वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-27

ततः संरक्तनयनः क्रुद्धो वैवस्वतः प्रभुः ।
कालदण्डममोघं तं तोलयामास पाणिना ॥२७॥

27. tataḥ saṃraktanayanaḥ kruddho vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ ,
kāladaṇḍamamoghaṃ taṃ tolayāmāsa pāṇinā.

27. tataḥ saṃraktanayanaḥ kruddhaḥ vaivasvataḥ
prabhuḥ kāladaṇḍam amogham tam tolayāmāsa pāṇinā

27. tataḥ saṃraktanayanaḥ kruddhaḥ vaivasvataḥ
prabhuḥ pāṇinā tam amogham kāladaṇḍam tolayāmāsa

27. Then, the enraged lord Yama, his eyes crimson, wielded that infallible rod of time (kāladaṇḍa) with his hand.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - Then, thereupon

• संरक्तनयनः (saṁraktanayanaḥ) - with bloodshot eyes, having reddened eyes

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged

• वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama (son of Vivasvat)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, mighty one

• कालदण्डम् (kāladaṇḍam) - Yama's unfailing rod of justice or punishment (the rod of time/death)

• अमोघम् (amogham) - unfailing, infallible

• तम् (tam) - that

• तोलयामास (tolayāmāsa) - he weighed, he wielded

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - Then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

From pronoun 'tad' + suffix '-tas'

संरक्तनयनः (saṁraktanayanaḥ) - with bloodshot eyes, having reddened eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃraktanayana

saṁraktanayana - having very red eyes, with bloodshot eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃrakta+nayana)

• saṃrakta – very red, crimson, inflamed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam-RAÑJ 'to dye, redden'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• nayana – eye; leading, guiding
  noun (neuter)
  From root NĪ 'to lead'
  Root: nī (class 1)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

From root KRUDH 'to be angry'

Root: krudh (class 4)

वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama (son of Vivasvat)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - descendant of Vivasvat (especially Yama)

Patronymic from Vivasvat

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, mighty one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty, powerful

From pra-BHŪ 'to be mighty'

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

कालदण्डम् (kāladaṇḍam) - Yama's unfailing rod of justice or punishment (the rod of time/death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāladaṇḍa

kāladaṇḍa - rod of time, staff of Yama, rod of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+daṇḍa)

• kāla – time, black, death
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, punishment
  noun (masculine)

अमोघम् (amogham) - unfailing, infallible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amogha

amogha - unfailing, not in vain, successful, infallible

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'mogha' (vain)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mogha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mogha – vain, useless, fruitless
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with kāladaṇḍam

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Agrees with kāladaṇḍam

तोलयामास (tolayāmāsa) - he weighed, he wielded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of tul

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed from causative stem 'tolaya' + āmāsa (auxiliary verb AS)

Root: tul (class 1)

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

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