वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-44

भौमास्तथान्तरिक्षाश्च कालाज्ञप्ता भयावहाः ।
उत्पाता राक्षसेन्द्राणामभावायोत्थिता द्रुतम् ॥४४॥

44. bhaumāstathāntarikṣāśca kālājñaptā bhayāvahāḥ ,
utpātā rākṣasendrāṇāmabhāvāyotthitā drutam.

44. bhaumāḥ tathā āntarikṣāḥ ca kālājñaptāḥ bhayāvahāḥ
utpātāḥ rākṣasendrāṇām abhāvāya utthitāḥ drutam

44. bhaumāḥ āntarikṣāḥ ca kālājñaptāḥ bhayāvahāḥ
utpātāḥ rākṣasendrāṇām abhāvāya drutam utthitāḥ

44. Terrestrial and atmospheric terrifying omens, decreed by time, swiftly appeared for the annihilation of the chiefs of rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• भौमाः (bhaumāḥ) - earthly, terrestrial, related to the earth

• तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

• आन्तरिक्षाः (āntarikṣāḥ) - atmospheric, celestial, relating to the atmosphere

• च (ca) - and, also

• कालाज्ञप्ताः (kālājñaptāḥ) - commanded by time, decreed by fate

• भयावहाः (bhayāvahāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful, frightful

• उत्पाताः (utpātāḥ) - portents, omens, calamities, extraordinary phenomena

• राक्षसेन्द्राणाम् (rākṣasendrāṇām) - of the chiefs of rākṣasas, of the lords of rākṣasas

• अभावाय (abhāvāya) - for destruction, for non-existence, for annihilation

• उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - arisen, appeared, stood up

• द्रुतम् (drutam) - quickly, swiftly, fast

Words meanings and morphology

भौमाः (bhaumāḥ) - earthly, terrestrial, related to the earth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhauma

bhauma - relating to the earth, terrestrial, earthly; a son of the earth; Mars

Derived from 'bhūmi' (earth)

तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

आन्तरिक्षाः (āntarikṣāḥ) - atmospheric, celestial, relating to the atmosphere

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āntarikṣa

āntarikṣa - relating to the atmosphere or space; atmospheric, celestial, aerial

Derived from 'antarikṣa' (atmosphere)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कालाज्ञप्ताः (kālājñaptāḥ) - commanded by time, decreed by fate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālājñapta

kālājñapta - commanded or decreed by time/fate

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+ājñapta)

• kāla – time, fate, death
  noun (masculine)
• ājñapta – commanded, ordered, instructed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jñā (to know) with upasarga ā (to command)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

भयावहाः (bhayāvahāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful, frightful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayāvaha

bhayāvaha - bringing fear, causing terror, dreadful, frightful

From bhaya (fear) + āvaha (bringing)

उत्पाताः (utpātāḥ) - portents, omens, calamities, extraordinary phenomena

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utpāta

utpāta - an unusual or portentous phenomenon, a calamity, omen, disturbance, sudden appearance

From root pat (to fall) with upasarga ut

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

राक्षसेन्द्राणाम् (rākṣasendrāṇām) - of the chiefs of rākṣasas, of the lords of rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - a chief of rākṣasas, lord of rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – a demon, an evil being, a rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, king; Indra (the king of gods)
  noun (masculine)

अभावाय (abhāvāya) - for destruction, for non-existence, for annihilation

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, destruction, annihilation

From 'a-' (negation) + 'bhāva' (existence)

उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - arisen, appeared, stood up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utthita

utthita - arisen, stood up, appeared, elevated, ready

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with upasarga ut (up)

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

द्रुतम् (drutam) - quickly, swiftly, fast

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

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