वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-3

तासां मध्यगतो राज रराज स ततो ऽर्जुनः ।
करेणूनां सहस्रस्य मध्यस्थ इव कुञ्जरः ॥३॥

3. tāsāṃ madhyagato rāja rarāja sa tato'rjunaḥ ,
kareṇūnāṃ sahasrasya madhyastha iva kuñjaraḥ.

3. tāsām madhyagataḥ rājan rarāja sa tataḥ arjunaḥ
kareṇūnām sahasrasya madhyasthaḥ iva kuñjaraḥ

3. rājan tataḥ saḥ arjunaḥ tāsām madhyagataḥ rarāja
kareṇūnām sahasrasya madhyasthaḥ kuñjaraḥ iva

3. O King, then Arjuna shone brightly in their midst, just like a bull elephant positioned among a thousand female elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• तासाम् (tāsām) - among those (women) (of them (feminine))

• मध्यगतः (madhyagataḥ) - in their midst (situated in the middle, entered into the middle)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• रराज (rarāja) - shone brightly (shone, was splendid, glittered)

• स (sa) - that (he, that)

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

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• करेणूनाम् (kareṇūnām) - of female elephants

• सहस्रस्य (sahasrasya) - of a thousand

• मध्यस्थः (madhyasthaḥ) - standing in the middle (standing in the middle, mediator)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• कुञ्जरः (kuñjaraḥ) - a bull elephant (elephant (especially male))

Words meanings and morphology

तासाम् (tāsām) - among those (women) (of them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she

मध्यगतः (madhyagataḥ) - in their midst (situated in the middle, entered into the middle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyagata

madhyagata - gone into the middle, situated in the midst of

Compound type : tatpurusha (madhya+gata)

• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, situated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Arjuna.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

रराज (rarāja) - shone brightly (shone, was splendid, glittered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of rāj

perfect past

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: rāj (class 1)

स (sa) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a warrior or a king)

Root: ṛj

करेणूनाम् (kareṇūnām) - of female elephants

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kareṇu

kareṇu - female elephant

सहस्रस्य (sahasrasya) - of a thousand

(numeral)

मध्यस्थः (madhyasthaḥ) - standing in the middle (standing in the middle, mediator)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyastha

madhyastha - standing in the middle, intermediate, neutral

Compound type : tatpurusha (madhya+stha)

• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sthā'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kuñjaraḥ'.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

कुञ्जरः (kuñjaraḥ) - a bull elephant (elephant (especially male))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant, especially a male elephant

Root: kuñj