वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-32, verse-5

स चिन्तयित्वा सुचिरं धैर्यमालम्ब्य रावणः ।
राघवं हरियूथांश्च ददर्शायतलोचनः ॥५॥

5. sa cintayitvā suciraṃ dhairyamālambya rāvaṇaḥ ,
rāghavaṃ hariyūthāṃśca dadarśāyatalocanaḥ.

5. saḥ cintayitvā suciram dhairyam ālambya rāvaṇaḥ
rāghavam hariyūthān ca dadarśa āyatalocanaḥ

5. rāvaṇaḥ saḥ suciram cintayitvā dhairyam ca ālambya
āyatalocanaḥ rāghavam hariyūthān ca dadarśa

5. Having reflected for a long time and steeling himself with patience, Ravana, keen-eyed, saw Rama and the monkey hordes.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - having thought, having reflected

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a long time, very long

• धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - patience, fortitude, courage

• आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having grasped, having resorted to, having taken hold of

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rama (descendant of Raghu) (Rama)

• हरियूथान् (hariyūthān) - monkey legions/hordes

• च (ca) - and

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• आयतलोचनः (āyatalocanaḥ) - with long eyes, keen-eyed

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिन्तयित्वा (cintayitvā) - having thought, having reflected

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

from causative of √cit (to think) + tvā

Root: cit (class 10)

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a long time, very long

(indeclinable)

Compound type : pravādi-samāsa (su+cira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• cira – long (time)
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular

धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - patience, fortitude, courage

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhairya

dhairya - patience, fortitude, courage

from dhīra + ya (abstract noun)

आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having grasped, having resorted to, having taken hold of

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

from ā-√lamb + ya

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the king of Lanka)

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rama (descendant of Raghu) (Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - Rama (a descendant of Raghu)

हरियूथान् (hariyūthān) - monkey legions/hordes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hariyūtha

hariyūtha - monkey troop, monkey horde

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+yūtha)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• yūtha – group, herd, troop, legion
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect active, Parasmaipada

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आयतलोचनः (āyatalocanaḥ) - with long eyes, keen-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyatalocana

āyatalocana - having long eyes, keen-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āyata+locana)

• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ā-√yam (to stretch)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc (class 10)

Note: Agrees with Rāvaṇaḥ

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