वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-34, verse-15

सा बभूव निशा घोरा हरिराक्षसहारिणी ।
कालरात्रीव भूतानां सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमा ॥१५॥

15. sā babhūva niśā ghorā harirākṣasahāriṇī ,
kālarātrīva bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ duratikramā.

15. sā babhūva niśā ghorā harirākṣasahāriṇī
kālarātrī iva bhūtānām sarveṣām duratikramā

15. sā ghorā harirākṣasahāriṇī niśā sarveṣām
bhūtānām duratikramā kālarātrī iva babhūva

15. That dreadful night, which was annihilating both monkeys and rākṣasas, became like the night of cosmic dissolution (kālarātri), insurmountable for all beings.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

• निशा (niśā) - night

• घोरा (ghorā) - dreadful, terrible, fearful

• हरिराक्षसहारिणी (harirākṣasahāriṇī) - destroying monkeys and rākṣasas, carrying away monkeys and rākṣasas

• कालरात्री (kālarātrī) - the night of destruction, the cosmic night of dissolution

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, of everyone

• दुरतिक्रमा (duratikramā) - difficult to overcome, insurmountable

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - that (feminine), she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

निशा (niśā) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niśā

niśā - night

घोरा (ghorā) - dreadful, terrible, fearful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

हरिराक्षसहारिणी (harirākṣasahāriṇī) - destroying monkeys and rākṣasas, carrying away monkeys and rākṣasas

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of harirākṣasahāriṇī

harirākṣasahāriṇī - taking away/destroying monkeys and rākṣasas

Compound formed from hari (monkey) + rākṣasa (demon) + hārin (destroyer)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (with internal dvandva) (hari+rākṣasa+hārin)

• hari – monkey, tawny, lion
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• hārin – taking away, seizing, destroying, charming
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root hṛ (to take, carry)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

कालरात्री (kālarātrī) - the night of destruction, the cosmic night of dissolution

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālarātrī

kālarātrī - the night of universal destruction, the night of death

Tatpuruṣa compound: kālasya rātrī (night of time/death)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+rātrī)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• rātrī – night
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, to exist) with kta (ta) suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, of everyone

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

दुरतिक्रमा (duratikramā) - difficult to overcome, insurmountable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duratikrama

duratikrama - difficult to overcome, hard to transgress, insurmountable

Compound formed with prefixes dur- (difficult) and ati- (beyond) and root kram (to step)

Compound type : prādisamāsa (dur+atikrama)

• dur – bad, hard, difficult
  indeclinable
• atikrama – transgression, passing over, going beyond
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kram (to step) with prefix ati-
  Prefix: ati
  Root: kram (class 1)