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

तान्भक्षयित्वा तत्रस्थान्महर्षीन्यज्ञमागतान् ।
वितृप्तो रुधिरैस्तेषां पुनः संप्रययौ महीम् ॥१८॥

18. tānbhakṣayitvā tatrasthānmaharṣīnyajñamāgatān ,
vitṛpto rudhiraisteṣāṃ punaḥ saṃprayayau mahīm.

18. tān bhakṣayitvā tatrasthān maharṣīn yajñam āgatān
vitṛptaḥ rudhiraiḥ teṣām punaḥ saṃprayayau mahīm

18. tatrasthān yajñam āgatān tān maharṣīn bhakṣayitvā
teṣām rudhiraiḥ vitṛptaḥ punaḥ mahīm saṃprayayau

18. Having consumed those great sages who were present there and had arrived for the Vedic ritual (yajña), he, fully satisfied with their blood, once more set off for the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those great sages (those, them)

• भक्षयित्वा (bhakṣayitvā) - having devoured, having eaten

• तत्रस्थान् (tatrasthān) - those standing there, present there

• महर्षीन् (maharṣīn) - great sages

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - for the Vedic ritual (Vedic ritual, devotion, worship)

• आगतान् (āgatān) - those who had come, arrived

• वितृप्तः (vitṛptaḥ) - fully satisfied, satiated

• रुधिरैः (rudhiraiḥ) - by bloods, with blood

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (the sages') blood (of them, their)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

• संप्रययौ (saṁprayayau) - he departed, he went forth

• महीम् (mahīm) - towards the earth (earth, ground, land)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those great sages (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

accusative plural masculine of 'tad'

भक्षयित्वा (bhakṣayitvā) - having devoured, having eaten

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from causative stem of √bhakṣ 'to eat, devour' with -tvā suffix

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

तत्रस्थान् (tatrasthān) - those standing there, present there

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tatrastha

tatrastha - standing there, located there, present there

from tatra ('there') + stha ('standing')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tatra+stha)

• tatra – there, in that place
  indeclinable
• stha – standing, situated, located
  adjective (masculine)
  from √sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with maharṣīn.

महर्षीन् (maharṣīn) - great sages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, inspired seer

from mahā ('great') + ṛṣi ('sage')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - for the Vedic ritual (Vedic ritual, devotion, worship)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship, devotion

from √yaj 'to worship, sacrifice'

Root: yaj (class 1)

आगतान् (āgatān) - those who had come, arrived

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached, happened

Past Passive Participle

from ā-√gam 'to come, approach'

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with maharṣīn.

वितृप्तः (vitṛptaḥ) - fully satisfied, satiated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vitṛpta

vitṛpta - fully satisfied, satiated, contented, refreshed

Past Passive Participle

from vi-√tṛp 'to satisfy, please'

Prefix: vi

Root: tṛp (class 4)

रुधिरैः (rudhiraiḥ) - by bloods, with blood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

Note: Plural often used idiomatically with blood, but can be translated as singular 'with blood'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (the sages') blood (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

genitive plural of 'tad'

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)

संप्रययौ (saṁprayayau) - he departed, he went forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of saṃprayā

Perfect tense form of sam-pra-√yā 'to go'

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yā (class 2)

महीम् (mahīm) - towards the earth (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land, cow

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