वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-63

वानरैः पर्वताकारैर्लङ्केयं परिवारिता ।
सीताहरणसंतप्ताद् रामान्नस्तुमुलं भयम् ॥६३॥

63. vānaraiḥ parvatākārairlaṅkeyaṃ parivāritā ,
sītāharaṇasaṃtaptād rāmānnastumulaṃ bhayam.

63. vānaraiḥ parvatākāraiḥ laṅkā iyam parivāritā
sītāharaṇasaṃtaptāt rāmāt naḥ tumulam bhayam

63. iyam laṅkā parvatākāraiḥ vānaraiḥ parivāritā
sītāharaṇasaṃtaptāt rāmāt naḥ tumulam bhayam

63. This Laṅkā is surrounded by mountain-sized monkeys. From Rāma, who is agitated by the abduction of Sītā, there is immense fear for us.

Words meanings summery:

• वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by monkeys, with monkeys

• पर्वताकारैः (parvatākāraiḥ) - by those of mountain-like form, by mountain-sized ones

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Laṅkā (city/island)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• परिवारिता (parivāritā) - surrounded, encompassed

• सीताहरणसंतप्तात् (sītāharaṇasaṁtaptāt) - from Rāma, who is deeply distressed by the kidnapping of Sītā (from him who is agitated by the abduction of Sītā)

• रामात् (rāmāt) - from Rāma

• नः (naḥ) - for us (who are speaking/listening) (for us, our, to us)

• तुमुलम् (tumulam) - immense, great, fierce, tumultuous

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

Words meanings and morphology

वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by monkeys, with monkeys

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

पर्वताकारैः (parvatākāraiḥ) - by those of mountain-like form, by mountain-sized ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parvatākāra

parvatākāra - mountain-like in form, mountain-sized

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (parvata+ākāra)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Laṅkā (city/island)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the name of the capital of Rāvaṇa), an island

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

परिवारिता (parivāritā) - surrounded, encompassed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parivārita

parivārita - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

from √vṛ 'to cover, surround' with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: √vṛ (class 1)

सीताहरणसंतप्तात् (sītāharaṇasaṁtaptāt) - from Rāma, who is deeply distressed by the kidnapping of Sītā (from him who is agitated by the abduction of Sītā)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sītāharaṇasaṃtapta

sītāharaṇasaṁtapta - agitated/tormented by the abduction of Sītā

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sītāharaṇa+saṃtapta)

• sītāharaṇa – abduction of Sītā
  noun (neuter)
• saṃtapta – agitated, tormented, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √tap 'to heat, torment' with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √tap (class 1)

रामात् (rāmāt) - from Rāma

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a prominent deity and the protagonist of the Rāmāyaṇa epic)

नः (naḥ) - for us (who are speaking/listening) (for us, our, to us)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)

Note: Used here in the dative sense 'for us'

तुमुलम् (tumulam) - immense, great, fierce, tumultuous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, noisy, agitated, immense, great

Note: Modifies 'bhayam'

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

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