वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-94, verse-19

रावणश्च यतस्तत्र प्रचचाल वसुंधरा ।
रक्षसां च प्रहरतां गृहीता इव बाहवः ॥१९॥

19. rāvaṇaśca yatastatra pracacāla vasuṃdharā ,
rakṣasāṃ ca praharatāṃ gṛhītā iva bāhavaḥ.

19. rāvaṇaḥ ca yataḥ tatra pracakāla vasundharā
rakṣasām ca praharatām gṛhītāḥ iva bāhavaḥ

19. rāvaṇaḥ ca yataḥ tatra vasundharā pracakāla.
ca praharatām rakṣasām bāhavaḥ gṛhītāḥ iva

19. And the earth trembled where Rāvaṇa was present. It was as if the arms of the attacking demons (rakṣas) were seized.

Words meanings summery:

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• च (ca) - and

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, where

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्रचकाल (pracakāla) - trembled, shook, moved violently

• वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the rākṣasas, of the demons

• च (ca) - and

• प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - of those who were striking/attacking

• गृहीताः (gṛhītāḥ) - seized, grasped, held

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

Words meanings and morphology

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the king of Laṅkā)

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'was' in the context 'where Rāvaṇa was present'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, where

(indeclinable)

From the pronominal stem 'yad' (which) + suffix '-tas' (indicating source or place).

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From the pronominal stem 'tad' (that) + suffix '-tra' (indicating place).

प्रचकाल (pracakāla) - trembled, shook, moved violently

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From pra-√cal (to move, to tremble)

Prefix: pra

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Main verb for 'vasundharā'.

वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasundharā

vasundharā - the earth (literally 'bearer of wealth/gems')

Compound of vasu (wealth, gem) + dharā (bearer, holder)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vasu+dharā)

• vasu – wealth, gem, excellent
  noun (neuter)
• dharā – bearer, holding; the earth
  noun (feminine)
  From √dhṛ (to hold, bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'pracakāla'.

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the rākṣasas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - a demon, a rākṣasa

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Possessive for 'praharatām' and 'bāhavaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रहरताम् (praharatām) - of those who were striking/attacking

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of praharat

praharat - striking, attacking

Present Active Participle (masculine/neuter)

From pra-√hṛ (to strike, to attack)

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rakṣasām'.

गृहीताः (gṛhītāḥ) - seized, grasped, held

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, grasped, held, caught

Past Passive Participle

From √grah (to seize, grasp)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'bāhavaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'were' in the simile.