वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-27, verse-20

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे नादः शुश्रुवे रजनीक्षये ।
तस्य रावणसैन्यस्य प्रयुद्धस्य समन्ततः ॥२०॥

20. etasminnantare nādaḥ śuśruve rajanīkṣaye ,
tasya rāvaṇasainyasya prayuddhasya samantataḥ.

20. etasmin antare nādaḥ śuśruve rajanīkṣaye
tasya rāvaṇasainyasya prayuddhasya samantataḥ

20. etasmin antare rajanīkṣaye tasya rāvaṇasainyasya
samantataḥ prayuddhasya nādaḥ śuśruve

20. At this juncture, at the end of the night, a roar was heard all around, from that army of Rāvaṇa that had engaged in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - at this (interval) (in this, at this)

• अन्तरे (antare) - in this interval, at this juncture (in the interval, in the middle, during, between)

• नादः (nādaḥ) - a roar (sound, roar, cry)

• शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard (was heard, heard (middle voice))

• रजनीक्षये (rajanīkṣaye) - at the close of night (at the end of the night)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rāvaṇa's army) (of that, his)

• रावणसैन्यस्य (rāvaṇasainyasya) - of Rāvaṇa's army

• प्रयुद्धस्य (prayuddhasya) - of that which had begun fighting / engaged in battle (of one who has fought, engaged in battle)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (from all sides, everywhere, all around)

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - at this (interval) (in this, at this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (pronoun/adjective)

Masculine/neuter locative singular of 'etad'.

अन्तरे (antare) - in this interval, at this juncture (in the interval, in the middle, during, between)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, space, middle, difference

नादः (nādaḥ) - a roar (sound, roar, cry)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry, noise

From root `nad` (to roar, sound).

Root: nad (class 1)

शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard (was heard, heard (middle voice))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect indicative (liṭ) of śru

Perfect Middle Indic Third Person Singular

From root `śru` (5th class). Perfect tense, middle voice.

Root: śru (class 5)

रजनीक्षये (rajanīkṣaye) - at the close of night (at the end of the night)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rajanīkṣaya

rajanīkṣaya - end of night

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajanī+kṣaya)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
  Root: raj (class 1)
• kṣaya – end, destruction, decrease, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kṣi` (to waste away, destroy).
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rāvaṇa's army) (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one (pronoun/adjective)

Masculine/neuter genitive singular of 'tad'.

रावणसैन्यस्य (rāvaṇasainyasya) - of Rāvaṇa's army

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rāvaṇasainya

rāvaṇasainya - Rāvaṇa's army

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+sainya)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ru (class 2)
• sainya – army, host, military
  noun (neuter)
  From 'senā' (army).

प्रयुद्धस्य (prayuddhasya) - of that which had begun fighting / engaged in battle (of one who has fought, engaged in battle)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of prayuddha

prayuddha - fought, engaged in battle, begun fighting

Past Passive Participle

From root `yudh` (4th class) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Past Passive Participle used adjectivally.

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (from all sides, everywhere, all around)

(indeclinable)

Avyaya (indeclinable).