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

एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा राक्षसेन्द्रं महोदरः ।
प्रविवेशारिसेनां स पतंग इव पावकम् ॥६॥

6. evamuktastathetyuktvā rākṣasendraṃ mahodaraḥ ,
praviveśārisenāṃ sa pataṃga iva pāvakam.

6. evam uktaḥ tathā iti uktvā rākṣasendram mahodaraḥ
praviveśa arisenām saḥ pataṅgaḥ iva pāvakam

6. saḥ mahodaraḥ evam uktaḥ rākṣasendram tathā iti
uktvā arisenām praviveśa pataṅgaḥ iva pāvakam

6. When he was thus addressed, Mahodara, saying "so be it" to the lord of demons, entered the enemy army like a moth plunging into fire.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (as he was addressed) (said, spoken)

• तथा (tathā) - so be it (so, thus, in that way)

• इति (iti) - (indicating direct speech) (thus, so (quotation marker))

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• राक्षसेन्द्रम् (rākṣasendram) - to Rāvaṇa, the king of the rākṣasas (to the lord of demons)

• महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (proper name, literally 'great-bellied')

• प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered

• अरिसेनाम् (arisenām) - enemy army

• सः (saḥ) - (referring to Mahodara) (he, that)

• पतङ्गः (pataṅgaḥ) - moth (drawn to fire) (moth, insect, bird)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (as he was addressed) (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, uttered, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -kta

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so be it (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - (indicating direct speech) (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

राक्षसेन्द्रम् (rākṣasendram) - to Rāvaṇa, the king of the rākṣasas (to the lord of demons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - chief of rākṣasas, lord of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – demon, fiend
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, foremost
  noun (masculine)

महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (proper name, literally 'great-bellied')

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodara

mahodara - Mahodara (name of a rākṣasa), one with a large belly

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+udara)

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

प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of viś

Perfect tense

Root viś with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

अरिसेनाम् (arisenām) - enemy army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of arisenā

arisenā - enemy army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ari+senā)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)

सः (saḥ) - (referring to Mahodara) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पतङ्गः (pataṅgaḥ) - moth (drawn to fire) (moth, insect, bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pataṅga

pataṅga - moth, butterfly, bird, insect, grasshopper

Root: pat (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifying, clean

Root: pū (class 1)

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