वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-85, verse-9

प्रगृह्य विपुलां घोरां महीधरसमां शिलाम् ।
चिक्षेप च महातेजास्तद्वधाय हरीश्वरः ॥९॥

9. pragṛhya vipulāṃ ghorāṃ mahīdharasamāṃ śilām ,
cikṣepa ca mahātejāstadvadhāya harīśvaraḥ.

9. pragṛhya vipulām ghorām mahīdharasamām śilām
cikṣepa ca mahātejāḥ tatvadhāya harīśvaraḥ

9. ca mahātejāḥ harīśvaraḥ vipulām ghorām
mahīdharasamām śilām pragṛhya tatvadhāya cikṣepa

9. And the greatly valorous lord of monkeys, having seized a huge, formidable, mountain-like rock, hurled it for his (Mahodara's) destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, having taken up

• विपुलाम् (vipulām) - huge (vast, large, extensive, wide)

• घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce

• महीधरसमाम् (mahīdharasamām) - like a mountain, mountain-like

• शिलाम् (śilām) - rock, stone

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - threw, hurled, cast

• च (ca) - and, also

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - (referring to Sugriva) (greatly splendid, immensely powerful, greatly valorous)

• तत्वधाय (tatvadhāya) - for Mahodara's destruction (for his killing, for his destruction)

• हरीश्वरः (harīśvaraḥ) - (referring to Sugriva) (lord of monkeys, chief of monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, having taken up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root grah (to seize) with prefix pra and suffix -ya (after prefix)

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

विपुलाम् (vipulām) - huge (vast, large, extensive, wide)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, large, extensive, wide, abundant

घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce, awful

महीधरसमाम् (mahīdharasamām) - like a mountain, mountain-like

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahīdharasamā

mahīdharasamā - similar to a mountain, mountain-like

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (mahīdhara+samā)

• mahīdhara – mountain (literally 'earth-bearer')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• samā – like, equal, similar
  adjective (feminine)

शिलाम् (śilām) - rock, stone

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - threw, hurled, cast

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Root: kṣip (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - (referring to Sugriva) (greatly splendid, immensely powerful, greatly valorous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great splendor, great energy, greatly glorious, powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, energy, power, brilliance
  noun (neuter)

तत्वधाय (tatvadhāya) - for Mahodara's destruction (for his killing, for his destruction)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tadvadha

tadvadha - his killing, the killing of him

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tad+vadha)

• tad – that, his (genitive of tad is tasya)
  pronoun
• vadha – killing, slaying, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

हरीश्वरः (harīśvaraḥ) - (referring to Sugriva) (lord of monkeys, chief of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of harīśvara

harīśvara - lord of monkeys, chief of monkeys

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (hari+īśvara)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, powerful
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

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