वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-6

तं भीमवेगा हरयो नाराचैः क्षतविक्षताः ।
अन्धकारे न ददृशुर्मेघैः सूर्यमिवावृतम् ॥६॥

6. taṃ bhīmavegā harayo nārācaiḥ kṣatavikṣatāḥ ,
andhakāre na dadṛśurmeghaiḥ sūryamivāvṛtam.

6. taṃ bhīmavegāḥ harayaḥ nārācaiḥ kṣatavikṣatāḥ
andhakāre na dadṛśuḥ meghaiḥ sūryam iva āvṛtam

6. te bhīmavegāḥ nārācaiḥ kṣatavikṣatāḥ harayaḥ
andhakāre taṃ na dadṛśuḥ meghaiḥ āvṛtam sūryam iva

6. Those fiercely rushing monkeys, wounded and severely pierced by the iron arrows, could not see him in the darkness, just as the sun is obscured by clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• तं (taṁ) - him (Indrajit) (him, that)

• भीमवेगाः (bhīmavegāḥ) - fiercely rushing (having fierce speed, impetuous)

• हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys (monkeys, lions, horses)

• नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by iron arrows (by iron arrows, by darts)

• क्षतविक्षताः (kṣatavikṣatāḥ) - wounded and severely pierced (wounded and greatly injured/pierced)

• अन्धकारे (andhakāre) - in the darkness (in darkness)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they could not see (they saw)

• मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds

• सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - obscured (covered, enveloped, obscured)

Words meanings and morphology

तं (taṁ) - him (Indrajit) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him

भीमवेगाः (bhīmavegāḥ) - fiercely rushing (having fierce speed, impetuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīmavega

bhīmavega - having fierce speed or velocity, impetuous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+vega)

• bhīma – fearsome, terrible
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• vega – speed, rush, force
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 3)

हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys (monkeys, lions, horses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, lion, horse, Vishnu

नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by iron arrows (by iron arrows, by darts)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a dart

क्षतविक्षताः (kṣatavikṣatāḥ) - wounded and severely pierced (wounded and greatly injured/pierced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatavikṣata

kṣatavikṣata - wounded, injured, pierced here and there

Past Passive Participle

Compound of kṣata (PPP of kṣan 'to hurt') and vikṣata (PPP of vi-kṣan 'to wound deeply').

Compound type : dvandva (kṣata+vikṣata)

• kṣata – wounded, injured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root kṣan (to hurt)
  Root: kṣan (class 8)
• vikṣata – severely wounded, pierced, injured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root kṣan (to hurt) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣan (class 8)

अन्धकारे (andhakāre) - in the darkness (in darkness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of andhakāra

andhakāra - darkness, gloom

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they could not see (they saw)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

perfect

3rd person plural perfect active of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

Root: mih (class 1)

सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - the sun, sun god

Root: svar

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - obscured (covered, enveloped, obscured)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, enveloped, surrounded, obscured

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

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