वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-41, verse-1

तेषां सुतुमुलं शब्दं वानराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
नर्दतां राक्षसैः सार्धं तदा शुश्राव रावणः ॥१॥

1. teṣāṃ sutumulaṃ śabdaṃ vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām ,
nardatāṃ rākṣasaiḥ sārdhaṃ tadā śuśrāva rāvaṇaḥ.

1. teṣām sutumulam śabdam vānarāṇām tarasvinām
nardatām rākṣasaiḥ sārdham tadā śuśrāva rāvaṇaḥ

1. tadā rāvaṇaḥ rākṣasaiḥ sārdham nardatām teṣām
tarasvinām vānarāṇām sutumulam śabdam śuśrāva

1. Then, Rāvaṇa heard that exceedingly mighty roar of the powerful monkeys, who were shouting alongside the rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• सुतुमुलम् (sutumulam) - very mighty, exceedingly tumultuous

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound, noise, roar

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful, of the vigorous

• नर्दताम् (nardatām) - of those roaring, of the shouting ones

• राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by the rākṣasas, with the rākṣasas

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with, along with

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुतुमुलम् (sutumulam) - very mighty, exceedingly tumultuous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sutumula

sutumula - very mighty, exceedingly tumultuous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tumula)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
• tumula – tumultuous, mighty, confused, noisy
  adjective (masculine)

शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound, noise, roar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful, of the vigorous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - powerful, vigorous, strong, swift

possessive adjective from taras 'power, strength'

नर्दताम् (nardatām) - of those roaring, of the shouting ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nardat

nardat - roaring, shouting (present participle)

present active participle

present active participle of root nard

Root: nard (class 1)

राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by the rākṣasas, with the rākṣasas

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - rākṣasa (demon)

सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with, along with

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

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