वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-20

कालाग्निरिव संक्रुद्धो यां यां दिशमवैक्षत ।
तस्यां तस्यां भयत्रस्ता राक्षसाः संनिलिल्यिरे ॥२०॥

20. kālāgniriva saṃkruddho yāṃ yāṃ diśamavaikṣata ,
tasyāṃ tasyāṃ bhayatrastā rākṣasāḥ saṃnililyire.

20. kāla-agniḥ iva saṃkruddhaḥ yām yām diśam avaikṣata
tasyām tasyām bhayatrastāḥ rākṣasāḥ sannililyire

20. saṃkruddhaḥ kāla-agniḥ iva yām yām diśam avaikṣata
tasyām tasyām bhayatrastāḥ rākṣasāḥ sannililyire

20. Intensely enraged, like the destructive fire (kālāgni), in whichever direction he looked, in each of those directions, the demons, terrified by fear, hid themselves completely.

Words meanings summery:

• काल-अग्निः (kāla-agniḥ) - the fire of time, the destructive fire at the end of an eon

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - intensely enraged, furious, highly angered

• याम् (yām) - which, whom, what

• याम् (yām) - which, whom, what

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter, region

• अवैक्षत (avaikṣata) - he looked towards, he saw

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (direction) (in that, in her)

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (direction) (in that, in her)

• भयत्रस्ताः (bhayatrastāḥ) - terrified by fear, frightened

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rakṣasas

• सन्निलिल्यिरे (sannililyire) - they hid themselves completely, they concealed themselves

Words meanings and morphology

काल-अग्निः (kāla-agniḥ) - the fire of time, the destructive fire at the end of an eon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālāgni

kālāgni - the fire of time, the destructive fire at the end of a cosmic age, a name for Śiva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+agni)

• kāla – time, black, death, eon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kAl (class 1)
• agni – fire, the god of fire
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - intensely enraged, furious, highly angered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - intensely enraged, furious, highly angered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh (to be angry) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied subject (Rāvaṇa).

याम् (yām) - which, whom, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

याम् (yām) - which, whom, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

Note: Repetition indicates "whichever".

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter, region

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, space

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Object of avaikṣata.

अवैक्षत (avaikṣata) - he looked towards, he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vīkṣ

Imperfect (Laṅ)

Imperfect Middle voice, 3rd person singular. Root Ikṣ with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: From ava + īkṣ.

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (direction) (in that, in her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Corresponds to yām.

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (direction) (in that, in her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Repetition indicates "in each of those".

भयत्रस्ताः (bhayatrastāḥ) - terrified by fear, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayatrasta

bhayatrasta - terrified by fear, frightened, panic-stricken

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+trasta)

• bhaya – fear, terror, dread
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhī (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• trasta – frightened, scared, terrified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tras (to tremble, be frightened).
  Root: tras (class 4)

Note: Qualifies rākṣasāḥ.

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rakṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, a class of mythical beings

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of sannililyire.

सन्निलिल्यिरे (sannililyire) - they hid themselves completely, they concealed themselves

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of sannilī

Perfect (Liṭ)

Perfect Middle voice, 3rd person plural. Root lī (to cling, to dissolve) with prefixes sam and ni.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: lī (class 4)

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