वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-83

ईषत्समुत्कटो मत्तस्तेजोबलसमन्वितः ।
कुम्भकर्णो बभौ हृष्टः कालान्तकयमोपमः ॥८३॥

83. īṣatsamutkaṭo mattastejobalasamanvitaḥ ,
kumbhakarṇo babhau hṛṣṭaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ.

83. īṣat samutkaṭaḥ mattaḥ tejobalasamanvitaḥ
kumbhakarṇaḥ babhau hṛṣṭaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ

83. Kumbhakarna, somewhat formidable and mighty, endowed with splendor and strength, appeared joyful, resembling Yama, the god who brings an end to time.

Words meanings summery:

• ईषत् (īṣat) - a little, slightly, somewhat

• समुत्कटः (samutkaṭaḥ) - formidable (referring to his appearance) (immensely great, formidable, prominent, excessive)

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - mighty (referring to his power) (intoxicated, frenzied, mighty, arrogant)

• तेजोबलसमन्वितः (tejobalasamanvitaḥ) - endowed with splendor and strength

• कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

• बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, became visible

• हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, joyful, thrilled, pleased

• कालान्तकयमोपमः (kālāntakayamopamaḥ) - comparable to Yama (the god of death) who brings an end to time

Words meanings and morphology

ईषत् (īṣat) - a little, slightly, somewhat

(indeclinable)

Note: adverbial use

समुत्कटः (samutkaṭaḥ) - formidable (referring to his appearance) (immensely great, formidable, prominent, excessive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samutkaṭa

samutkaṭa - immensely great, formidable, prominent, excessive

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - mighty (referring to his power) (intoxicated, frenzied, mighty, arrogant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, frenzied, mighty, arrogant

Past Passive Participle

Root: mad (class 4)

तेजोबलसमन्वितः (tejobalasamanvitaḥ) - endowed with splendor and strength

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tejobalasamanvita

tejobalasamanvita - endowed with splendor and strength

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tejas+bala+samanvita)

• tejas – splendor, brilliance, power, energy
  noun (neuter)
• bala – strength, power, might, force
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'i' with prefixes 'sam' and 'anu'
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarna (a proper name, lit. 'pot-eared')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kumbha+karṇa)

• kumbha – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, became visible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, joyful, thrilled, pleased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, joyful, thrilled, pleased

Past Passive Participle

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

कालान्तकयमोपमः (kālāntakayamopamaḥ) - comparable to Yama (the god of death) who brings an end to time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālāntakayamopama

kālāntakayamopama - comparable to Yama, the terminator of time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+antaka+yama+upama)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• antaka – end-maker, destroyer, Yama
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)
• yama – Yama (god of death), twin, restraint
  proper noun (masculine)
• upama – similar, comparable to, equal to
  adjective

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