वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-10, verse-14

वनानि सरितश्चैव व्यतिक्रम्य शनैः शनैः ।
अभिचक्राम तं देशं यत्र वै मुनिपुंगवः ॥१४॥

14. vanāni saritaścaiva vyatikramya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ,
abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ yatra vai munipuṃgavaḥ.

14. vanāni saritaḥ ca eva vyatikramya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
abhicakrāma tam deśam yatra vai munipuṅgavaḥ

14. śanaiḥ śanaiḥ vanāni ca saritaḥ eva vyatikramya
yatra vai munipuṅgavaḥ tam deśam abhicakrāma

14. Slowly, having crossed forests and rivers, he approached that region where the eminent sage resided.

Words meanings summery:

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests, groves, woods

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers, streams

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• व्यतिक्रम्य (vyatikramya) - having crossed, having passed over, having transcended

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• अभिचक्राम (abhicakrāma) - he approached, he went towards

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• देशम् (deśam) - region, country, place

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphasizing particle)

• मुनिपुङ्गवः (munipuṅgavaḥ) - chief of sages, eminent sage

Words meanings and morphology

वनानि (vanāni) - forests, groves, woods

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers, streams

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

व्यतिक्रम्य (vyatikramya) - having crossed, having passed over, having transcended

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from the root kram (to step, go) with prefixes vi and ati, and the absolutive suffix -ya.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: kram (class 1)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

अभिचक्राम (abhicakrāma) - he approached, he went towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of abhicakrāma

Perfect Tense (Lit Lakara)

3rd person singular active, formed from the root kram (to step, go) with the prefix abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: kram (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देशम् (deśam) - region, country, place

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, spot

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphasizing particle)

(indeclinable)

मुनिपुङ्गवः (munipuṅgavaḥ) - chief of sages, eminent sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of munipuṅgava

munipuṅgava - chief among sages, eminent sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+puṅgava)

• muni – sage, ascetic, saint
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, excellent, chief, pre-eminent (often used as a suffix to denote excellence)
  noun (masculine)

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