वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-62, verse-24

ते ऽम्बरं सहसोत्पत्य वेगवन्तः प्लवंगमाः ।
विनदन्तो महानादं घना वातेरिता यथा ॥२४॥

24. te'mbaraṃ sahasotpatya vegavantaḥ plavaṃgamāḥ ,
vinadanto mahānādaṃ ghanā vāteritā yathā.

24. te ambaram sahasā utpatya vegavantaḥ plavaṅgamāḥ
vinadantaḥ mahānādam ghanāḥ vāta īritāḥ yathā

24. te vegavantaḥ plavaṅgamāḥ sahasā ambaram utpatya
mahānādam vinadantaḥ vāta īritāḥ ghanāḥ yathā (āsan)

24. Having suddenly soared into the sky, those swift monkeys, making a tremendous roar, were like clouds propelled by the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky, atmosphere

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, forcibly

• उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having flown up, having leaped up

• वेगवन्तः (vegavantaḥ) - swift, speedy, powerful

• प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - monkeys

• विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - roaring, making a loud noise

• महानादम् (mahānādam) - a great roar, loud sound

• घनाः (ghanāḥ) - clouds

• वात (vāta) - wind

• ईरिताः (īritāḥ) - driven, agitated

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky, atmosphere

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, quickly, forcibly

(indeclinable)

instrumental of sahas (force) used adverbially

उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having flown up, having leaped up

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root pat (to fly/fall) with upasarga ud, formed with -ya suffix (lyap) for upasarga

Prefix: ud

Root: pat (class 1)

वेगवन्तः (vegavantaḥ) - swift, speedy, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vegavat

vegavat - swift, quick, powerful, rapid

possessive suffix -vat added to vega (speed)

Note: Agrees with plavaṅgamāḥ

प्लवङ्गमाः (plavaṅgamāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - monkey (lit. 'going by leaps')

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (plava+gama)

• plava – a leap, a jump
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - roaring, making a loud noise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinadat

vinadat - roaring, shouting, thundering

present active participle

derived from root nad (to roar) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with plavaṅgamāḥ

महानादम् (mahānādam) - a great roar, loud sound

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahānāda

mahānāda - great roar, loud sound, thunder

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāda)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• nāda – sound, roar, cry
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nad (class 1)

घनाः (ghanāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghana

ghana - cloud, dense, solid

वात (vāta) - wind

(noun)

masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: First part of the compound vāteritāḥ

ईरिताः (īritāḥ) - driven, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īrita

īrita - driven, propelled, agitated, spoken

past passive participle

derived from root īr (to stir, to move, to send)

Root: īr (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ghanāḥ

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

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