वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-42, verse-8

ते भीमवेगा हरयो नर्दमानास्ततस्ततः ।
ममन्थू राक्षसान्भीमान्नामानि च बभाषिरे ॥८॥

8. te bhīmavegā harayo nardamānāstatastataḥ ,
mamanthū rākṣasānbhīmānnāmāni ca babhāṣire.

8. te bhīmavegāḥ harayaḥ nardamānāḥ tataḥ tataḥ
mamanthuḥ rākṣasān bhīmān nāmāni ca babhāṣire

8. te bhīmavegāḥ nardamānāḥ harayaḥ tataḥ tataḥ
bhīmān rākṣasān mamanthuḥ nāmāni ca babhāṣire

8. Those monkeys, moving with dreadful speed and roaring everywhere, crushed the formidable rākṣasas and also uttered their names (or war cries).

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (monkeys) (they, those)

• भीमवेगाः (bhīmavegāḥ) - having dreadful speed, moving terribly fast, of tremendous impetus

• हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys, tawny ones

• नर्दमानाः (nardamānāḥ) - roaring, shouting, making noise

• ततः (tataḥ) - from place to place, everywhere (from there, then, everywhere)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from place to place, everywhere (from there, then, everywhere)

• ममन्थुः (mamanthuḥ) - they crushed (the rākṣasas) (they churned, they crushed, they destroyed)

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - rākṣasas, demons

• भीमान् (bhīmān) - formidable (rākṣasas) (dreadful, terrible, formidable)

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names (or war cries) (names, appellations)

• च (ca) - and, also

• बभाषिरे (babhāṣire) - they spoke, they uttered, they declared

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (monkeys) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

भीमवेगाः (bhīmavegāḥ) - having dreadful speed, moving terribly fast, of tremendous impetus

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīmavega

bhīmavega - dreadful speed, fearful impetuosity

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīma+vega)

• bhīma – dreadful, terrible, fearful
  adjective
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• vega – speed, velocity, impetus, force
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ'.

हरयः (harayaḥ) - monkeys, tawny ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, lion, sun, Viṣṇu, Indra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'mamanthuḥ' and 'babhāṣire'.

नर्दमानाः (nardamānāḥ) - roaring, shouting, making noise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nardamāna

nardamāna - roaring, shouting, making noise

present active participle (ātmanepada)

From root 'nard' (to roar, shout).

Root: nard (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'harayaḥ'.

ततः (tataḥ) - from place to place, everywhere (from there, then, everywhere)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad'.

Note: Used twice (tataḥ tataḥ) to mean 'everywhere' or 'from all sides'.

ततः (tataḥ) - from place to place, everywhere (from there, then, everywhere)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad'.

Note: Used twice (tataḥ tataḥ) to mean 'everywhere' or 'from all sides'.

ममन्थुः (mamanthuḥ) - they crushed (the rākṣasas) (they churned, they crushed, they destroyed)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

Root 'manth', perfect tense.

Root: manth (class 1)

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - rākṣasas, demons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - rākṣasa, demon

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'mamanthuḥ'.

भीमान् (bhīmān) - formidable (rākṣasas) (dreadful, terrible, formidable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasān'.

नामानि (nāmāni) - names (or war cries) (names, appellations)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

Note: Object of 'babhāṣire'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बभाषिरे (babhāṣire) - they spoke, they uttered, they declared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of bhāṣ

perfect middle indicative

Root 'bhāṣ', perfect tense.

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

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