वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-58, verse-36

स तलभिहतस्तेन स्रस्तहस्ताम्बरो भुवि ।
निपपात महातेजास्त्रिशिरास्त्यक्तचेतनः ॥३६॥

36. sa talabhihatastena srastahastāmbaro bhuvi ,
nipapāta mahātejāstriśirāstyaktacetanaḥ.

36. saḥ talābhihataḥ tena srastahastāmbaraḥ bhuvi
nipapāta mahātejāḥ triśirāḥ tyaktacetanaḥ

36. tena talābhihataḥ mahātejāḥ triśirāḥ saḥ
srastahastāmbaraḥ tyaktacetanaḥ bhuvi nipapāta

36. Struck by Hanumān with the palm of his hand, that greatly powerful Triśiras, with his hands and clothes disheveled, fell unconscious to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Triśiras) (he, that (one))

• तलाभिहतः (talābhihataḥ) - struck by the palm

• तेन (tena) - by him (Hanumān) (by him, by that)

• स्रस्तहस्ताम्बरः (srastahastāmbaraḥ) - with hands and clothes having become loose/disheveled (with fallen hands and clothes, disheveled in hands and clothes)

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

• निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful, greatly radiant, mighty

• त्रिशिराः (triśirāḥ) - Proper name of the rākṣasa, 'Triśiras' (Triśiras (the three-headed one))

• त्यक्तचेतनः (tyaktacetanaḥ) - unconscious, having lost consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Triśiras) (he, that (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तलाभिहतः (talābhihataḥ) - struck by the palm

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of talābhihata

talābhihata - struck by the palm of the hand

Past Passive Participle

Compound ending in a past passive participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tala+abhihata)

• tala – palm (of hand), sole (of foot)
  noun (masculine)
• abhihata – struck, hit, wounded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of abhi-han (to strike)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by him (Hanumān) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्रस्तहस्ताम्बरः (srastahastāmbaraḥ) - with hands and clothes having become loose/disheveled (with fallen hands and clothes, disheveled in hands and clothes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of srastahastāmbara

srastahastāmbara - whose hands and garments are fallen/disheveled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (srasta+hasta+ambara)

• srasta – fallen, dropped, loose, disheveled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of sraṃs (to fall, to drop)
  Root: sraṃs (class 1)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• ambara – garment, cloth, sky
  noun (neuter)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, world

निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful, greatly radiant, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great splendor, great energy, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, brilliance, power, energy
  noun (neuter)

त्रिशिराः (triśirāḥ) - Proper name of the rākṣasa, 'Triśiras' (Triśiras (the three-headed one))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of triśiras

triśiras - three-headed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+śiras)

• tri – three
  numeral
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

त्यक्तचेतनः (tyaktacetanaḥ) - unconscious, having lost consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktacetana

tyaktacetana - unconscious, having lost sense/consciousness

Compound ending in an adjective (tyakta + cetana)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+cetana)

• tyakta – abandoned, given up, forsaken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of tyaj (to abandon)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• cetana – consciousness, intelligence, sentient
  noun (feminine)

Previous Verse Next Verse