वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-17

घोरं प्रकृत्या रूपं तत्तस्य क्रोधाग्निमूर्छितम् ।
बभूव रूपं रुद्रस्य क्रुद्धस्येव दुरासदम् ॥१७॥

17. ghoraṃ prakṛtyā rūpaṃ tattasya krodhāgnimūrchitam ,
babhūva rūpaṃ rudrasya kruddhasyeva durāsadam.

17. ghoram prakṛtyā rūpam tat tasya krodhāgnimūrchitam
babhūva rūpam rudrasya kruddhasya iva durāsadam

17. ghoram prakṛtyā rūpam tat tasya krodhāgnimūrchitam
babhūva rūpam rudrasya kruddhasya iva durāsadam

17. His naturally fearsome form, overcome by the fire of his anger, became unapproachable, like the form of an enraged Rudra.

Words meanings summery:

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

• प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by nature, inherently, naturally

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, shape

• तत् (tat) - that, that (form)

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• क्रोधाग्निमूर्छितम् (krodhāgnimūrchitam) - overcome by the fire of anger, swooned by the fire of anger

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, shape

• रुद्रस्य (rudrasya) - of Rudra

• क्रुद्धस्य (kruddhasya) - of the enraged one, of the angry one

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

• दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, unapproachable, formidable

Words meanings and morphology

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce

प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by nature, inherently, naturally

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature (prakṛti), fundamental constitution, disposition, origin

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, shape

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty

तत् (tat) - that, that (form)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

क्रोधाग्निमूर्छितम् (krodhāgnimūrchitam) - overcome by the fire of anger, swooned by the fire of anger

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of krodhāgnimūrchita

krodhāgnimūrchita - overcome by the fire of anger, intensified by the fire of anger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krodha+agni+mūrchita)

• krodha – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire, flame
  noun (masculine)
• mūrchita – swooned, fainted, overcome, intensified, solidified
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mūrch (to faint, to swoon, to become stiff)
  Root: mūrch (class 1)

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, shape

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty

रुद्रस्य (rudrasya) - of Rudra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rudra

rudra - Rudra (Vedic deity, an epithet of Śiva)

क्रुद्धस्य (kruddhasya) - of the enraged one, of the angry one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, unapproachable, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, unapproachable, formidable

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (dus+āsada)

• dus – difficult, bad, ill
  indeclinable
• āsada – approaching, attaining, accessible
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sad (to sit, to go) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

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