वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-62, verse-20

हस्त्यध्यक्षैर्गजैर्मुक्तैर्मुक्तैश्च तुरगैरपि ।
बभूव लङ्का लोकान्ते भ्रान्तग्राह इवार्णवः ॥२०॥

20. hastyadhyakṣairgajairmuktairmuktaiśca turagairapi ,
babhūva laṅkā lokānte bhrāntagrāha ivārṇavaḥ.

20. hastyadhyakṣaiḥ gajaiḥ muktaiḥ muktaiḥ ca turagaiḥ
api babhūva laṅkā lokānte bhrāntagrāhaḥ iva arṇavaḥ

20. laṅkā hastyadhyakṣaiḥ muktaiḥ gajaiḥ ca api muktaiḥ
turagaiḥ lokānte bhrāntagrāhaḥ arṇavaḥ iva babhūva

20. Lanka, with elephants released by their overseers and also with horses running freely, became like an ocean at the dissolution of the world, where its aquatic creatures are agitated.

Words meanings summery:

• हस्त्यध्यक्षैः (hastyadhyakṣaiḥ) - by the elephant overseers (who released the elephants) (by elephant superintendents, by elephant overseers)

• गजैः (gajaiḥ) - by elephants

• मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - by the released elephants (released by the overseers) (by those released, by those freed)

• मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - by the released horses (by those released, by those freed)

• च (ca) - and

• तुरगैः (turagaiḥ) - by horses

• अपि (api) - also, even

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (proper noun)

• लोकान्ते (lokānte) - at the end of the world, at the world's dissolution

• भ्रान्तग्राहः (bhrāntagrāhaḥ) - like an ocean having confused aquatic creatures (having agitated/confused aquatic creatures)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अर्णवः (arṇavaḥ) - ocean

Words meanings and morphology

हस्त्यध्यक्षैः (hastyadhyakṣaiḥ) - by the elephant overseers (who released the elephants) (by elephant superintendents, by elephant overseers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hastyadhyakṣa

hastyadhyakṣa - elephant superintendent, chief of elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hastin+adhyakṣa)

• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• adhyakṣa – superintendent, overseer, chief
  noun (masculine)
  derived from adhi-√īkṣ (to see, supervise)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrumental of agency, implying they are the ones who freed the elephants.

गजैः (gajaiḥ) - by elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - by the released elephants (released by the overseers) (by those released, by those freed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, freed, liberated

Past Passive Participle

from √muc (to release, let go)

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `gajaiḥ`. The release is implied to be by the `hastyadhyakṣaiḥ`.

मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - by the released horses (by those released, by those freed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, freed, liberated

Past Passive Participle

from √muc (to release, let go)

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `turagaiḥ`

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तुरगैः (turagaiḥ) - by horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of turaga

turaga - horse (lit. 'going swiftly')

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes `turagaiḥ`

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect Active Third Person Singular

reduplicated perfect

Root: bhū (class 1)

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (name of an island city, capital of Rāvaṇa)

Note: Subject of `babhūva`

लोकान्ते (lokānte) - at the end of the world, at the world's dissolution

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of lokānta

lokānta - end of the world, dissolution of the world, doomsday

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+anta)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial locative of time/circumstance

भ्रान्तग्राहः (bhrāntagrāhaḥ) - like an ocean having confused aquatic creatures (having agitated/confused aquatic creatures)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrāntagrāha

bhrāntagrāha - having wandering/confused aquatic creatures (crocodiles, sharks etc.)

a bahuvrīhi compound describing something that *has* bhrānta grāhas

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhrānta+grāha)

• bhrānta – wandering, confused, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhram (to wander, to be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• grāha – aquatic creature (crocodile, shark etc.), seizure, grasp
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `arṇavaḥ`

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवः (arṇavaḥ) - ocean

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

Note: Noun in the comparison, `arṇavaḥ` is the thing Lanka became like.