वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-21, verse-7

प्रविष्टमात्रे ज्ञातो ऽहं बले तस्मिन्नचारिते ।
बलाद्गृहीतो बहुभिर्बहुधास्मि विदारितः ॥७॥

7. praviṣṭamātre jñāto'haṃ bale tasminnacārite ,
balādgṛhīto bahubhirbahudhāsmi vidāritaḥ.

7. praviṣṭamātre jñātaḥ aham bale tasmin acārite
balāt gṛhītaḥ bahubhiḥ bahudhā asmi vidāritaḥ

7. aham tasmin acārite bale praviṣṭamātre jñātaḥ
balāt bahubhiḥ gṛhītaḥ bahudhā asmi vidāritaḥ

7. As soon as I entered that army, which had not been spied upon before, I was recognized. I was forcibly seized by many (monkeys) and severely handled in various ways.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रविष्टमात्रे (praviṣṭamātre) - as soon as I entered (as soon as entered, immediately upon entering)

• ज्ञातः (jñātaḥ) - recognized (known, recognized)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the spy Śārdūla) (I)

• बले (bale) - in that army (in the army, in the force)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (army) (in that, in him)

• अचारिते (acārite) - not spied upon (before) (not spied upon, not explored)

• बलात् (balāt) - forcibly (by force, forcibly)

• गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized (seized, caught, taken)

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many (monkeys) (by many)

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, severely (in many ways, manifoldly)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• विदारितः (vidāritaḥ) - torn apart, severely handled (torn apart, rent, wounded)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रविष्टमात्रे (praviṣṭamātre) - as soon as I entered (as soon as entered, immediately upon entering)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of praviṣṭamātra

praviṣṭamātra - merely entered, just entered

Compound of praviṣṭa (P.P.P. of pra-viś) + mātra (mere, only). Locative absolute construction, implying "when I had just entered".

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (praviṣṭa+mātra)

• praviṣṭa – entered, gone into
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root viś (to enter) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)
• mātra – mere, only, just
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, 'when there was merely an entering'.

ज्ञातः (jñātaḥ) - recognized (known, recognized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, recognized, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root jñā (to know).

Root: jñā (class 9)

अहम् (aham) - I (the spy Śārdūla) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

बले (bale) - in that army (in the army, in the force)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, army, force

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (army) (in that, in him)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अचारिते (acārite) - not spied upon (before) (not spied upon, not explored)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of acārita

acārita - not spied upon, not investigated, not caused to move

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negation 'a' + P.P.P. of causative root car (cār).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cārita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• cārita – spied upon, caused to move
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (causative)
  From causative stem cāri- of root car.
  Root: car (class 1)

बलात् (balāt) - forcibly (by force, forcibly)

(indeclinable)

From ablative singular of bala (strength), used adverbially.

Note: Adverbial usage.

गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized (seized, caught, taken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, caught, taken, accepted

Past Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, take).

Root: grah (class 9)

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many (monkeys) (by many)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Agent of gṛhītaḥ.

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, severely (in many ways, manifoldly)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -dhā.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active First Singular

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

विदारितः (vidāritaḥ) - torn apart, severely handled (torn apart, rent, wounded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidārita

vidārita - torn, rent, split, wounded

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛ (to tear, split) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: dṛ (class 6)

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