वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-98, verse-6

ददृशुस्ता महाकायं महावीर्यं महाद्युतिम् ।
रावणं निहतं भूमौ नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् ॥६॥

6. dadṛśustā mahākāyaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahādyutim ,
rāvaṇaṃ nihataṃ bhūmau nīlāñjanacayopamam.

6. dadṛśuḥ tāḥ mahā-kāyam mahā-vīryam mahā-dyutim
rāvaṇam nihatam bhūmau nīlāñjana-caya-upamam

6. Those women saw the immensely bodied, greatly valorous, and highly radiant Rāvaṇa, slain on the ground, resembling a heap of blue collyrium.

Words meanings summery:

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• ताः (tāḥ) - those demonesses (implied subject from previous verses) (those, they (feminine plural))

• महा-कायम् (mahā-kāyam) - (Rāvaṇa) having a colossal body (having a great body, colossal-bodied)

• महा-वीर्यम् (mahā-vīryam) - (Rāvaṇa) of immense valor (of great valor, immensely powerful)

• महा-द्युतिम् (mahā-dyutim) - (Rāvaṇa) of great splendor (of great splendor, highly radiant)

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

• निहतम् (nihatam) - slain, killed, struck down

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• नीलाञ्जन-चय-उपमम् (nīlāñjana-caya-upamam) - (Rāvaṇa) resembling a heap of blue collyrium, referring to his dark complexion and massive form (resembling a heap of blue collyrium (kohl))

Words meanings and morphology

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dadṛś

perfect active

From √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those demonesses (implied subject from previous verses) (those, they (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of dadṛśuḥ.

महा-कायम् (mahā-kāyam) - (Rāvaṇa) having a colossal body (having a great body, colossal-bodied)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-kāya

mahā-kāya - of great body, colossal-bodied

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies Rāvaṇam.

महा-वीर्यम् (mahā-vīryam) - (Rāvaṇa) of immense valor (of great valor, immensely powerful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-vīrya

mahā-vīrya - of great valor, immensely powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+vīrya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vīrya – valor, heroism, strength, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies Rāvaṇam.

महा-द्युतिम् (mahā-dyutim) - (Rāvaṇa) of great splendor (of great splendor, highly radiant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-dyuti

mahā-dyuti - of great splendor, highly radiant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• dyuti – splendor, radiance, light
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Modifies Rāvaṇam.

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper noun)

Note: Object of dadṛśuḥ.

निहतम् (nihatam) - slain, killed, struck down

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, struck down

past passive participle

From ni-√han (to strike, kill) + -ta suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies Rāvaṇam.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Indicates location.

नीलाञ्जन-चय-उपमम् (nīlāñjana-caya-upamam) - (Rāvaṇa) resembling a heap of blue collyrium, referring to his dark complexion and massive form (resembling a heap of blue collyrium (kohl))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nīlāñjana-caya-upama

nīlāñjana-caya-upama - resembling a heap of blue collyrium

Compound type : upamānabahuvrīhi (nīla+añjana+caya+upama)

• nīla – blue, dark, black
  adjective (masculine)
• añjana – collyrium, kohl, ointment
  noun (neuter)
  Root: añj (class 7)
• caya – heap, mass, collection, pile
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ci (class 5)
• upama – likeness, resemblance, comparable to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies Rāvaṇam.

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