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

ततो युद्धं समभवद् यक्षराक्षससंकुलम् ।
व्यथिताश्चाभवंस्तत्र सचिवास्तस्य रक्षसः ॥७॥

7. tato yuddhaṃ samabhavad yakṣarākṣasasaṃkulam ,
vyathitāścābhavaṃstatra sacivāstasya rakṣasaḥ.

7. tataḥ yuddham samabhavat yakṣarākṣasasaṃkulam
vyathitāḥ ca abhavan tatra sacivāḥ tasya rakṣasaḥ

7. Then, a battle crowded with Yakṣas and Rākṣasas ensued. There, the ministers of that Rākṣasa became distressed.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, at that moment (then, thereafter, from that)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - a battle (battle, fight, war)

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - ensued (arose, occurred, happened)

• यक्षराक्षससंकुलम् (yakṣarākṣasasaṁkulam) - crowded with Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

• व्यथिताः (vyathitāḥ) - distressed (distressed, agitated, troubled)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became (became, were, existed)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• सचिवाः (sacivāḥ) - ministers (ministers, companions, associates)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (of the Rākṣasa) (his, of that)

• रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of that Rākṣasa (of a Rākṣasa, of a demon)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, at that moment (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad' + suffix 'tas'

युद्धम् (yuddham) - a battle (battle, fight, war)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

past passive participle (used as noun)

Derived from root 'yudh' (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

समभवत् (samabhavat) - ensued (arose, occurred, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sambhū

Root 'bhū' (to be) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

यक्षराक्षससंकुलम् (yakṣarākṣasasaṁkulam) - crowded with Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yakṣarākṣasasaṃkula

yakṣarākṣasasaṁkula - crowded or filled with Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'yakṣarākṣasa' (dvandva compound of yakṣa and rākṣasa) and 'saṃkula'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yakṣarākṣasa+saṃkula)

• yakṣa – a class of benevolent but sometimes mischievous nature-spirits
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – a demon, a malevolent being
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkula – crowded, filled, confused
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root 'kul' (to heap, collect) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

व्यथिताः (vyathitāḥ) - distressed (distressed, agitated, troubled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyathita

vyathita - distressed, agitated, troubled

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root 'vyath' (to tremble, be distressed)

Root: vyath (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभवन् (abhavan) - became (became, were, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad' + suffix 'tra'

सचिवाः (sacivāḥ) - ministers (ministers, companions, associates)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saciva

saciva - minister, companion, associate

तस्य (tasya) - his (of the Rākṣasa) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of that Rākṣasa (of a Rākṣasa, of a demon)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - a Rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit

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