वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-48

तानचिन्त्यमहोत्पातान् राक्षसा बलगर्विताः ।
यन्त्येव न निवर्तन्ते मृत्युपाशावपाशिताः ॥४८॥

48. tānacintyamahotpātān rākṣasā balagarvitāḥ ,
yantyeva na nivartante mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ.

48. tān acintyamahotpātān rākṣasāḥ balagarvitāḥ
yanti eva na nivartante mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ

48. Puffed up with their might, the rākṣasas, ensnared by the noose of death, went forth towards those unimaginable great portents and indeed did not return.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those

• अचिन्त्यमहोत्पातान् (acintyamahotpātān) - unimaginable great portents/calamities

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas, demons

• बलगर्विताः (balagarvitāḥ) - proud of strength, arrogant with might

• यन्ति (yanti) - they go, they advance

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• न (na) - not, no

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they do not return

• मृत्युपाशावपाशिताः (mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ) - ensnared by the noose of death

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अचिन्त्यमहोत्पातान् (acintyamahotpātān) - unimaginable great portents/calamities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of acintyamahotpāta

acintyamahotpāta - unimaginable great portent; unimaginable great calamity

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (acintya+mahā+utpāta)

• acintya – unimaginable, inconceivable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from √cint (to think) with prefix 'a-' (negation) and suffix '-ya'
  Prefix: a
  Root: cint (class 1)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• utpāta – calamity, portent, sudden occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pat (class 1)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas, demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa, demon

बलगर्विताः (balagarvitāḥ) - proud of strength, arrogant with might

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balagarvita

balagarvita - proud of strength, arrogant with might

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+garvita)

• bala – strength, might, power
  noun (neuter)
• garvita – proud, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √garv (to be proud)
  Root: garv (class 1)

यन्ति (yanti) - they go, they advance

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they do not return

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of nivṛt

Derived from √vṛt with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मृत्युपाशावपाशिताः (mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ) - ensnared by the noose of death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛtyupāśāvapāśita

mṛtyupāśāvapāśita - ensnared by the noose of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+pāśa+avapāśita)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• pāśa – noose, fetter
  noun (masculine)
• avapāśita – ensnared, bound, tied down
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √pāś (to bind) with prefix 'ava-'
  Prefix: ava
  Root: pāś (class 10)

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