वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-30, verse-15

वित्रासयन्तो विहगांस्त्रासयन्तो मृगद्विपान् ।
कम्पयन्तश्च तां लङ्कां नादैः स्वैर्नदतां वराः ॥१५॥

15. vitrāsayanto vihagāṃstrāsayanto mṛgadvipān ,
kampayantaśca tāṃ laṅkāṃ nādaiḥ svairnadatāṃ varāḥ.

15. vitrāsāyantaḥ vihagān trāsayantaḥ mṛgadvipān
kampayantaḥ ca tām laṅkām nādaiḥ svaiḥ nadatām varāḥ

15. nadatām varāḥ vihagān vitrāsāyantaḥ mṛgadvipān
trāsayantaḥ ca svaiḥ nādaiḥ tām laṅkām kampayantaḥ

15. The best among those who roared, terrifying the birds, scaring the deer and elephants, and shaking that Laṅkā with their own sounds.

Words meanings summery:

• वित्रासायन्तः (vitrāsāyantaḥ) - terrifying, frightening

• विहगान् (vihagān) - birds

• त्रासयन्तः (trāsayantaḥ) - scaring, terrifying

• मृगद्विपान् (mṛgadvipān) - deer and elephants

• कम्पयन्तः (kampayantaḥ) - shaking, causing to tremble

• च (ca) - and

• ताम् (tām) - that

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (proper noun)

• नादैः (nādaiḥ) - with sounds, roars

• स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by their own

• नदताम् (nadatām) - of those who roar

• वराः (varāḥ) - (referring to the Vānaras or Rākṣasas in context of Rāmāyaṇa) (the best, excellent ones)

Words meanings and morphology

वित्रासायन्तः (vitrāsāyantaḥ) - terrifying, frightening

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vitrāsāyat

vitrāsāyat - one who frightens away, terrifying

Present Active Participle

From verb vi-√tras (to be afraid) with causative suffix -āya and present participle suffix -at.

Prefix: vi

Root: tras (class 4)

विहगान् (vihagān) - birds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird (lit. 'going in the sky')

From vi (sky) + √gam (to go) + ḍa suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

त्रासयन्तः (trāsayantaḥ) - scaring, terrifying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trāsayat

trāsayat - one who causes fear, frightening

Present Active Participle

From causative stem trāsaya (from √tras to be afraid) + present participle suffix -at.

Root: tras (class 4)

मृगद्विपान् (mṛgadvipān) - deer and elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛgadvipa

mṛgadvipa - deer and elephants

Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+dvipa)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• dvipa – elephant (lit. 'twice-drinking')
  noun (masculine)

कम्पयन्तः (kampayantaḥ) - shaking, causing to tremble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kampayat

kampayat - one who shakes, shaking

Present Active Participle

From causative stem kampaya (from √kamp to tremble) + present participle suffix -at.

Root: kamp (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the capital city of Rāvaṇa)

नादैः (nādaiḥ) - with sounds, roars

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry

From √nad (to sound, roar).

Root: nad (class 1)

स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by their own

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self

नदताम् (nadatām) - of those who roar

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nadat

nadat - roaring, sounding

Present Active Participle

From √nad (to sound, roar) + present participle suffix -at.

Root: nad (class 1)

वराः (varāḥ) - (referring to the Vānaras or Rākṣasas in context of Rāmāyaṇa) (the best, excellent ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice

From √vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)