वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-78, verse-14

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजा स इलः कर्दमात्मजः ।
निघ्नन्मृगसहस्राणि तं देशमुपचक्रमे ॥१४॥

14. etasminnantare rājā sa ilaḥ kardamātmajaḥ ,
nighnanmṛgasahasrāṇi taṃ deśamupacakrame.

14. etasmin antare rājā sa ilaḥ kardamātmajaḥ
nighnan mṛgasahasrāṇi tam deśam upacakrame

14. etasmin antare saḥ kardamātmajaḥ rājā ilaḥ
mṛgasahasrāṇi nighnan tam deśam upacakrame

14. At that very moment, King Ila, the son of Kardama, while slaying thousands of deer, approached that region.

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this, in that

• अन्तरे (antare) - at that moment (in the interval, in the meantime, at that moment, inside)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• स (sa) - that, he

• इलः (ilaḥ) - Ila (proper name)

• कर्दमात्मजः (kardamātmajaḥ) - son of Kardama

• निघ्नन् (nighnan) - slaying, killing, striking down

• मृगसहस्राणि (mṛgasahasrāṇi) - thousands of deer

• तम् (tam) - that

• देशम् (deśam) - region, place

• उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - approached (approached, undertook, began)

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this, in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'antare'

अन्तरे (antare) - at that moment (in the interval, in the meantime, at that moment, inside)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, interior, space between, difference

Note: Often used as an adverbial locative

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, referring to King Ila

इलः (ilaḥ) - Ila (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ila

ila - Ila (a mythological king, son of Kardama)

कर्दमात्मजः (kardamātmajaḥ) - son of Kardama

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kardamātmaja

kardamātmaja - son of Kardama

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'Kardama' (proper noun) + 'ātmaja' (son)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kardama+ātmaja)

• kardama – Kardama (a sage, Prajapati)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, self-born, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'ātman' (self) + 'ja' (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Appositive to King Ila

निघ्नन् (nighnan) - slaying, killing, striking down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of han

han - to strike, to kill, to slay

Present Active Participle

From root 'han' (to kill) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'rājā ilaḥ'; describes the king's action concurrently.

मृगसहस्राणि (mṛgasahasrāṇi) - thousands of deer

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mṛgasahasra

mṛgasahasra - a thousand deer

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'mṛga' (deer) + 'sahasra' (thousand)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+sahasra)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal, game
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'nighnan'

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'deśam'

देशम् (deśam) - region, place

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - region, place, country

Note: Object of 'upacakrame'

उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - approached (approached, undertook, began)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kram

Perfect Middle

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, with prefix 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Upacaka-kram implies moving towards a place.