वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-32, verse-22

ऋष्काणां भीमवेगानां धूम्रः शत्रुनिबर्हणः ।
वृतः कोट्या महावीर्यस्तस्थौ रामस्य पार्श्वतः ॥२२॥

22. ṛṣkāṇāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ dhūmraḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ,
vṛtaḥ koṭyā mahāvīryastasthau rāmasya pārśvataḥ.

22. ṛṣkāṇām bhīmavegānām dhūmraḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
vṛtaḥ koṭyā mahāvīryaḥ tasthau rāmasya pārśvataḥ

22. bhīmavegānām śatrunibarhaṇaḥ mahāvīryaḥ dhūmraḥ
ṛṣkāṇām koṭyā vṛtaḥ rāmasya pārśvataḥ tasthau

22. Dhūmra, the mighty (mahāvīrya) slayer of enemies (śatrunibarhaṇa) and possessing terrifying speed (bhīmavega), stood beside Rāma, surrounded by a crore (koṭi) of bears (ṛkṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• ऋष्काणाम् (ṛṣkāṇām) - of bears

• भीमवेगानाम् (bhīmavegānām) - of the bears with terrifying speed (of those with terrible speed)

• धूम्रः (dhūmraḥ) - Dhūmra, a bear chief (Dhūmra)

• शत्रुनिबर्हणः (śatrunibarhaṇaḥ) - destroyer of enemies, slayer of foes

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encircled

• कोट्या (koṭyā) - by a crore of bears (by a crore, by ten million)

• महावीर्यः (mahāvīryaḥ) - very powerful, mighty

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - stationed himself (stood, stayed, remained)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• पार्श्वतः (pārśvataḥ) - beside (Rāma) (from the side, near, beside)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋष्काणाम् (ṛṣkāṇām) - of bears

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛkṣa

ṛkṣa - bear

Note: The input had ṛṣkāṇām, which is likely a variant or typo for ṛkṣāṇām.

भीमवेगानाम् (bhīmavegānām) - of the bears with terrifying speed (of those with terrible speed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhīmavega

bhīmavega - of terrible speed, swift and dreadful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+vega)

• bhīma – fearful, terrible, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (masculine)

धूम्रः (dhūmraḥ) - Dhūmra, a bear chief (Dhūmra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūmra

dhūmra - Dhūmra (name of a bear chief in the Rāmāyaṇa); smoke-colored, grey

शत्रुनिबर्हणः (śatrunibarhaṇaḥ) - destroyer of enemies, slayer of foes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatrunibarhaṇa

śatrunibarhaṇa - destroyer of enemies, slayer of foes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+nibarhaṇa)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• nibarhaṇa – destroying, killing, removal
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bṛh (class 6)

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encircled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛ- (to choose, to cover, to surround) with suffix -kta

Root: vṛ (class 5)

कोट्या (koṭyā) - by a crore of bears (by a crore, by ten million)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of koṭi

koṭi - crore (ten million), edge, end, highest point

महावीर्यः (mahāvīryaḥ) - very powerful, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvīrya

mahāvīrya - very powerful, mighty, full of great energy

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+vīrya)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• vīrya – valor, energy, strength
  noun (neuter)

तस्थौ (tasthau) - stationed himself (stood, stayed, remained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the seventh incarnation of Viṣṇu)

पार्श्वतः (pārśvataḥ) - beside (Rāma) (from the side, near, beside)

(indeclinable)

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