वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-73, verse-19

विध्वंसयन्तं तरसा दृष्ट्वैव पवनात्मजम् ।
राक्षसानां सहस्राणि हनूमन्तमवाकिरन् ॥१९॥

19. vidhvaṃsayantaṃ tarasā dṛṣṭvaiva pavanātmajam ,
rākṣasānāṃ sahasrāṇi hanūmantamavākiran.

19. vidhvaṃsayantam tarasā dṛṣṭvā eva pavanātmajam
rākṣasānām sahasrāṇi hanūmantam avākiran

19. pavanātmajam tarasā vidhvaṃsayantam dṛṣṭvā
eva rākṣasānām sahasrāṇi hanūmantam avākiran

19. Just upon seeing the son of the wind (Hanuman) destroying [them] with great might, thousands of rākṣasas showered [weapons upon] Hanuman.

Words meanings summery:

• विध्वंसयन्तम् (vidhvaṁsayantam) - while he (Hanuman) was destroying (destroying, demolishing)

• तरसा (tarasā) - with great might (with speed, with might, by force)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - upon seeing (having seen)

• एव (eva) - just upon seeing (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• पवनात्मजम् (pavanātmajam) - Hanuman, son of the wind (son of the wind, Hanuman)

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - belonging to the Rākṣasas (of the Rākṣasas, of demons)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands of rākṣasas (thousands)

• हनूमन्तम् (hanūmantam) - Hanuman

• अवाकिरन् (avākiran) - they assailed by showering weapons (they showered, they scattered, they assailed)

Words meanings and morphology

विध्वंसयन्तम् (vidhvaṁsayantam) - while he (Hanuman) was destroying (destroying, demolishing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidhvaṃsayat

vidhvaṁsayat - destroying, demolishing

Present Active Participle (causative)

Derived from verb 'dhvaṃs' with prefix 'vi', in causative form

Prefix: vi

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'pavanātmajam' and 'hanūmantam'

तरसा (tarasā) - with great might (with speed, with might, by force)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of taras

taras - speed, might, force

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - upon seeing (having seen)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Action prior to 'avākiran'

एव (eva) - just upon seeing (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the immediacy of seeing

पवनात्मजम् (pavanātmajam) - Hanuman, son of the wind (son of the wind, Hanuman)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pavanātmaja

pavanātmaja - son of the wind (Hanuman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pavana+ātmaja)

• pavana – wind, air, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born of oneself
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ātman + ja

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - belonging to the Rākṣasas (of the Rākṣasas, of demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa, a demon

Note: Modifies 'sahasrāṇi' (thousands *of rākṣasas*)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands of rākṣasas (thousands)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Subject of 'avākiran'

हनूमन्तम् (hanūmantam) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman

Note: Object of 'avākiran'

अवाकिरन् (avākiran) - they assailed by showering weapons (they showered, they scattered, they assailed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of avakīr

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

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