वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-7, verse-12

मृत्युदण्डमहाग्राहं शाल्मलिद्वीपमण्डितम् ।
अवगाह्य त्वया राजन्यमस्य बलसागरम् ॥१२॥

12. mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāhaṃ śālmalidvīpamaṇḍitam ,
avagāhya tvayā rājanyamasya balasāgaram.

12. mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāham śālmalidvīpamaṇḍitam
avagāhya tvayā rājan yamasya balasāgaram

12. rājan tvayā yamasya balasāgaram
mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāham śālmalidvīpamaṇḍitam avagāhya

12. O king, you plunged into Yama's ocean-like army, which had death's rod as its great crocodile and was adorned with Śālmalī islands.

Words meanings summery:

• मृत्युदण्डमहाग्राहम् (mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāham) - which had death's rod as its great crocodile (describing Yama's army-ocean) ((that which has) death's rod as a great crocodile)

• शाल्मलिद्वीपमण्डितम् (śālmalidvīpamaṇḍitam) - adorned with Śālmalī islands (describing Yama's army-ocean) (adorned with Śālmalī islands)

• अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having plunged into (the ocean-like army) (having plunged into, having entered, having bathed in)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (instrumental agent) (by you)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative, referring to Rāvaṇa) (king)

• यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (of Yama (the god of death))

• बलसागरम् (balasāgaram) - the ocean-like army (of Yama) (ocean of forces, ocean-like army)

Words meanings and morphology

मृत्युदण्डमहाग्राहम् (mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāham) - which had death's rod as its great crocodile (describing Yama's army-ocean) ((that which has) death's rod as a great crocodile)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāha

mṛtyudaṇḍamahāgrāha - having death's rod as a great crocodile

Bahuvrihi compound: mṛtyu (death) + daṇḍa (rod) + mahā (great) + grāha (crocodile)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛtyu+daṇḍa+mahā+grāha)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great
  adjective
• grāha – crocodile, seizing, grasp
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with balasāgaram.

शाल्मलिद्वीपमण्डितम् (śālmalidvīpamaṇḍitam) - adorned with Śālmalī islands (describing Yama's army-ocean) (adorned with Śālmalī islands)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śālmalidvīpamaṇḍita

śālmalidvīpamaṇḍita - adorned with Śālmalī islands

Past Passive Participle

Compound of śālmalidvīpa (Śālmalī island) and maṇḍita (adorned, PPP of maṇḍ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śālmalidvīpa+maṇḍita)

• śālmalidvīpa – Śālmalī island (one of the mythical seven islands)
  noun (masculine)
  compound of śālmalī (silk cotton tree) and dvīpa (island)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root maṇḍ (to adorn)
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with balasāgaram.

अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having plunged into (the ocean-like army) (having plunged into, having entered, having bathed in)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root gāh with upasarga ava

Prefix: ava

Root: gāh (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adverb modifying the implied main verb.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (instrumental agent) (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of the action.

राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative, referring to Rāvaṇa) (king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

Note: Addressed to the listener/Rāvaṇa.

यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (of Yama (the god of death))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (god of death), twin

Note: Possessive, 'Yama's'.

बलसागरम् (balasāgaram) - the ocean-like army (of Yama) (ocean of forces, ocean-like army)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of balasāgara

balasāgara - ocean of forces, ocean-like army

compound of bala (force, army) and sāgara (ocean)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+sāgara)

• bala – force, army
  noun (neuter)
• sāgara – ocean
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of avagāhya.