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सूर्ये चास्तं गते रात्रौ देहं सङ्क्षिप्य मारुतिः । वृषदंशकमात्रः सन्बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनः ।।5.2.49।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sūrye cāstaṃ gate rātrau dehaṃ saṅkṣipya mārutiḥसूर्ये चास्तं गते रात्रौ देहं सङ्क्षिप्य मारुतिःwhen the sun had set, at night, the son of the Wind, shrinking his bodylocative absolute + particle + accusative + locative participle + locative + accusative + gerund + nominative
vṛṣadaṃśakamātraḥ sanbabhūvādbhutadarśanaḥवृषदंशकमात्रः सन्बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनःbecame the size of a cat, wondrous to beholdnominative compound adjective + present participle + verb + nominative compound adjective

Reference: 5.2.49 · Sundara Kāṇḍa