वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-91

ततो ऽवर्धत मे कायस्तदा पर्वतसंनिभः ।
युद्धकाङ्क्षी वनं तच्च विनाशयितुमारभे ॥९१॥

91. tato'vardhata me kāyastadā parvatasaṃnibhaḥ ,
yuddhakāṅkṣī vanaṃ tacca vināśayitumārabhe.

91. tataḥ avardhata me kāyaḥ tadā parvata-saṃnibhaḥ
yuddha-kāṅkṣī vanam tat ca vināśayitum ārabhe

91. tataḥ tadā me kāyaḥ parvata-saṃnibhaḥ avardhata
ca yuddha-kāṅkṣī tat vanam vināśayitum ārabhe

91. Then my body grew, becoming like a mountain at that time. Desiring battle, I began to destroy that very forest.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• अवर्धत (avardhata) - grew, increased

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पर्वत-संनिभः (parvata-saṁnibhaḥ) - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

• युद्ध-काङ्क्षी (yuddha-kāṅkṣī) - desiring battle, eager for war

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• च (ca) - and, also

• विनाशयितुम् (vināśayitum) - to destroy

• आरभे (ārabhe) - I began, I started

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base tad with -tas suffix

अवर्धत (avardhata) - grew, increased

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛdh

Imperfect, ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

From root vṛdh (1P/4A, 'to grow, increase') in the imperfect tense, ātmanepada form.

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

Enclitic genitive/dative singular form of the first person pronoun 'aham'

कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, mass, collection

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base tad with -dā suffix

पर्वत-संनिभः (parvata-saṁnibhaḥ) - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvata-saṃnibha

parvata-saṁnibha - mountain-like, resembling a mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (parvata+saṃnibha)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)
  From sam + √bhā 'to shine, appear'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'kāyaḥ'.

युद्ध-काङ्क्षी (yuddha-kāṅkṣī) - desiring battle, eager for war

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuddha-kāṅkṣin

yuddha-kāṅkṣin - desiring battle, warlike

agent noun

Compound of yuddha and kāṅkṣin (from √kāṅkṣ 'to desire')

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+kāṅkṣin)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  From root yudh 'to fight'
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• kāṅkṣin – desiring, wishing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root kāṅkṣ (1A) 'to desire'
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'I'.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Object of 'vināśayitum'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Neuter nominative/accusative singular form of the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'

Note: Adjective to 'vanam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विनाशयितुम् (vināśayitum) - to destroy

(indeclinable)

Causative stem, used for infinitive

Causative stem of root nāś (4P, 'to perish') with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: nāś (class 4)

Note: Infinitive form of the causative verb.

आरभे (ārabhe) - I began, I started

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-rabh

Present, ātmanepada, 1st person singular

From root rabh (1A, 'to grasp') with prefix ā, in the present tense, ātmanepada form.

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

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