वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-84, verse-9

स नदन्युधि सुग्रीवः स्वरेण महता महान् ।
पातयन् विविधांश्चान्याञ्जघानोत्तमराक्षसान् ॥९॥

9. sa nadanyudhi sugrīvaḥ svareṇa mahatā mahān ,
pātayan vividhāṃścānyāñjaghānottamarākṣasān.

9. sa nadan yudhi sugrīvaḥ svareṇa mahatā mahān
pātayan vividhān ca anyān jaghāna uttamarākṣasān

9. sa mahān sugrīvaḥ yudhi mahatā svareṇa nadan
vividhān ca anyān uttamarākṣasān pātayan jaghāna

9. That mighty Sugriva, roaring with a great voice in battle, felled and killed various other chief Rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Sugriva) (he, that)

• नदन् (nadan) - roaring (roaring, shouting, sounding)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugriva (name of the monkey king)

• स्वरेण (svareṇa) - with a voice (by voice, with a sound)

• महता (mahatā) - great (voice) (great, large, mighty)

• महान् (mahān) - mighty (Sugriva) (great, mighty)

• पातयन् (pātayan) - felling (felling, causing to fall, striking down)

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various (various, manifold, diverse)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other (other, different)

• जघान (jaghāna) - killed (he killed, he struck, he destroyed)

• उत्तमराक्षसान् (uttamarākṣasān) - chief Rākṣasas (chief Rākṣasas, excellent Rākṣasas)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Sugriva) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Sugriva.

नदन् (nadan) - roaring (roaring, shouting, sounding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nadan

nad - to roar, to shout, to sound

present active participle

Root nad with suffix śatṛ.

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Sugrīvaḥ.

युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

सुग्रीवः (sugrīvaḥ) - Sugriva (name of the monkey king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugriva (name of the monkey king, literally 'good-necked')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+grīvā)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

स्वरेण (svareṇa) - with a voice (by voice, with a sound)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svara

svara - sound, voice, tone

Root: svṛ (class 1)

महता (mahatā) - great (voice) (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

Note: Agrees with svareṇa.

महान् (mahān) - mighty (Sugriva) (great, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

Note: Agrees with Sugrīvaḥ.

पातयन् (pātayan) - felling (felling, causing to fall, striking down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātayan

pat - to fall

causative present active participle

Causative stem pātaya from root pat with suffix śatṛ.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Sugrīvaḥ.

विविधान् (vividhān) - various (various, manifold, diverse)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

From vi (apart) + vidha (kind, sort).

Note: Adjective agreeing with uttamarākṣasān.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्यान् (anyān) - other (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Adjective agreeing with uttamarākṣasān.

जघान (jaghāna) - killed (he killed, he struck, he destroyed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of han

perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect tense form of root han.

Root: han (class 2)

उत्तमराक्षसान् (uttamarākṣasān) - chief Rākṣasas (chief Rākṣasas, excellent Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of uttamarākṣasa

uttamarākṣasa - chief Rākṣasa, excellent Rākṣasa

Compound type : karmadhāraya (uttama+rākṣasa)

• uttama – highest, best, chief, excellent
  adjective
• rākṣasa – Rākṣasa (a demon)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of jaghāna.

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