वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-101

रामो ऽयमिति विज्ञाय जहास विकृतस्वनम् ।
पातयन्निव सर्वेषां हृदयानि वनौकसाम् ॥१०१॥

101. rāmo'yamiti vijñāya jahāsa vikṛtasvanam ,
pātayanniva sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāni vanaukasām.

101. rāmaḥ ayam iti vijñāya jahāsa vikṛta-svanam
| pātayan iva sarveṣām hṛdayāni vana-okasām

101. ayam rāmaḥ iti vijñāya,
(saḥ) vikṛta-svanam jahāsa,
sarveṣām vana-okasām hṛdayāni pātayan iva.

101. Recognizing "This is Rāma," he laughed with a distorted sound, as if making the hearts of all the forest-dwellers fall.

Words meanings summery:

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• अयम् (ayam) - This (one) (this (masculine nominative singular))

• इति (iti) - (quote indicator) (thus, so, denoting quotation)

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - Recognizing (having known, recognizing, understanding)

• जहास (jahāsa) - laughed

• विकृत-स्वनम् (vikṛta-svanam) - with a distorted sound (with a distorted sound, with an unnatural sound)

• पातयन् (pātayan) - making ... fall (causing to fall, making fall, striking down)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• हृदयानि (hṛdayāni) - the hearts (hearts (plural))

• वन-ओकसाम् (vana-okasām) - of the forest-dwellers (monkeys/vanaras) (of the forest-dwellers)

Words meanings and morphology

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name); pleasing, charming

Root: ram (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - This (one) (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

इति (iti) - (quote indicator) (thus, so, denoting quotation)

(indeclinable)

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - Recognizing (having known, recognizing, understanding)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'vi', and suffix -ya.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

जहास (jahāsa) - laughed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of has

Perfect Active

Perfect form of 'has'.

Root: has (class 1)

विकृत-स्वनम् (vikṛta-svanam) - with a distorted sound (with a distorted sound, with an unnatural sound)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikṛta-svana

vikṛta-svana - distorted sound, unnatural sound, roar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vikṛta+svana)

• vikṛta – changed, altered, distorted, deformed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'svan' (to sound).
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to describe the manner of laughing.

पातयन् (pātayan) - making ... fall (causing to fall, making fall, striking down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātayat

pātayat - causing to fall, throwing down, felling

Present Active Participle (Causative)

Causative of root 'pat' (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies 'vana-okasām'.

हृदयानि (hṛdayāni) - the hearts (hearts (plural))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul

Note: Object of 'pātayan'.

वन-ओकसाम् (vana-okasām) - of the forest-dwellers (monkeys/vanaras) (of the forest-dwellers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vana-okas

vana-okas - forest-dweller, inhabitant of the forest (esp. monkeys in Rāmāyaṇa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, house, home, resident
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)