वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-5

विषण्णवदना ह्येते त्यक्तप्रहरणा दिशः ।
प्रपलायन्ति हरयस्त्रासादुत्फुल्ललोचनाः ॥५॥

5. viṣaṇṇavadanā hyete tyaktapraharaṇā diśaḥ ,
prapalāyanti harayastrāsādutphullalocanāḥ.

5. viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ hi ete tyaktapraharaṇāḥ diśaḥ
prapalāyanti harayaḥ trāsāt utphullalocanāḥ

5. hi ete harayaḥ viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ tyaktapraharaṇāḥ
trāsāt utphullalocanāḥ diśaḥ prapalāyanti

5. Indeed, these monkeys, with dejected faces and having abandoned their weapons, are fleeing in all directions, their eyes wide open with fear.

Words meanings summery:

• विषण्णवदनाः (viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ) - with dejected faces, sad-faced

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• एते (ete) - these

• त्यक्तप्रहरणाः (tyaktapraharaṇāḥ) - having abandoned weapons

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - in all directions, directions

• प्रपलायन्ति (prapalāyanti) - they flee

• हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys

• त्रासात् (trāsāt) - from fear

• उत्फुल्ललोचनाः (utphullalocanāḥ) - with wide-open eyes, startled eyes

Words meanings and morphology

विषण्णवदनाः (viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ) - with dejected faces, sad-faced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣaṇṇavadana

viṣaṇṇavadana - having a dejected face

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viṣaṇṇa+vadana)

• viṣaṇṇa – dejected, sad, dispirited
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sad
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ' (monkeys).

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

त्यक्तप्रहरणाः (tyaktapraharaṇāḥ) - having abandoned weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tyaktapraharaṇa

tyaktapraharaṇa - one who has abandoned weapons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+praharaṇa)

• tyakta – abandoned, left, given up
  verbal derivative (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• praharaṇa – weapon, striking
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ' (monkeys).

दिशः (diśaḥ) - in all directions, directions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter

Note: Implies movement towards or into directions.

प्रपलायन्ति (prapalāyanti) - they flee

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of palāy

Prefix: pra

Root: palāy (class 1)

हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, ape; also Vishnu, lion

त्रासात् (trāsāt) - from fear

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of trāsa

trāsa - fear, terror, dread

उत्फुल्ललोचनाः (utphullalocanāḥ) - with wide-open eyes, startled eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utphullalocana

utphullalocana - having wide-open or startled eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (utphulla+locana)

• utphulla – blooming, open, expanded
  verbal derivative (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ud
  Root: phull
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ' (monkeys).

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