वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-4

पाशमुद्गरहस्तश्च मृत्युस्तस्याग्रतो स्थितः ।
येन संक्षिप्यते सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥४॥

4. pāśamudgarahastaśca mṛtyustasyāgrato sthitaḥ ,
yena saṃkṣipyate sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram.

4. pāśamudgarahastaḥ ca mṛtyuḥ tasya agrataḥ sthitaḥ
yena saṃkṣipyate sarvam trailokyam sacarācaram

4. pāśamudgarahastaḥ ca mṛtyuḥ tasya agrataḥ sthitaḥ
yena sarvam sacarācaram trailokyam saṃkṣipyate

4. Death (mṛtyu), holding a noose and a mace in his hand, stood before him. By whom the entire three worlds, including all moving and non-moving beings, are annihilated.

Words meanings summery:

• पाशमुद्गरहस्तः (pāśamudgarahastaḥ) - having a noose and a mace in hand

• च (ca) - and, also

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (mṛtyu) (death, Death (deity))

• तस्य (tasya) - before him (referring to Yama from the previous verse) (his, of that)

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stood, standing, situated

• येन (yena) - by whom (Death) (by whom, by which)

• संक्षिप्यते (saṁkṣipyate) - is annihilated, is contracted, is destroyed

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)

• सचराचरम् (sacarācaram) - with moving and non-moving beings, including all animate and inanimate creation

Words meanings and morphology

पाशमुद्गरहस्तः (pāśamudgarahastaḥ) - having a noose and a mace in hand

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāśamudgarahasta

pāśamudgarahasta - having a noose and a mace in hand

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāśa+mudgara+hasta)

• pāśa – noose, snare, bond
  noun (masculine)
• mudgara – mace, hammer, club
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Mṛtyu (Death).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (mṛtyu) (death, Death (deity))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Death (personified deity), Yama

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Personified Death, a companion of Yama.

तस्य (tasya) - before him (referring to Yama from the previous verse) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Connects to the main subject of the previous verse (Yama).

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'agra' (front) with the suffix -tas.

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stood, standing, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, firm, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā 'to stand'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe 'Mṛtyu'.

येन (yena) - by whom (Death) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to Mṛtyu.

संक्षिप्यते (saṁkṣipyate) - is annihilated, is contracted, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of saṃkṣip

Present Passive

Root kṣip (6P) with prefix sam. Passive form.

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣip (class 6)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire, every

Note: Agrees with 'trailokyam'.

त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trailokya

trailokya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the netherworld or atmosphere)

Derived from 'triloka'.

Compound type : dvigu (tri+loka)

• tri – three
  numeral
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

सचराचरम् (sacarācaram) - with moving and non-moving beings, including all animate and inanimate creation

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sacarācara

sacarācara - with moving and non-moving (beings/things), animate and inanimate

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+cara+acara)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• cara – moving, animate
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)
• acara – non-moving, inanimate
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'trailokyam'.

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