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6,55

वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्       vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-27

बाहुभ्यां वानरान् सर्वान्प्रगृह्य स महाबलः ।
भक्षयामास संक्रुद्धो गरुडः पन्नगानिव ॥२७॥
27. bāhubhyāṃ vānarān sarvānpragṛhya sa mahābalaḥ ,
bhakṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho garuḍaḥ pannagāniva.
27. bāhubhyām vānarān sarvān pragṛhya saḥ mahābalaḥ
bhakṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ garuḍaḥ pannagān iva
27. He, the mighty one, seizing all the monkeys with his two arms, devoured them, enraged, just as Garuda devours snakes.

Words meanings summery:

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  • बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with two arms
  • वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys
  • सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire
  • प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, grasping, holding
  • सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Kumbhakarna) (he, that)
  • महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty one (referring to Kumbhakarna) (mighty, of great strength)
  • भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - devoured, ate
  • संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - enraged, very angry
  • गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuda, the mythical bird vehicle of Vishnu (Garuda)
  • पन्नगान् (pannagān) - snakes, reptiles
  • इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with two arms
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, dual of bāhu
bāhu - arm, fore-arm
Note: Can also be dative or ablative dual, but instrumental best fits the context of 'with'.
वानरान् (vānarān) - monkeys
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara
vānara - monkey, ape
सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, entire
Note: Declines like an adjective but functions pronominally here.
प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, grasping, holding
(indeclinable)
Absolutive / Gerund
Derived from root grah with prefix pra, forming an absolutive suffix -ya.
Prefix: pra
Root: grah (class 9)
सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Kumbhakarna) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty one (referring to Kumbhakarna) (mighty, of great strength)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala
mahābala - of great strength, mighty, powerful
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)
  • mahā – great, large, mighty
    adjective
  • bala – strength, power, force
    noun (neuter)
भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - devoured, ate
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhakṣayāmāsa
Perfect (Lit) of causative of √bhakṣ
Formed using the periphrastic perfect construction with the auxiliary verb ās.
Root: bhakṣ (class 1)
संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - enraged, very angry
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha
saṁkruddha - enraged, very angry
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root krudh with prefix sam.
Prefix: sam
Root: krudh (class 4)
गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuda, the mythical bird vehicle of Vishnu (Garuda)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of garuḍa
garuḍa - Garuda (mythical bird, king of birds, mount of Vishnu)
पन्नगान् (pannagān) - snakes, reptiles
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pannaga
pannaga - snake, reptile, serpent
इव (iva) - like, as if, as
(indeclinable)