वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-91, verse-7

ते बद्धाः कालपाशेन संवर्तेन विदारिताः ।
क्षणेनाभिहतास्तिस्रस्तत्र कोट्यो महात्मना ॥७॥

7. te baddhāḥ kālapāśena saṃvartena vidāritāḥ ,
kṣaṇenābhihatāstisrastatra koṭyo mahātmanā.

7. te baddhāḥ kālapāśena saṃvartena vidāritāḥ
kṣaṇena abhihatāḥ tisraḥ tatra koṭyaḥ mahātmanā

7. Bound by the noose of Kāla and torn apart by Saṃvarta, three crores (thirty million) of them were struck down there in an instant by that great person (mahātman).

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the Gandharvas mentioned previously (they, those)

• बद्धाः (baddhāḥ) - bound, tied, imprisoned

• कालपाशेन (kālapāśena) - by the noose of Kāla (the deity of death) (by the noose of Kāla/death)

• संवर्तेन (saṁvartena) - by Saṃvarta (the weapon)

• विदारिताः (vidāritāḥ) - torn apart, rent asunder, pierced

• क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant, in a moment, quickly

• अभिहताः (abhihatāḥ) - struck down, killed, smitten

• तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

• तत्र (tatra) - in the place of battle (there, in that place)

• कोट्यः (koṭyaḥ) - three crores (thirty million) of Gandharvas (crores, ten millions, multitudes)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by Bharata (by the great-souled one, by the great person (mahātman))

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the Gandharvas mentioned previously (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बद्धाः (baddhāḥ) - bound, tied, imprisoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, imprisoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bandh' (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'te'

कालपाशेन (kālapāśena) - by the noose of Kāla (the deity of death) (by the noose of Kāla/death)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kālapāśa

kālapāśa - noose of Kāla, noose of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+pāśa)

• kāla – time, death, a deity of death
  noun (masculine)
• pāśa – noose, snare, bond
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the agent of binding

संवर्तेन (saṁvartena) - by Saṃvarta (the weapon)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - destruction of the world, a destructive cloud or fire, a specific weapon

From 'sam' + root 'vṛt' (to turn, to roll) + suffix 'a'

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Indicates the agent of tearing apart

विदारिताः (vidāritāḥ) - torn apart, rent asunder, pierced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidārita

vidārita - torn, rent, pierced, shattered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'vi' + root 'dṝ' (to tear, burst)

Prefix: vi

Root: dṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'te'

क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant, in a moment, quickly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant, a twinkling of an eye

Note: Denotes time or manner

अभिहताः (abhihatāḥ) - struck down, killed, smitten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhihata

abhihata - struck, smitten, killed, wounded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'abhi' + root 'han' (to strike, to kill)

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'te' and 'koṭyaḥ'

तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'koṭyaḥ'

तत्र (tatra) - in the place of battle (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad' (that) with the suffix '-tra'

कोट्यः (koṭyaḥ) - three crores (thirty million) of Gandharvas (crores, ten millions, multitudes)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of koṭi

koṭi - a crore (ten million), a multitude, an immense number

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by Bharata (by the great-souled one, by the great person (mahātman))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, a great person (mahātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the agent of striking down