वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-47, verse-17

यो ऽसौ नवार्कोदितताम्रचक्षुरारुह्य घण्टानिनदप्रणादम् ।
गजं खरं गर्जति वै महात्मा महोदरो नाम स एष वीरः ॥१७॥

17. yo'sau navārkoditatāmracakṣurāruhya ghaṇṭāninadapraṇādam ,
gajaṃ kharaṃ garjati vai mahātmā mahodaro nāma sa eṣa vīraḥ.

17. yaḥ asau navārkoditatāmracakṣuḥ
āruhya ghaṇṭāninadapraṇādam
gajam kharam garjati vai mahātmā
Mahodaraḥ nāma saḥ eṣaḥ vīraḥ

17. saḥ eṣaḥ vīraḥ Mahodaraḥ nāma
vai yaḥ asau mahātmā
navārkoditatāmracakṣuḥ ghaṇṭāninadapraṇādam
gajam āruhya kharam garjati

17. That great-souled (mahātmā) hero, whose eyes are reddish like the newly risen sun, mounts an elephant whose bells loudly peal, and then roars fiercely; he is indeed this warrior named Mahodara.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• असौ (asau) - that, yonder

• नवार्कोदितताम्रचक्षुः (navārkoditatāmracakṣuḥ) - whose eyes are reddish like the newly risen sun

• आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted, having ascended

• घण्टानिनदप्रणादम् (ghaṇṭāninadapraṇādam) - sounding with the pealing of bells

• गजम् (gajam) - elephant

• खरम् (kharam) - fiercely, loudly, harshly

• गर्जति (garjati) - roars, thunders

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - great-souled hero (great-souled, noble, illustrious person)

• महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (proper name)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, named

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, he

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, warrior, brave man

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

असौ (asau) - that, yonder

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

नवार्कोदितताम्रचक्षुः (navārkoditatāmracakṣuḥ) - whose eyes are reddish like the newly risen sun

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of navārkoditatāmracakṣus

navārkoditatāmracakṣus - whose eyes are reddish like the newly risen sun

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nava+udita+arka+tāmra+cakṣus)

• nava – new, fresh
  adjective (masculine)
• udita – risen, appeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root i (to go) with upasarga ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)
• arka – sun
  noun (masculine)
• tāmra – copper-colored, reddish
  adjective (masculine)
• cakṣus – eye
  noun (neuter)

आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted, having ascended

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Derived from the root ruh (to ascend) with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

घण्टानिनदप्रणादम् (ghaṇṭāninadapraṇādam) - sounding with the pealing of bells

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghaṇṭāninadapraṇāda

ghaṇṭāninadapraṇāda - sounding with the pealing of bells

Compound type : tatpurusha (ghaṇṭā+ninada+praṇāda)

• ghaṇṭā – bell
  noun (feminine)
• ninada – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
• praṇāda – loud sound, roar, peal
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the elephant (gajam).

गजम् (gajam) - elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

खरम् (kharam) - fiercely, loudly, harshly

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of khara

khara - sharp, fierce, harsh, loud

Note: Used here adverbially, 'loudly' or 'fiercely'.

गर्जति (garjati) - roars, thunders

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of garj

Root: garj (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - great-souled hero (great-souled, noble, illustrious person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous (mahātmā)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Mahodara

Mahodara - Mahodara (lit. 'great-bellied'), a name of a Rakshasa general

नाम (nāma) - by name, named

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, warrior, brave man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man