वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-49

स नागभोगाचलशृङ्गकल्पौ विक्षिप्य बाहू गिरिशृङ्गसारौ ।
विवृत्य वक्त्रं वडवामुखाभं निशाचरो ऽसौ विकृतं जजृम्भे ॥४९॥

49. sa nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpau vikṣipya bāhū giriśṛṅgasārau ,
vivṛtya vaktraṃ vaḍavāmukhābhaṃ niśācaro'sau vikṛtaṃ jajṛmbhe.

49. asau niśācaraḥ saḥ
nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpau giriśṛṅgasārau
bāhū vikṣipya vaḍavāmukhābham
vaktram vivṛtya vikṛtam jajṛmbhe

49. That night-wanderer (niśācara), having stretched out his two arms, which resembled serpent bodies and were as strong as mountain peaks, and having opened his mouth, which was like the submarine fire (vaḍavāmukha), yawned monstrously.

Words meanings summery:

• असौ (asau) - that

• निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - night-wanderer, demon

• सः (saḥ) - he

• नागभोगाचलशृङ्गकल्पौ (nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpau) - like serpent bodies and mountain peaks

• गिरिशृङ्गसारौ (giriśṛṅgasārau) - strong as mountain peaks

• बाहू (bāhū) - two arms

• विक्षिप्य (vikṣipya) - having stretched/spread out

• वडवामुखाभम् (vaḍavāmukhābham) - resembling the mare's mouth (submarine fire)

• वक्त्रम् (vaktram) - mouth

• विवृत्य (vivṛtya) - having opened

• विकृतम् (vikṛtam) - monstrously, distortedly

• जजृम्भे (jajṛmbhe) - yawned, stretched

Words meanings and morphology

असौ (asau) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (distant), he/she/it

निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - night-wanderer, demon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  agent noun
  Root: car (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

नागभोगाचलशृङ्गकल्पौ (nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpau) - like serpent bodies and mountain peaks

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpa

nāgabhogācalaśṛṅgakalpa - resembling serpent bodies and mountain peaks

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nāgabhoga+acalaśṛṅga+kalpa)

• nāgabhoga – serpent's body/hood
  noun (masculine)
• acalaśṛṅga – mountain peak
  noun (neuter)
• kalpa – resembling, like, similar
  adjective

गिरिशृङ्गसारौ (giriśṛṅgasārau) - strong as mountain peaks

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of giriśṛṅgasāra

giriśṛṅgasāra - having the strength/essence of mountain peaks

Compound type : karmadhāraya (giriśṛṅga+sāra)

• giriśṛṅga – mountain peak
  noun (neuter)
• sāra – essence, strength, firm
  noun (masculine)

बाहू (bāhū) - two arms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm

विक्षिप्य (vikṣipya) - having stretched/spread out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Prefix: vi

Root: kṣip (class 6)

वडवामुखाभम् (vaḍavāmukhābham) - resembling the mare's mouth (submarine fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaḍavāmukhābha

vaḍavāmukhābha - resembling the mouth of a mare (submarine fire, vaḍavāmukha)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vaḍavāmukha+ābha)

• vaḍavāmukha – mare's mouth, submarine fire
  noun (neuter)
• ābha – resembling, shining, appearance
  adjective

वक्त्रम् (vaktram) - mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaktra

vaktra - mouth, face

विवृत्य (vivṛtya) - having opened

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

विकृतम् (vikṛtam) - monstrously, distortedly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vikṛta

vikṛta - distorted, disfigured, monstrous

Note: Used adverbially here.

जजृम्भे (jajṛmbhe) - yawned, stretched

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of jṛmbh

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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