वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-85, verse-14

तस्माद्धतहयाद्वीरः सो ऽवप्लुत्य महारथात् ।
गदां जग्राह संक्रुद्धो राक्षसो ऽथ महोदरः ॥१४॥

14. tasmāddhatahayādvīraḥ so'vaplutya mahārathāt ,
gadāṃ jagrāha saṃkruddho rākṣaso'tha mahodaraḥ.

14. tasmāt hatahayāt vīraḥ saḥ avaplutya mahārathāt
gadām jagrāha saṃkruddhaḥ rākṣasaḥ atha mahodaraḥ

14. atha saḥ vīraḥ saṃkruddhaḥ rākṣasaḥ mahodaraḥ
tasmāt hatahayāt mahārathāt avaplutya gadām jagrāha

14. Then, the heroic demon Mahodara, greatly enraged, jumped down from that great chariot whose horses had been slain, and seized a mace.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (chariot) (from that, therefore)

• हतहयात् (hatahayāt) - from the chariot whose horses had been slain (from the one with slain horses)

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the heroic (Mahodara) (hero, brave man)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Mahodara) (he, that)

• अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having jumped down, descending

• महारथात् (mahārathāt) - from the great chariot (from the great chariot, from the great warrior)

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - he seized, he grasped, he took

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

• राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - the demon (Mahodara) (demon, fiend)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, further

• महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (chariot) (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Used here as an ablative pronoun, referring to the chariot.

हतहयात् (hatahayāt) - from the chariot whose horses had been slain (from the one with slain horses)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hatahaya

hatahaya - one whose horses are slain

Bahuvrihi compound of hata and haya

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+haya)

• hata – slain, killed, struck
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'mahārathāt'.

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the heroic (Mahodara) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty

Note: Refers to Mahodara.

सः (saḥ) - he (Mahodara) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to Mahodara.

अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having jumped down, descending

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root plu (to float, to jump) with upasarga ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: plu (class 1)

महारथात् (mahārathāt) - from the great chariot (from the great chariot, from the great warrior)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot, great warrior (one who fights from a great chariot)

Karmadhāraya compound of mahā and ratha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

Note: Object of 'jagrāha'.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - he seized, he grasped, he took

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of grah

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

from root grah (to seize), Class 9 (gṛhṇāti)

Root: grah (class 9)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

from root krudh (to be angry) with upasarga sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'rākṣasaḥ' and 'mahodaraḥ'.

राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - the demon (Mahodara) (demon, fiend)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, fiend

Note: Refers to Mahodara.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, further

(indeclinable)

महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodara

mahodara - Mahodara (name of a rākṣasa)

Bahuvrihi compound of mahā and udara (meaning 'great-bellied')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+udara)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (masculine)

Note: The subject of the sentence.

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