वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-87

तमद्रिशृङ्गप्रतिमं किरीटिनं स्पृशन्तमादित्यमिवात्मतेजसा ।
वनौकसः प्रेक्ष्य विवृद्धमद्भुतं भयार्दिता दुद्रुविरे ततस्ततः ॥८७॥

87. tamadriśṛṅgapratimaṃ kirīṭinaṃ spṛśantamādityamivātmatejasā ,
vanaukasaḥ prekṣya vivṛddhamadbhutaṃ bhayārditā dudruvire tatastataḥ.

87. tam adriśṛṅgapratimam kirīṭinam
spṛśantam ādityam iva ātmatejasā
vanaukasaḥ prekṣya vivṛddham adbhutam
bhayārditāḥ dudruvire tataḥ tataḥ

87. vanaukasaḥ bhayārditāḥ tam
adriśṛṅgapratimam kirīṭinam ātmatejasā
ādityam iva spṛśantam vivṛddham adbhutam
prekṣya tataḥ tataḥ dudruvire

87. Seeing him, who was like a mountain peak, wearing a crown, and with his own radiance seemed to touch the sun, having grown enormously and appearing wondrously terrifying, the forest-dwelling monkeys, tormented by fear, scattered in all directions.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Kumbhakarna) (him, that)

• अद्रिशृङ्गप्रतिमम् (adriśṛṅgapratimam) - resembling a mountain peak

• किरीटिनम् (kirīṭinam) - crowned, wearing a diadem

• स्पृशन्तम् (spṛśantam) - touching, reaching

• आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun, a son of Aditi

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• आत्मतेजसा (ātmatejasā) - by his own splendor, with his own power

• वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - the monkey warriors (forest-dwellers, monkeys)

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, observing

• विवृद्धम् (vivṛddham) - greatly expanded in size (grown, expanded, enormous)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wondrously terrifying (due to his size) (amazing, wondrous, terrible, monstrous)

• भयार्दिताः (bhayārditāḥ) - afflicted by fear, tormented by fear

• दुद्रुविरे (dudruvire) - they fled, they ran away

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, in that direction

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, in that direction (repeated for emphasis 'in all directions')

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Kumbhakarna) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्रिशृङ्गप्रतिमम् (adriśṛṅgapratimam) - resembling a mountain peak

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adriśṛṅgapratima

adriśṛṅgapratima - resembling a mountain peak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adri+śṛṅga+pratima)

• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – peak, horn, summit
  noun (neuter)
• pratima – resembling, image, likeness
  adjective (masculine)

किरीटिनम् (kirīṭinam) - crowned, wearing a diadem

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - crowned, wearing a crown or diadem

Derived from 'kirīṭa' (crown) with suffix '-in'

स्पृशन्तम् (spṛśantam) - touching, reaching

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of spṛśat

spṛśat - touching, reaching

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root 'spṛś'

Root: spṛś (class 6)

आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun, a son of Aditi

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - the sun, a son of Aditi, a god

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

आत्मतेजसा (ātmatejasā) - by his own splendor, with his own power

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ātmatejas

ātmatejas - one's own splendor/power

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+tejas)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
• tejas – splendor, light, energy, might, fiery energy
  noun (neuter)

वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - the monkey warriors (forest-dwellers, monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest-dweller, monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, home, abode
  noun (neuter)

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, observing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root 'īkṣ' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

विवृद्धम् (vivṛddham) - greatly expanded in size (grown, expanded, enormous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vivṛddha

vivṛddha - grown, increased, greatly expanded

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root 'vṛdh' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wondrously terrifying (due to his size) (amazing, wondrous, terrible, monstrous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - amazing, wondrous, marvelous, monstrous, terrifying

भयार्दिताः (bhayārditāḥ) - afflicted by fear, tormented by fear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayārdita

bhayārdita - afflicted by fear, tormented by fear

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+ardita)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• ardita – afflicted, pained, distressed (PPP of ard)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root 'ard'
  Root: ard (class 1)

दुद्रुविरे (dudruvire) - they fled, they ran away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of dru

Perfect Tense, Reduplicated

3rd person plural, perfect (liṭ) active of root 'dru'

Root: dru (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, in that direction

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from there, in that direction (repeated for emphasis 'in all directions')

(indeclinable)

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