वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-46

अट्टहासान् विमुञ्चन्तो घननादसमस्वनान् ।
भूताः परिपतन्ति स्म नृत्यमानाः सहस्रशः ॥४६॥

46. aṭṭahāsān vimuñcanto ghananādasamasvanān ,
bhūtāḥ paripatanti sma nṛtyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ.

46. aṭṭahāsān vimuñcantaḥ ghananādasamasvanān
bhūtāḥ paripatatanti sma nṛtyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ

46. ghananādasamasvanān aṭṭahāsān vimuñcantaḥ
nṛtyamānāḥ bhūtāḥ sahasraśaḥ paripatatanti sma

46. Emitting loud, booming laughter comparable to the roar of clouds, thousands of spirits (bhūta) were falling everywhere, dancing.

Words meanings summery:

• अट्टहासान् (aṭṭahāsān) - loud laughs, roars of laughter

• विमुञ्चन्तः (vimuñcantaḥ) - emitting, releasing, casting forth

• घननादसमस्वनान् (ghananādasamasvanān) - having sounds equal to the roar of clouds, with roars like clouds

• भूताः (bhūtāḥ) - spirits, ghosts, beings, creatures

• परिपतन्ति (paripatanti) - they fall around, they descend, they fly about

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with present tense verb

• नृत्यमानाः (nṛtyamānāḥ) - dancing

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

अट्टहासान् (aṭṭahāsān) - loud laughs, roars of laughter

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aṭṭahāsa

aṭṭahāsa - loud laughter, boisterous laughter, a great laugh

विमुञ्चन्तः (vimuñcantaḥ) - emitting, releasing, casting forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimuñcat

vimuñcat - releasing, emitting, letting go, abandoning

Present Active Participle

From root muc (to release) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'bhūtāḥ'.

घननादसमस्वनान् (ghananādasamasvanān) - having sounds equal to the roar of clouds, with roars like clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghananādasamasvana

ghananādasamasvana - whose sound is like the roar of a cloud; having a sound equal to a thunderclap

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghana+nāda+sama+svana)

• ghana – cloud, dense, solid, heavy
  noun (masculine)
• nāda – sound, roar, cry, thunder
  noun (masculine)
  From root nad (to roar)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• sama – equal, similar, same, like
  adjective (masculine)
• svana – sound, noise, roar, voice
  noun (masculine)
  From root svan (to sound)
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'aṭṭahāsān'.

भूताः (bhūtāḥ) - spirits, ghosts, beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūta

bhūta - a being, creature, spirit, ghost; past; become

Past Passive Participle (when adjective)

From root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

परिपतन्ति (paripatanti) - they fall around, they descend, they fly about

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of paripat

Prefix: pari

Root: pat (class 1)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with present tense verb

(indeclinable)

नृत्यमानाः (nṛtyamānāḥ) - dancing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nṛtyamāna

nṛtyamāna - dancing, being danced

Present Middle Participle

From root nṛt (to dance), ātmanepada form

Root: nṛt (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'bhūtāḥ'.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas indicating 'by way of' or 'in groups of'

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