वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-16, verse-24

मानुषाः शब्दवित्रस्ता मेनिरे लोकसंक्षयम् ।
देवताश्चापि संक्षुब्धाश्चलिताः स्वेषु कर्मसु ॥२४॥

24. mānuṣāḥ śabdavitrastā menire lokasaṃkṣayam ,
devatāścāpi saṃkṣubdhāścalitāḥ sveṣu karmasu.

24. mānuṣāḥ śabdavitrastāḥ menire lokasaṃkṣayam
devatāḥ ca api saṃkṣubdhāḥ calitāḥ sveṣu karmasu

24. śabdavitrastāḥ mānuṣāḥ lokasaṃkṣayam menire ca
api saṃkṣubdhāḥ devatāḥ sveṣu karmasu calitāḥ

24. Humans, terrified by the sound, believed it to be the destruction of the world. Even the deities became agitated and deviated from their respective duties (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans, human beings

• शब्दवित्रस्ताः (śabdavitrastāḥ) - terrified by the great cry (terrified by sound)

• मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they considered, they believed

• लोकसंक्षयम् (lokasaṁkṣayam) - destruction of the world

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also

• संक्षुब्धाः (saṁkṣubdhāḥ) - agitated, disturbed, greatly shaken

• चलिताः (calitāḥ) - moved, deviated, stirred

• स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own, in their respective

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in their respective duties (in actions, in duties, in deeds)

Words meanings and morphology

मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, mortal

शब्दवित्रस्ताः (śabdavitrastāḥ) - terrified by the great cry (terrified by sound)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śabdavitrasta

śabdavitrasta - terrified by sound

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śabda+vitrasta)

• śabda – sound, word, noise
  noun (masculine)
• vitrasta – terrified, frightened, alarmed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root tras (to tremble, be afraid) with prefix vi- and suffix -ta.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tras (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'mānuṣāḥ'.

मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they considered, they believed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

लोकसंक्षयम् (lokasaṁkṣayam) - destruction of the world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokasaṃkṣaya

lokasaṁkṣaya - destruction of the world, cosmic dissolution

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (loka+saṃkṣaya)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, decay, end, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-kṣi (to destroy, diminish).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

संक्षुब्धाः (saṁkṣubdhāḥ) - agitated, disturbed, greatly shaken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃkṣubdha

saṁkṣubdha - agitated, disturbed, greatly shaken, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kṣubh (to agitate, tremble) with prefix sam- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'devatāḥ' (feminine plural).

चलिताः (calitāḥ) - moved, deviated, stirred

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of calita

calita - moved, deviated, stirred, agitated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root cal (to move, stir) with the suffix -ta.

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'devatāḥ' (feminine plural).

स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own, in their respective

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own, belonging to oneself

Note: Agrees with 'karmasu'.

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in their respective duties (in actions, in duties, in deeds)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, duty, fate (karma)

Derived from the root kṛ (to do) with suffix -man.

Root: kṛ (class 8)