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6,14

वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्       vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-14, verse-15

संपीड्य च धनुर्घोरं कम्पयित्वा शरैर्जगत् ।
मुमोच विशिखानुग्रान् वज्राणीव शतक्रतुः ॥१५॥
15. saṃpīḍya ca dhanurghoraṃ kampayitvā śarairjagat ,
mumoca viśikhānugrān vajrāṇīva śatakratuḥ.
15. saṃpīḍya ca dhanuḥ ghoram kampayitvā śaraiḥ jagat
mumoca viśikhān ugrān vajrāṇi iva śatakratuḥ
15. saṃpīḍya ghoram dhanuḥ ca śaraiḥ jagat kampayitvā
ugrān viśikhān mumoca śatakratuḥ vajrāṇi iva
15. Having pressed his terrible bow and made the world tremble with his arrows, he released fierce arrows, just as Indra, the lord of a hundred Vedic rituals (yajña), unleashes his thunderbolts.

Words meanings summery:

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  • संपीड्य (saṁpīḍya) - having bent (the bow) (having pressed, having bent, having tormented)
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow
  • घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, fierce)
  • कम्पयित्वा (kampayitvā) - having made (the world) tremble (having caused to tremble, having shaken)
  • शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows, with arrows)
  • जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)
  • मुमोच (mumoca) - released (released, let go)
  • विशिखान् (viśikhān) - arrows (arrows, pointed (without a crest))
  • उग्रान् (ugrān) - fierce, terrible (fierce, terrible, mighty)
  • वज्राणि (vajrāṇi) - thunderbolts (thunderbolts, diamonds)
  • इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
  • शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra, the lord of a hundred Vedic rituals (yajña) (Indra (he of a hundred Vedic rituals or powers))

Words meanings and morphology

संपीड्य (saṁpīḍya) - having bent (the bow) (having pressed, having bent, having tormented)
(indeclinable)
Gerund/Absolutive
Derived from root √pīḍ (to press, to torment) with prefix sam-.
Prefix: sam
Root: pīḍ (class 1)
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus
dhanus - bow
Note: dhanuḥ is the nominative/accusative singular form of dhanus. Here it functions as accusative.
घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, fierce)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora
ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce
Note: Agrees with dhanuḥ.
कम्पयित्वा (kampayitvā) - having made (the world) tremble (having caused to tremble, having shaken)
(indeclinable)
Gerund/Absolutive
Derived from causal of root √kamp (to tremble) + -tvā.
Root: kamp (class 1)
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows, with arrows)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow
जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, what moves
Present Active Participle
From root √gam (to go) + -at.
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Accusative singular of jagat (neuter noun).
मुमोच (mumoca) - released (released, let go)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of muc
Perfect Tense
Third person singular, Perfect tense, Parasmaipada. Reduplication of the root.
Root: muc (class 6)
विशिखान् (viśikhān) - arrows (arrows, pointed (without a crest))
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of viśikha
viśikha - arrow, pointed, uncrested
उग्रान् (ugrān) - fierce, terrible (fierce, terrible, mighty)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ugra
ugra - fierce, terrible, mighty
Note: Agrees with viśikhān.
वज्राणि (vajrāṇi) - thunderbolts (thunderbolts, diamonds)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of vajra
vajra - thunderbolt (weapon of Indra), diamond, hard, mighty
इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra, the lord of a hundred Vedic rituals (yajña) (Indra (he of a hundred Vedic rituals or powers))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śatakratu
śatakratu - Indra (literally, he who has a hundred powers/rituals)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)
  • śata – hundred
    numeral (neuter)
  • kratu – power, strength, deed, will, Vedic ritual (yajña)
    noun (masculine)
Note: Subject of the simile.