वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-14, verse-18

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राम विस्तीर्णबलवाहनः ।
अगमत् सुमहान्यक्षो नाम्ना संयोधकण्टकः ॥१८॥

18. etasminnantare rāma vistīrṇabalavāhanaḥ ,
agamat sumahānyakṣo nāmnā saṃyodhakaṇṭakaḥ.

18. etasmin antare rāma vistīrṇabalavāhanaḥ
agamat sumahān yakṣaḥ nāmnā saṃyodhakantakaḥ

18. etasmin antare rāma vistīrṇabalavāhanaḥ
sumahān saṃyodhakantakaḥ nāmnā yakṣaḥ agamat

18. At that moment, O Rāma, a very great yakṣa named Saṃyodhakantaka, possessing extensive forces and vehicles, arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this, at this

• अन्तरे (antare) - at this moment (in the interval, meanwhile, during)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• विस्तीर्णबलवाहनः (vistīrṇabalavāhanaḥ) - having extensive forces and vehicles

• अगमत् (agamat) - went, arrived

• सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great, very powerful

• यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits or demigods)

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name, named

• संयोधकन्तकः (saṁyodhakantakaḥ) - The name of the yakṣa (Saṃyodhakantaka (a proper name))

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this, at this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

अन्तरे (antare) - at this moment (in the interval, meanwhile, during)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, middle, within, inner

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

विस्तीर्णबलवाहनः (vistīrṇabalavāhanaḥ) - having extensive forces and vehicles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vistīrṇabalavāhana

vistīrṇabalavāhana - having extensive forces and vehicles

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vistīrṇa+bala+vāhana)

• vistīrṇa – extended, vast, wide
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi-stṛ
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)
• bala – force, strength, army
  noun (neuter)
• vāhana – vehicle, conveyance
  noun (neuter)
  from vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yakṣaḥ'

अगमत् (agamat) - went, arrived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

सुमहान् (sumahān) - very great, very powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very mighty

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'yakṣaḥ'

यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits or demigods)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of supernatural beings, a nature spirit, demigod

Note: The subject of 'agamat'

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name, named

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

Note: Used to indicate 'by name'

संयोधकन्तकः (saṁyodhakantakaḥ) - The name of the yakṣa (Saṃyodhakantaka (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃyodhakantaka

saṁyodhakantaka - Saṃyodhakantaka (name of a yakṣa)

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