार्गे (rājamārge) - on the royal road, on the main street

• नगरद्वारम् (nagaradvāram) - city gate (accusative)

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having arrived, having come

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from pronoun 'tad'.

ते (te) - Refers to the 'rākṣasāḥ'. (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, (rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, an evil being, a (rākṣasa)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, mighty, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic, mighty; a warrior

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasāḥ'.

बद्धम् (baddham) - bound, tied, captured

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, captured, restrained

Past Passive Participle

From root √bandh (to bind) with suffix -ta.

Root: bandh (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.

माम् (mām) - Refers to Hanumān. (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Pronominal base.

अग्निसंवृतम् (agnisaṁvṛtam) - Refers to Hanumān whose tail was set on fire. (surrounded by fire, enveloped in fire, engulfed in fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agnisaṃvṛta

agnisaṁvṛta - surrounded by fire, enveloped in fire

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+saṃvṛta)

• agni – fire, sacrificial fire
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvṛta – covered, surrounded, concealed, enveloped
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vṛ (to cover, enclose) with upasarga saṃ-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.

अघोषयन् (aghoṣayan) - they proclaimed, they announced

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ghuṣ

Imperfect Tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Plural

From root √ghuṣ (to proclaim, sound) with augment 'a' and plural ending.

Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'rākṣasāḥ'.

राजमार्गे (rājamārge) - on the royal road, on the main street

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rājamārga

rājamārga - royal road, main road, highway

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+mārga)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – road, path, way, street
  noun (masculine)

नगरद्वारम् (nagaradvāram) - city gate (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nagaradvāra

nagaradvāra - city gate, main entrance of a city

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nagarī+dvāra)

• nagarī – city, town
  noun (feminine)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of motion implied by 'āgatāḥ'.

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having arrived, having come

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, returned

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go) with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasāḥ'.

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