वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-29, verse-21

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे नादो मुक्तो दानवराक्षसैः ।
हा हताः स्मेति तं दृष्ट्वा ग्रस्तं शक्रेण रावणम् ॥२१॥

21. etasminnantare nādo mukto dānavarākṣasaiḥ ,
hā hatāḥ smeti taṃ dṛṣṭvā grastaṃ śakreṇa rāvaṇam.

21. etasmin antare nādaḥ muktaḥ dānavarākṣasaiḥ hā
hatāḥ sma iti tam dṛṣṭvā grastam śakreṇa rāvaṇam

21. etasmin antare dānavarākṣasaiḥ nādaḥ muktaḥ hā hatāḥ sma iti śakreṇa grastam tam rāvaṇam dṛṣṭvā.

21. At this moment, a cry of "Alas, we are ruined!" was uttered by the dānavas and rākṣasas, seeing Rāvaṇa thus overwhelmed by Indra (śakra).

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this (interval/moment) (in this)

• अन्तरे (antare) - at this moment (in the interval, in the meantime, in the middle)

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

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - was uttered (released, emitted, uttered)

• दानवराक्षसैः (dānavarākṣasaiḥ) - by the dānavas and rākṣasas (by dānavas and rākṣasas)

• हा (hā) - alas! (alas! ah!)

• हताः (hatāḥ) - (we are) ruined (killed, destroyed, ruined)

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating state) (indeed, certainly; particle used with present tense verbs to express past action)

• इति (iti) - thus (introduces quote) (thus, so, (quotative particle))

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Rāvaṇa) (him, that)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen)

• ग्रस्तम् (grastam) - overwhelmed (seized, overcome, devoured)

• शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Indra (śakra) (by Śakra)

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this (interval/moment) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: modifies 'antare'

अन्तरे (antare) - at this moment (in the interval, in the meantime, in the middle)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, space between, inside, midst, difference

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry, noise

Root: nad (class 1)

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - was uttered (released, emitted, uttered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - released, freed, emitted, uttered

Past Passive Participle

from muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: modifies 'nādaḥ'

दानवराक्षसैः (dānavarākṣasaiḥ) - by the dānavas and rākṣasas (by dānavas and rākṣasas)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dānavarākṣasa

dānavarākṣasa - dānavas and rākṣasas (types of demons)

Compound type : dvandva (dānava+rākṣasa)

• dānava – a dānava (a class of demons)
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – a rākṣasa (a class of demons)
  noun (masculine)

हा (hā) - alas! (alas! ah!)

(indeclinable)

Note: exclamation

हताः (hatāḥ) - (we are) ruined (killed, destroyed, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

from han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: implied 'vayam' (we)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating state) (indeed, certainly; particle used with present tense verbs to express past action)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'hatāḥ' to express a state of being ruined.

इति (iti) - thus (introduces quote) (thus, so, (quotative particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: quotative particle

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Rāvaṇa) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: modifies 'rāvaṇam'

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

from dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Gerund

ग्रस्तम् (grastam) - overwhelmed (seized, overcome, devoured)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grasta

grasta - seized, overcome, devoured, swallowed

Past Passive Participle

from gras

Root: gras (class 1)

Note: modifies 'rāvaṇam'

शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Indra (śakra) (by Śakra)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, mighty; an epithet of Indra

Note: Agent of the past passive participle 'grastam'

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (demon king of Lankā)

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā' and 'grastam'

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