वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-63, verse-27

समीक्ष्यातततस्तांस्तु वानरेन्द्रान्महाबलान् ।
आववार शरौघेण नगेनेव जलाशयम् ॥२७॥

27. samīkṣyātatatastāṃstu vānarendrānmahābalān ,
āvavāra śaraugheṇa nageneva jalāśayam.

27. samīkṣya ātataḥ tān tu vānarendraan mahābalān
āvavāra śaraugheṇa nagena iva jalāśayam

27. ātataḥ tān tu mahābalān vānarendraan samīkṣya
śaraugheṇa jalāśayam nagena iva āvavāra

27. Having observed those mighty chief monkeys, he (with his bow) strung, obstructed them with a volley of arrows, just as a mountain would block a body of water.

Words meanings summery:

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having observed, having seen

• आततः (ātataḥ) - (Kumbha) with a strung bow (implied) (stretched, drawn (as a bow), prepared)

• तान् (tān) - refers to the chief monkeys (those, them)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• वानरेन्द्रअन् (vānarendraan) - chiefs of monkeys, monkey kings

• महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty, very strong

• आववार (āvavāra) - he covered, he obstructed, he kept back

• शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - with a shower/stream of arrows

• नगेन (nagena) - by a mountain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• जलाशयम् (jalāśayam) - a body of water, lake, reservoir

Words meanings and morphology

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having observed, having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

formed from root īkṣ (to see) with prefix sam and suffix -ya

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

आततः (ātataḥ) - (Kumbha) with a strung bow (implied) (stretched, drawn (as a bow), prepared)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātata

ātata - stretched, drawn, extended

Past Passive Participle

from root tan (to stretch) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Refers to Kumbha, implicitly 'with a drawn bow'.

तान् (tān) - refers to the chief monkeys (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

वानरेन्द्रअन् (vānarendraan) - chiefs of monkeys, monkey kings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānarendra

vānarendra - chief of monkeys, monkey king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+indra)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, Indra
  noun (masculine)

महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty, very strong

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - great strength, mighty

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

आववार (āvavāra) - he covered, he obstructed, he kept back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of āvavāra

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, active voice, of root vṛ (to cover, surround) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - with a shower/stream of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śaraugha

śaraugha - flood/multitude of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+ogha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 9)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude
  noun (masculine)

नगेन (nagena) - by a mountain

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of naga

naga - mountain, tree

lit. 'that which does not move'

Prefix: na

Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

जलाशयम् (jalāśayam) - a body of water, lake, reservoir

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jalāśaya

jalāśaya - reservoir, lake, pond

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+āśaya)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• āśaya – receptacle, abode, reservoir
  noun (masculine)
  from root śī (to lie, rest) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)