वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-34, verse-4

जहि दारय चैतीति कथं विद्रवसीति च ।
एवं सुतुमुलः शब्दस्तस्मिंस्तमसि शुश्रुवे ॥४॥

4. jahi dāraya caitīti kathaṃ vidravasīti ca ,
evaṃ sutumulaḥ śabdastasmiṃstamasi śuśruve.

4. jahi dāraya ca iti katham vidravasi iti ca
evam sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ tasmin tamasi śuśruve

4. In that darkness, a tremendously tumultuous sound was heard, with cries like "Kill! Tear apart!" and "Why do you flee?".

Words meanings summery:

• जहि (jahi) - Kill!, Slay!

• दारय (dāraya) - Tear apart!, Split!

• च (ca) - and

• इति (iti) - marking direct speech (thus, so saying)

• कथम् (katham) - "Why do you flee?" (how?, why?)

• विद्रवसि (vidravasi) - you flee, you run away

• इति (iti) - marking direct speech (thus, so saying)

• च (ca) - and

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• सुतुमुलः (sutumulaḥ) - very tumultuous, very noisy

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (darkness) (in that)

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

• शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard

Words meanings and morphology

जहि (jahi) - Kill!, Slay!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

Imperative

Second person singular imperative active of root `han`.

Root: han (class 2)

दारय (dāraya) - Tear apart!, Split!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dāray

Imperative (causative)

Second person singular imperative active of the causative stem of root `dṛ` (to tear).

Root: dṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

An indeclinable particle.

इति (iti) - marking direct speech (thus, so saying)

(indeclinable)

An indeclinable particle.

कथम् (katham) - "Why do you flee?" (how?, why?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb, from `kim` (what) with suffix `tham`.

विद्रवसि (vidravasi) - you flee, you run away

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vidrav

Present indicative

Second person singular present active of root `dru` (to run) with prefix `vi-`.

Prefix: vi

Root: dru (class 1)

इति (iti) - marking direct speech (thus, so saying)

(indeclinable)

An indeclinable particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

An indeclinable particle.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `idam` (this).

सुतुमुलः (sutumulaḥ) - very tumultuous, very noisy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sutumula

sutumula - very tumultuous, exceedingly agitated, very noisy

Compound of `su-` (good, very) and `tumula` (tumultuous).

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+tumula)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
  Used as an intensifying prefix.
• tumula – tumultuous, noisy, agitated, confused
  adjective
  From root `tu` (to be strong, move).
  Root: tu

Note: Nominative singular masculine, agreeing with `śabdaḥ`.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, roar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, noise

From root `śabd` (to make a sound).

Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (darkness) (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Locative singular neuter, agreeing with `tamasi`.

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

From root `tam` (to be bewildered, grow dark).

Root: tam (class 4)

Note: Locative singular.

शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of śru

Perfect tense

Third person singular perfect middle (ātmanepada) of root `śru`. Root `śru` undergoes reduplication `śuśru-` in perfect.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Implies passive voice here.