वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-60, verse-36

उदीक्षमाणा गगनं के चिन्नेत्रेषु ताडिताः ।
शरैर्विविशुरन्योन्यं पेतुश्च जगतीतले ॥३६॥

36. udīkṣamāṇā gaganaṃ ke cinnetreṣu tāḍitāḥ ,
śarairviviśuranyonyaṃ petuśca jagatītale.

36. udīkṣamāṇāḥ gaganaṃ ke cit netreṣu tāḍitāḥ
śaraiḥ viviśuḥ anyonyam petuḥ ca jagatītale

36. Some, struck in the eyes by arrows, gazed up at the sky. Others collided with each other and fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• उदीक्षमाणाः (udīkṣamāṇāḥ) - gazing up, looking up

• गगनं (gaganaṁ) - sky, atmosphere

• के (ke) - some (of the monkeys) (some, who)

• चित् (cit) - a particle expressing indefiniteness (some, any)

• नेत्रेषु (netreṣu) - in the eyes

• ताडिताः (tāḍitāḥ) - struck, hit, wounded

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• विव्शुः (vivśuḥ) - they collided with (they entered)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• च (ca) - and, also

• जगतीतले (jagatītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

Words meanings and morphology

उदीक्षमाणाः (udīkṣamāṇāḥ) - gazing up, looking up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udīkṣamāṇa

udīkṣamāṇa - gazing up, looking up, beholding

present middle participle

present middle participle of root ĪKṢ with prefix UD

Prefix: ud

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied subject (monkeys).

गगनं (gaganaṁ) - sky, atmosphere

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, firmament

Note: Object of 'udīkṣamāṇāḥ'.

के (ke) - some (of the monkeys) (some, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, some

चित् (cit) - a particle expressing indefiniteness (some, any)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns (e.g., 'ke cit' = some).

नेत्रेषु (netreṣu) - in the eyes

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of netra

netra - eye, leader

ताडिताः (tāḍitāḥ) - struck, hit, wounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, hit, beaten

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root TĀḌ (to strike)

Root: tāḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'ke cit'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Note: Agent of 'tāḍitāḥ'.

विव्शुः (vivśuḥ) - they collided with (they entered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of viś

perfect (liṭ)

reduplicated perfect form

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: In context 'entered each other' implying 'collided'.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

Note: Object of 'vivśuḥ'.

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pat

perfect (liṭ)

reduplicated perfect form

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जगतीतले (jagatītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagatītala

jagatītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagatī+tala)

• jagatī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, ground, plain
  noun (neuter)

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