वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-31, verse-5

मेघाः क्रव्यादसंकाशाः परुषाः परुषस्वनाः ।
क्रूराः क्रूरं प्रवर्षन्ति मिश्रं शोणितबिन्दुभिः ॥५॥

5. meghāḥ kravyādasaṃkāśāḥ paruṣāḥ paruṣasvanāḥ ,
krūrāḥ krūraṃ pravarṣanti miśraṃ śoṇitabindubhiḥ.

5. meghāḥ kravyādasaṃkāśāḥ paruṣāḥ paruṣasvanāḥ
krūrāḥ krūram pravarṣanti miśram śoṇitabindubhiḥ

5. meghāḥ kravyādasaṃkāśāḥ paruṣāḥ paruṣasvanāḥ
krūrāḥ krūram śoṇitabindubhiḥ miśram pravarṣanti

5. The clouds, resembling flesh-eaters, are harsh, with fierce sounds, and cruelly pour down a mixture of blood drops.

Words meanings summery:

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• क्रव्यादसंकाशाः (kravyādasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling flesh-eaters, like carrion-eaters

• परुषाः (paruṣāḥ) - harsh, rough, cruel

• परुषस्वनाः (paruṣasvanāḥ) - having harsh sounds, with rough noises

• क्रूराः (krūrāḥ) - cruel, fierce, dreadful

• क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruelly, fiercely, dreadfully (adverbial use)

• प्रवर्षन्ति (pravarṣanti) - they rain down, they pour down

• मिश्रम् (miśram) - a mixture (mixed, mingled)

• शोणितबिन्दुभिः (śoṇitabindubhiḥ) - with drops of blood

Words meanings and morphology

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

क्रव्यादसंकाशाः (kravyādasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling flesh-eaters, like carrion-eaters

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyādasaṃkāśa

kravyādasaṁkāśa - resembling a flesh-eater, like a carrion-eater

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kravyāda+saṃkāśa)

• kravyāda – flesh-eater, carrion-eater
  noun (masculine)
  from kravya (flesh) + √ad (to eat) + ṇvic (agent suffix)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, similar to, like
  adjective (masculine)
  from saṃ-√kāś (to appear)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

परुषाः (paruṣāḥ) - harsh, rough, cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paruṣa

paruṣa - harsh, rough, cruel, severe

परुषस्वनाः (paruṣasvanāḥ) - having harsh sounds, with rough noises

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paruṣasvana

paruṣasvana - having a harsh sound, with rough noises

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (paruṣa+svana)

• paruṣa – harsh, rough, cruel
  adjective (masculine)
• svana – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  from √svan (to sound)
  Root: svan (class 2)

क्रूराः (krūrāḥ) - cruel, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, dreadful, bloody

क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruelly, fiercely, dreadfully (adverbial use)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can be used adverbially in neuter accusative singular.

प्रवर्षन्ति (pravarṣanti) - they rain down, they pour down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pravarṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

मिश्रम् (miśram) - a mixture (mixed, mingled)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of miśra

miśra - mixed, mingled, combined; a mixture

Note: Here functions as an object, 'a mixture'.

शोणितबिन्दुभिः (śoṇitabindubhiḥ) - with drops of blood

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śoṇitabindu

śoṇitabindu - drop of blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoṇita+bindu)

• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
• bindu – drop, dot
  noun (masculine)

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