वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-78, verse-9

प्रजघ्ने स नृपो ऽरण्ये मृगाञ् शतसहस्रशः ।
हत्वैव तृप्तिर्नाभूच्च राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥९॥

9. prajaghne sa nṛpo'raṇye mṛgāñ śatasahasraśaḥ ,
hatvaiva tṛptirnābhūcca rājñastasya mahātmanaḥ.

9. prajaghne sa nṛpaḥ araṇye mṛgān śatasahasraśaḥ
hatvā eva tṛptiḥ na abhūt ca rājñaḥ tasya mahātmanaḥ

9. sa nṛpaḥ araṇye śatasahasraśaḥ mṛgān prajaghne.
hatvā eva ca tasya mahātmanaḥ rājñaḥ tṛptiḥ na abhūt.

9. That king killed hundreds of thousands of animals in the forest. Even after such extensive killing, that great-souled king did not find satisfaction.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजघ्ने (prajaghne) - he killed (he killed, he struck down)

• स (sa) - he (he, that)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king (king, ruler)

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wilderness)

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - animals (deer, wild animals, game)

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands

• हत्वा (hatvā) - after killing (having killed, after killing)

• एव (eva) - even (indeed, certainly, only, even)

• तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction (satisfaction, contentment)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - it arose, it was found (it was, it became, it arose)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - for the king (of the king)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (of that, for that)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (of the great-souled, of the noble, of the magnanimous)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजघ्ने (prajaghne) - he killed (he killed, he struck down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pra-han

Imperfect

Root han, 2nd class, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, Imperfect

Prefix: pra

Root: han (class 2)

स (sa) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'nṛpaḥ'. Sandhi form of 'saḥ'.

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wilderness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, jungle

मृगान् (mṛgān) - animals (deer, wild animals, game)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from śatasahasra (hundred thousand) with the suffix -śaḥ (denoting distribution or manner)

हत्वा (hatvā) - after killing (having killed, after killing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root han, suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

एव (eva) - even (indeed, certainly, only, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction (satisfaction, contentment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛpti

tṛpti - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

Note: Subject of 'abhūt'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'abhūt'.

अभूत् (abhūt) - it arose, it was found (it was, it became, it arose)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

Root bhū, 1st class, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, Aorist

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Past tense, 'a-' augment for Aorist/Imperfect.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - for the king (of the king)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Expresses possession or relation, here implies 'for' or 'to' the king.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (of that, for that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'rājñaḥ'.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (of the great-souled, of the noble, of the magnanimous)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, great (ātman)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'rājñaḥ'.