वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-6, chapter-94, verse-25
कुर्वन्त्यः कलहं घोरं सारिकास्तद्रथं प्रति ।
निपेतुः शतशस्तत्र दारुणा दारुणस्वनाः ॥२५॥
निपेतुः शतशस्तत्र दारुणा दारुणस्वनाः ॥२५॥
25. kurvantyaḥ kalahaṃ ghoraṃ sārikāstadrathaṃ prati ,
nipetuḥ śataśastatra dāruṇā dāruṇasvanāḥ.
nipetuḥ śataśastatra dāruṇā dāruṇasvanāḥ.
25.
kurvantyaḥ kalaham ghoram sārikāḥ tat ratham
prati nipetuḥ śataśaḥ tatra dāruṇāḥ dāruṇasvanāḥ
prati nipetuḥ śataśaḥ tatra dāruṇāḥ dāruṇasvanāḥ
25.
ghoram kalaham kurvantyaḥ dāruṇāḥ dāruṇasvanāḥ
śataśaḥ sārikāḥ tatra tat ratham prati nipetuḥ
śataśaḥ sārikāḥ tatra tat ratham prati nipetuḥ
25.
Hundreds of dreadful starlings, making terrible commotions and having fierce cries, fell there towards that chariot.
Words meanings summery:
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- कुर्वन्त्यः (kurvantyaḥ) - causing (commotion) (making, doing, causing)
- कलहम् (kalaham) - (a terrible) commotion (quarrel, dispute, commotion, noise)
- घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible (dreadful, terrible, awful)
- सारिकाः (sārikāḥ) - starlings (starlings, mynah birds)
- तत् (tat) - that (chariot) (that, his)
- रथम् (ratham) - chariot (chariot, car)
- प्रति (prati) - towards (that chariot) (towards, against, concerning)
- निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - (starlings) fell (they fell, they dropped)
- शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds (by hundreds, hundreds of)
- तत्र (tatra) - there (at the spot of the chariot) (there, then, in that place)
- दारुणाः (dāruṇāḥ) - dreadful (dreadful, fierce, terrible)
- दारुणस्वनाः (dāruṇasvanāḥ) - having fierce cries (having dreadful sounds/cries)
Words meanings and morphology
कुर्वन्त्यः (kurvantyaḥ) - causing (commotion) (making, doing, causing)
(participle)
Nominative, feminine, plural of kurvat
kurvat - doing, making, causing
present active participle
Present active participle of root kṛ (to do), class 8.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
कलहम् (kalaham) - (a terrible) commotion (quarrel, dispute, commotion, noise)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kalaha
kalaha - quarrel, dispute, contention, uproar, commotion
From root kal (to count, to sound) with ha suffix.
Root: kal (class 1)
घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible (dreadful, terrible, awful)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ghora
ghora - dreadful, terrible, awful, formidable
सारिकाः (sārikāḥ) - starlings (starlings, mynah birds)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of sārikā
sārikā - a kind of bird, mynah bird, starling
तत् (tat) - that (chariot) (that, his)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, him, it
Demonstrative pronoun.
रथम् (ratham) - chariot (chariot, car)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha
ratha - chariot, car, vehicle
From root ram (to sport, delight).
Root: ram (class 1)
Note: Object of prati.
प्रति (prati) - towards (that chariot) (towards, against, concerning)
(indeclinable)
Preposition governing accusative.
निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - (starlings) fell (they fell, they dropped)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of nipat
perfect active
3rd person plural perfect active of root pat (to fall) with prefix ni. Root pat, class 1.
Prefix: ni
Root: pat (class 1)
शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds (by hundreds, hundreds of)
(indeclinable)
Formed from śata (hundred) with śaḥ suffix.
तत्र (tatra) - there (at the spot of the chariot) (there, then, in that place)
(indeclinable)
From tad (that) with tra suffix.
दारुणाः (dāruṇāḥ) - dreadful (dreadful, fierce, terrible)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of dāruṇa
dāruṇa - dreadful, terrible, fierce, cruel, severe
Root: dāru (class 1)
दारुणस्वनाः (dāruṇasvanāḥ) - having fierce cries (having dreadful sounds/cries)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of dāruṇasvana
dāruṇasvana - having dreadful sounds or cries
dāruṇa (dreadful) + svana (sound).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dāruṇa+svana)
- dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, fierce
adjective
Root: dāru (class 1) - svana – sound, noise, cry
noun (masculine)
From root svan (to sound)
Root: svan (class 1)