वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-15, verse-26

ततो मायां प्रविष्टः स राक्षसीं राक्षसेश्वरः ।
जघान मूर्ध्नि धनदं व्याविध्य महतीं गदाम् ॥२६॥

26. tato māyāṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa rākṣasīṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ ,
jaghāna mūrdhni dhanadaṃ vyāvidhya mahatīṃ gadām.

26. tataḥ māyām praviṣṭaḥ sa rākṣasīm rākṣaseśvaraḥ |
jaghāna mūrdhni dhanadam vyāvidhya mahatīm gadām

26. tataḥ sa rākṣaseśvaraḥ rākṣasīm māyām praviṣṭaḥ
mahatīm gadām vyāvidhya dhanadam mūrdhni jaghāna

26. Then that lord of rākṣasas (rākṣaseśvaraḥ), having entered into a rākṣasa-like illusion (māyā), struck Dhanada on the head, whirling a great mace.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thence, from that)

• मायाम् (māyām) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, supernatural power)

• प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - having entered (entered, having entered)

• स (sa) - he (Rāvaṇa) (he, that)

• राक्षसीम् (rākṣasīm) - rākṣasa-like (demonic, belonging to rākṣasas)

• राक्षसेश्वरः (rākṣaseśvaraḥ) - lord of rākṣasas (rākṣaseśvaraḥ), referring to Rāvaṇa (lord of rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa)

• जघान (jaghāna) - he struck (he struck, he killed)

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head (on the head, in the head)

• धनदम् (dhanadam) - Dhanada (Kubera) (giver of wealth, Kubera)

• व्याविध्य (vyāvidhya) - whirling (having whirled, having brandished)

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - a great (great, large)

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace (mace, club)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

मायाम् (māyām) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, supernatural power)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, supernatural power, trick, artifice

Root: mā (class 3)

प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - having entered (entered, having entered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pra-viś

viś - to enter, to go into

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Used as an adjective agreeing with rākṣaseśvaraḥ

स (sa) - he (Rāvaṇa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राक्षसीम् (rākṣasīm) - rākṣasa-like (demonic, belonging to rākṣasas)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - demonic, belonging to rākṣasas, a female rākṣasa

feminine form of rākṣasa

राक्षसेश्वरः (rākṣaseśvaraḥ) - lord of rākṣasas (rākṣaseśvaraḥ), referring to Rāvaṇa (lord of rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣaseśvara

rākṣaseśvara - lord of rākṣasas

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (rākṣasa+īśvara)

• rākṣasa – demon, rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master
  noun (masculine)

जघान (jaghāna) - he struck (he struck, he killed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of han

Root: han (class 2)

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head (on the head, in the head)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

धनदम् (dhanadam) - Dhanada (Kubera) (giver of wealth, Kubera)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanada

dhanada - giver of wealth, Kubera

compound of dhana + da

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (dhana+da)

• dhana – wealth, riches
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective
  nominal derivative
  from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

व्याविध्य (vyāvidhya) - whirling (having whirled, having brandished)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

formed with prefix vi-ā and suffix -ya

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vyadh (class 4)

महतीम् (mahatīm) - a great (great, large)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

गदाम् (gadām) - mace (mace, club)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club, iron rod