वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-65, verse-21

घनगजमहिषाङ्गतुल्यवर्णाः समरमुखेष्वसकृद्गदासिभिन्नाः ।
अहमहमिति युद्धकौशलास्ते रजनिचराः परिबभ्रमुर्नदन्तः ॥२१॥

21. ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇāḥ samaramukheṣvasakṛdgadāsibhinnāḥ ,
ahamahamiti yuddhakauśalāste rajanicarāḥ paribabhramurnadantaḥ.

21. ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇāḥ
samaramukheṣu asakṛt gadāsibhinnāḥ
aham aham iti yuddhakauśalāḥ te
rajanicarāḥ paribabhramuḥ nadantaḥ

21. ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇāḥ
samaramukheṣu asakṛt gadāsibhinnāḥ
yuddhakauśalāḥ te rajanicarāḥ "aham
aham" iti nadantaḥ paribabhramuḥ

21. Those night-wanderers (rākṣasas), with complexions resembling dark clouds, elephants, or buffaloes, repeatedly struck by maces and swords on the battlefronts, skilled in combat, roamed about roaring, each shouting 'I am the one! I am the one!'

Words meanings summery:

• घनगजमहिषाङ्गतुल्यवर्णाः (ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇāḥ) - with complexions resembling dark clouds, elephants, or buffaloes (whose complexions resemble dark clouds, elephants, and buffaloes)

• समरमुखेषु (samaramukheṣu) - on the battlefronts (on the battlefronts, at the mouths of battle)

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, not once)

• गदासिभिन्नाः (gadāsibhinnāḥ) - struck by maces and swords (struck/pierced by maces and swords)

• अहम् (aham) - I (first person singular pronoun) (I)

• अहम् (aham) - I (first person singular pronoun) (I)

• इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted speech (thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or thought))

• युद्धकौशलाः (yuddhakauśalāḥ) - skilled in combat (skilled in battle, expert in war)

• ते (te) - those (rākṣasas) (those, they)

• रजनिचराः (rajanicarāḥ) - night-wanderers (rākṣasas) (night-wanderers, rākṣasas)

• परिबभ्रमुः (paribabhramuḥ) - they roamed about (they roamed about, wandered around)

• नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring (roaring, shouting, sounding)

Words meanings and morphology

घनगजमहिषाङ्गतुल्यवर्णाः (ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇāḥ) - with complexions resembling dark clouds, elephants, or buffaloes (whose complexions resemble dark clouds, elephants, and buffaloes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇa

ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇa - whose color is like that of dark clouds, elephants, and buffaloes

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ghana+gaja+mahiṣa+aṅga+tulya+varṇa)

• ghana – dark cloud, dense, thick
  noun (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• mahiṣa – buffalo
  noun (masculine)
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)
• tulya – similar, equal, like
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇa – color, complexion, caste, letter
  noun (masculine)

समरमुखेषु (samaramukheṣu) - on the battlefronts (on the battlefronts, at the mouths of battle)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of samaramukha

samaramukha - battlefront, vanguard of battle, mouth of battle

Compound type : tatpurusha (samara+mukha)

• samara – battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – mouth, face, front, beginning
  noun (neuter)

असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, not once)

(indeclinable)

गदासिभिन्नाः (gadāsibhinnāḥ) - struck by maces and swords (struck/pierced by maces and swords)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gadāsibhinna

gadāsibhinna - pierced by maces and swords

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound of 'gadā' (mace), 'asi' (sword), and 'bhinna' (pierced/split)

Compound type : tatpurusha (gadā+asi+bhinna)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• asi – sword, knife
  noun (masculine)
• bhinna – split, pierced, broken, different
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhid'
  Root: bhid (class 7)

अहम् (aham) - I (first person singular pronoun) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अहम् (aham) - I (first person singular pronoun) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted speech (thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or thought))

(indeclinable)

युद्धकौशलाः (yuddhakauśalāḥ) - skilled in combat (skilled in battle, expert in war)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yuddhakauśala

yuddhakauśala - skilled in battle, expert in warfare

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+kauśala)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
• kauśala – skill, dexterity, welfare, prosperity
  noun (neuter)

ते (te) - those (rākṣasas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रजनिचराः (rajanicarāḥ) - night-wanderers (rākṣasas) (night-wanderers, rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rajanicara

rajanicara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpurusha (rajani+cara)

• rajani – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'car'
  Root: car (class 1)

परिबभ्रमुः (paribabhramuḥ) - they roamed about (they roamed about, wandered around)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of paribhram

Perfect Active Indicative

Derived from root 'bhram' with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: bhram (class 1)

नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring (roaring, shouting, sounding)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nadat

nadat - roaring, sounding, shouting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'nad'

Root: nad (class 1)