वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-17

राक्षसेन्द्रस्ततः क्रुद्धश्चापमायम्य संयुगे ।
निरन्तरमिवाकाशं कुर्वन्बाणान्मुमोच ह ॥१७॥

17. rākṣasendrastataḥ kruddhaścāpamāyamya saṃyuge ,
nirantaramivākāśaṃ kurvanbāṇānmumoca ha.

17. rākṣasendraḥ tataḥ kruddhaḥ cāpam āyamya saṃyuge
nirantaram iva ākāśam kurvan bāṇān mumoca ha

17. tataḥ kruddhaḥ rākṣasendraḥ saṃyuge cāpam āyamya
ākāśam nirantaram iva kurvan bāṇān mumoca ha

17. Then, the enraged lord of rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa), having stretched his bow in battle, released arrows, effectively filling the sky without a gap.

Words meanings summery:

• राक्षसेन्द्रः (rākṣasendraḥ) - the lord of rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa) (lord of rākṣasas, king of demons)

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

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry, furious)

• चापम् (cāpam) - his bow (bow)

• आयम्य (āyamya) - having stretched (his bow) (having drawn, having stretched, having extended)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in combat, in conjunction)

• निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - without a gap, completely full (without interval, continuous, dense, full)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, space, ether)

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making, filling (making, doing)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• मुमोच (mumoca) - he released (he released, he shot, he abandoned)

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely, verily (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षसेन्द्रः (rākṣasendraḥ) - the lord of rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa) (lord of rākṣasas, king of demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - chief of rākṣasas, king of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – a rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'mumoca'

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

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry, furious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

From root 'krudh' (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

चापम् (cāpam) - his bow (bow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāpa

cāpa - bow

Note: Object of 'āyamya'

आयम्य (āyamya) - having stretched (his bow) (having drawn, having stretched, having extended)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From ā + yam (to restrain, hold, extend) + lyap suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in combat, in conjunction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, conflict, conjunction

From sam + yuj (to join, unite)

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - without a gap, completely full (without interval, continuous, dense, full)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirantara

nirantara - without interval, uninterrupted, dense, continuous, full

From nis (without) + antara (interval)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+antara)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, space, interior, difference
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage with 'kurvan'

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kurvan'

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making, filling (making, doing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making

Present Active Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) + śatṛ suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Object of 'mumoca'

मुमोच (mumoca) - he released (he released, he shot, he abandoned)

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, active voice

Root: muc (class 6)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely, verily (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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