वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-34, verse-21

स तं पीड्दयमानस्तु वितुदन्तं नखैर्मुहुः ।
जहार रावणं वाली पवनस्तोयदं यथा ॥२१॥

21. sa taṃ pīḍdayamānastu vitudantaṃ nakhairmuhuḥ ,
jahāra rāvaṇaṃ vālī pavanastoyadaṃ yathā.

21. sa tam pīḍdayamānaḥ tu vitudantam nakhaiḥ
muhuḥ jahāra rāvaṇam vālī pavanaḥ toyadam yathā

21. vālī sa pīḍdayamānaḥ tu tam rāvaṇam vitudantam
nakhaiḥ muhuḥ jahāra yathā pavanaḥ toyadam

21. Vālī, though being tormented, seized and carried off that Rāvaṇa, who was repeatedly scratching with his nails, just as the wind carries a cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Vali) (he)

• तम् (tam) - him (Ravana) (him)

• पीड्दयमानः (pīḍdayamānaḥ) - being tormented (referring to Vālī by Rāvaṇa's scratching) (being tormented, being oppressed)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• वितुदन्तम् (vitudantam) - scratching (Ravana doing the scratching) (scratching, piercing, tormenting)

• नखैः (nakhaiḥ) - with nails, with claws

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• जहार (jahāra) - carried off, seized, took away

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana

• वाली (vālī) - Vali

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind

• तोयदम् (toyadam) - cloud (literally 'giver of water') (cloud)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Vali) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - him (Ravana) (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पीड्दयमानः (pīḍdayamānaḥ) - being tormented (referring to Vālī by Rāvaṇa's scratching) (being tormented, being oppressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pīḍdayamāna

pīḍdayamāna - being tormented, being oppressed

Present Passive Participle

From the causative stem of root pīḍ, with the suffix -śānac (māna).

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

वितुदन्तम् (vitudantam) - scratching (Ravana doing the scratching) (scratching, piercing, tormenting)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vitudant

vitūdat - scratching, piercing, tormenting

Present Active Participle

From root tud with prefix vi, suffix -śatṛ (ant).

Prefix: vi

Root: tud (class 6)

नखैः (nakhaiḥ) - with nails, with claws

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nakha

nakha - nail, claw

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

जहार (jahāra) - carried off, seized, took away

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper noun)

वाली (vālī) - Vali

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vali (proper noun)

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air

तोयदम् (toyadam) - cloud (literally 'giver of water') (cloud)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of toyada

toyada - cloud (giver of water)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (toya+da)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective
  From root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)