वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-36, verse-21

विनेदुश्च महानादान् सर्वे ते जलदोपमाः ।
हतो राम इति ज्ञात्वा रावणिं समपूजयन् ॥२१॥

21. vineduśca mahānādān sarve te jaladopamāḥ ,
hato rāma iti jñātvā rāvaṇiṃ samapūjayan.

21. vineduḥ ca mahānādān sarve te jaladopamāḥ
hataḥ rāmaḥ iti jñātvā rāvaṇim samapūjayan

21. sarve te jaladopamāḥ mahānādān vineduḥ rāmaḥ
hataḥ iti jñātvā rāvaṇim ca samapūjayan

21. And all of them, roaring mighty sounds like thunderclouds, honored Rāvaṇi (Indrajit) upon learning, 'Rāma has been killed.'

Words meanings summery:

• विनेदुः (vineduḥ) - they (the Rākṣasas) roared loudly (they roared, they shouted)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महानादान् (mahānādān) - mighty roars (great roars, loud sounds)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them, i.e., the Rākṣasas) (all, everyone)

• ते (te) - they (the Rākṣasas) (they, those)

• जलदोपमाः (jaladopamāḥ) - like thunderclouds (like clouds)

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma (the protagonist) (Rāma)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the thought "Rāma has been killed") (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought))

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - upon learning (having known, having understood)

• रावणिम् (rāvaṇim) - Rāvaṇi (Indrajit) (to Rāvaṇi (son of Rāvaṇa, i.e., Indrajit))

• समपूजयन् (samapūjayan) - they honored (they worshipped, they honored)

Words meanings and morphology

विनेदुः (vineduḥ) - they (the Rākṣasas) roared loudly (they roared, they shouted)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vinad

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: nad (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महानादान् (mahānādān) - mighty roars (great roars, loud sounds)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahānāda

mahānāda - great sound, mighty roar

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+nāda)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• nāda – sound, roar, cry
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nad (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them, i.e., the Rākṣasas) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

ते (te) - they (the Rākṣasas) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जलदोपमाः (jaladopamāḥ) - like thunderclouds (like clouds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaladopama

jaladopama - resembling a cloud, like a cloud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jalada+upama)

• jalada – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dā (class 3)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, simile, like
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'sarve te'.

हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively with 'rāmaḥ'.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma (the protagonist) (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming

Note: Subject of the clause "Rāma is killed."

इति (iti) - thus (marking the thought "Rāma has been killed") (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - upon learning (having known, having understood)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā from root 'jñā'.

Root: jñā (class 9)

रावणिम् (rāvaṇim) - Rāvaṇi (Indrajit) (to Rāvaṇi (son of Rāvaṇa, i.e., Indrajit))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇi

rāvaṇi - son of Rāvaṇa, Indrajit

A patronymic derivation from Rāvaṇa.

Note: Object of 'samapūjayan'.

समपूजयन् (samapūjayan) - they honored (they worshipped, they honored)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sampūjay

Prefix: sam

Root: pūj (class 10)