वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-88, verse-17

यज्ञवाटगताश्चापि मुनयः सर्व एव ते ।
राजानश्च नरव्याघ्रा विस्मयान्नोपरेमिरे ॥१७॥

17. yajñavāṭagatāścāpi munayaḥ sarva eva te ,
rājānaśca naravyāghrā vismayānnoparemire.

17. yajñavāṭagatāḥ ca api munayaḥ sarve eva te
rājānaḥ ca naravyāghrāḥ vismayāt na uparemire

17. All those sages present at the Vedic ritual (yajña) enclosure, along with the kings, who were like tigers among men, could not contain their astonishment.

Words meanings summery:

• यज्ञवाटगताः (yajñavāṭagatāḥ) - gone to the sacrificial ground

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• ते (te) - those (ones), they

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

• च (ca) - and

• नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - foremost among men, tiger-like men

• विस्मयात् (vismayāt) - from wonder, out of astonishment

• न (na) - not, no

• उपरेमिरे (uparemire) - they ceased, stopped

Words meanings and morphology

यज्ञवाटगताः (yajñavāṭagatāḥ) - gone to the sacrificial ground

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yajñavāṭagata

yajñavāṭagata - one who has gone to a sacrificial ground

derived from a past passive participle 'gata' used adjectivally

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajñavāṭa+gata)

• yajñavāṭa – sacrificial ground, place for (yajña)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root gam (to go) + kta
  Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun/adjective)

Note: Agreeing with munayaḥ and rājānaḥ

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (ones), they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - foremost among men, tiger-like men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, excellent man, hero

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

विस्मयात् (vismayāt) - from wonder, out of astonishment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vismaya

vismaya - wonder, astonishment, surprise

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपरेमिरे (uparemire) - they ceased, stopped

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (Lit) of uparam

Prefix: upa

Root: ram (class 1)

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