वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-57, verse-60

ततो हयं मारुततुल्यवेगमारुह्य शक्तिं निशितां प्रगृह्य ।
नरान्तको वानरराजसैन्यं महार्णवं मीन इवाविवेश ॥६०॥

60. tato hayaṃ mārutatulyavegamāruhya śaktiṃ niśitāṃ pragṛhya ,
narāntako vānararājasainyaṃ mahārṇavaṃ mīna ivāviveśa.

60. tataḥ hayam mārutatulyavegam āruhya śaktim niśitām pragṛhya
narāntakaḥ vānararājasainyam mahārṇavam mīnaḥ iva āviveśa

60. Then, Narantaka, mounting a horse swift as the wind and grasping a sharp spear (śakti), entered the army of the monkey king like a fish entering a great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from that)

• हयम् (hayam) - a horse (horse)

• मारुततुल्यवेगम् (mārutatulyavegam) - swift as the wind (swift as the wind, having speed like the wind)

• आरुह्य (āruhya) - mounting (having mounted, having ascended)

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - a spear (śakti) (power, strength, ability, spear, dart)

• निशिताम् (niśitām) - sharp (sharpened, keen, pointed)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - grasping (having grasped, having seized)

• नरान्तकः (narāntakaḥ) - Narantaka (Narantaka (name of a demon), destroyer of men)

• वानरराजसैन्यम् (vānararājasainyam) - the army of the monkey king (army of the monkey king)

• महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - a great ocean (great ocean)

• मीनः (mīnaḥ) - a fish (fish)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आविवेश (āviveśa) - entered (he entered)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

हयम् (hayam) - a horse (horse)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of haya

haya - horse, steed

derived from √hi (to go, to move quickly)

Root: √hi (class 3)

Note: object of āruhya

मारुततुल्यवेगम् (mārutatulyavegam) - swift as the wind (swift as the wind, having speed like the wind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārutatulyavega

mārutatulyavega - having speed like the wind, swift as the wind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (māruta+tulya+vega)

• māruta – wind, air, Marut (deity)
  noun (masculine)
• tulya – equal, like, similar
  adjective
• vega – speed, velocity, force
  noun (masculine)

Note: modifies hayam

आरुह्य (āruhya) - mounting (having mounted, having ascended)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

derived from ā- + √ruh + -ya suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: √ruh (class 1)

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - a spear (śakti) (power, strength, ability, spear, dart)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, capability, spear, dart, divine energy (śakti)

derived from √śak (to be able)

Root: √śak (class 5)

Note: object of pragṛhya

निशिताम् (niśitām) - sharp (sharpened, keen, pointed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, pointed

Past Passive Participle

derived from ni- + √śo (to sharpen) or √śā (to sharpen)

Prefix: ni

Root: √śo / √śā (class 4)

Note: modifies śaktim

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - grasping (having grasped, having seized)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

derived from pra- + √grah + -ya suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: √grah (class 9)

नरान्तकः (narāntakaḥ) - Narantaka (Narantaka (name of a demon), destroyer of men)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of narāntaka

narāntaka - Narantaka (proper noun), destroyer of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+antaka)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• antaka – ender, destroyer, Yama (death god)
  noun (masculine)

Note: subject of āviveśa

वानरराजसैन्यम् (vānararājasainyam) - the army of the monkey king (army of the monkey king)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vānararājasainya

vānararājasainya - army of the monkey king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+rāja+sainya)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king
  noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, host
  noun (neuter)

Note: object of āviveśa

महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - a great ocean (great ocean)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean, mighty sea

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+arṇava)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: part of the simile, object of implicit verb 'entering'

मीनः (mīnaḥ) - a fish (fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mīna

mīna - fish

Note: subject in the simile

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आविवेश (āviveśa) - entered (he entered)

(verb)

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

perfect (liṭ) 3rd person singular

derived from ā- + √viś in perfect tense

Prefix: ā

Root: √viś (class 6)