वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-24

तं शैलमिव शैलाभाः सर्वे तु प्लवगर्षभाः ।
समारुह्य समुत्पत्य ददंशुश्च महाबलाः ॥२४॥

24. taṃ śailamiva śailābhāḥ sarve tu plavagarṣabhāḥ ,
samāruhya samutpatya dadaṃśuśca mahābalāḥ.

24. tam śailam iva śailābhāḥ sarve tu plavagarṣabhāḥ
samāruhya samutpatya dadaṃśuḥ ca mahābalāḥ

24. All those foremost, mighty monkeys, resembling mountains, climbed upon him as if he were a mountain, leaped up, and bit him.

Words meanings summery:

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

• शैलम् (śailam) - as a mountain (mountain)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शैलाभाः (śailābhāḥ) - mountain-like, resembling mountains

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• प्लवगर्षभाः (plavagarṣabhāḥ) - foremost monkeys, best of monkeys

• समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

• समुत्पत्य (samutpatya) - having leaped up, having jumped up

• ददंशुः (dadaṁśuḥ) - they bit

• च (ca) - and

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - those of great strength (of great strength, mighty ones)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शैलम् (śailam) - as a mountain (mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शैलाभाः (śailābhāḥ) - mountain-like, resembling mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śailābha

śailābha - mountain-like, resembling a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+ābha)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• ābha – appearance, splendor, likeness
  noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

प्लवगर्षभाः (plavagarṣabhāḥ) - foremost monkeys, best of monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of plavagarṣabha

plavagarṣabha - best of monkeys, foremost monkey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (plavaga+ṛṣabha)

• plavaga – monkey (lit. 'moving by leaping')
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From root 'ruh' (to climb) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

समुत्पत्य (samutpatya) - having leaped up, having jumped up

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From root 'pat' (to fall/fly) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ut'

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pat (class 1)

ददंशुः (dadaṁśuḥ) - they bit

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of daṃś

Perfect Tense

Root: daṃś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - those of great strength (of great strength, mighty ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)