वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-51

अथावृत्य महीं कृत्स्नां जगाम महती चमूः ।
ऋक्षवानरशार्दूलैर्नखदंष्ट्रायुधैर्वृता ॥५१॥

51. athāvṛtya mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ jagāma mahatī camūḥ ,
ṛkṣavānaraśārdūlairnakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhairvṛtā.

51. atha āvṛtya mahīm kṛtsnām jagāma mahatī camūḥ
ṛkṣavānaraśārdūlaiḥ nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhaiḥ vṛtā

51. atha mahatī camūḥ kṛtsnām mahīm āvṛtya jagāma
ṛkṣavānaraśārdūlaiḥ nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhaiḥ vṛtā

51. Then, a vast army advanced, covering the entire earth, accompanied by bears, monkeys, and mighty warriors resembling tigers, whose only weapons were their claws and fangs.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, having encompassed, having turned back

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

• कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole, complete

• जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded, attained

• महती (mahatī) - great, vast, large

• चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

• ऋक्षवानरशार्दूलैः (ṛkṣavānaraśārdūlaiḥ) - by bears, monkeys, and tiger-like warriors

• नखदंष्ट्रायुधैः (nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudhaiḥ) - by those whose weapons are claws and fangs

• वृता (vṛtā) - accompanied, surrounded, filled with

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, having encompassed, having turned back

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from √vṛ (to cover, encompass) with prefix ā and suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land

कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all

जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded, attained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect Active Indicative (reduplicated perfect)

Root: gam (class 1)

महती (mahatī) - great, vast, large

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

चमूः (camūḥ) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of camū

camū - army, host, battle-array

ऋक्षवानरशार्दूलैः (ṛkṣavānaraśārdūlaiḥ) - by bears, monkeys, and tiger-like warriors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṛkṣavānaraśārdūla

ṛkṣavānaraśārdūla - bears, monkeys, and tigers

Compound type : dvandva (ṛkṣa+vānara+śārdūla)

• ṛkṣa – bear
  noun (masculine)
• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, chief, preeminent among
  noun (masculine)

नखदंष्ट्रायुधैः (nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudhaiḥ) - by those whose weapons are claws and fangs

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudha

nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudha - having claws and fangs as weapons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nakha+daṃṣṭrā+āyudha)

• nakha – nail, claw
  noun (masculine)
• daṃṣṭrā – fang, tusk
  noun (feminine)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)

वृता (vṛtā) - accompanied, surrounded, filled with

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - covered, surrounded, accompanied by, chosen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √vṛ (to cover, choose)

Root: vṛ (class 5)