वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-1, chapter-16, verse-10
ते गजाचलसंकाशा वपुष्मन्तो महाबलाः ।
ऋक्षवानरगोपुच्छाः क्षिप्रमेवाभिजज्ञिरे ॥१०॥
ऋक्षवानरगोपुच्छाः क्षिप्रमेवाभिजज्ञिरे ॥१०॥
10. te gajācalasaṃkāśā vapuṣmanto mahābalāḥ ,
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipramevābhijajñire.
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipramevābhijajñire.
10.
te gajacalasaṃkāśāḥ vapuṣmantaḥ mahābalāḥ |
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipram eva abhijajñire
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipram eva abhijajñire
10.
te gajacalasaṃkāśāḥ,
vapuṣmantaḥ,
mahābalāḥ,
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipram eva abhijajñire.
vapuṣmantaḥ,
mahābalāḥ,
ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipram eva abhijajñire.
10.
They swiftly came into being, resembling elephants and mountains, endowed with robust bodies and immense strength, appearing in the forms of bears, monkeys, and those with cow-like tails.
Words meanings summery:
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- ते (te) - the created beings (from previous verse) (they, those)
- गजचलसंकाशाः (gajacalasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling elephants and mountains
- वपुष्मन्तः (vapuṣmantaḥ) - endowed with robust bodies (endowed with a body, corporeal, robust, handsome)
- महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - of great strength, very powerful
- ऋक्षवानरगोपुच्छाः (ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ) - appearing in the forms of bears, monkeys, and those with cow-like tails (referring to specific tribes/types of Vanaras) (having the forms of bears, monkeys, and cow-tails)
- क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - very quickly (quickly, swiftly)
- एव (eva) - very quickly (indeed, just, very)
- अभिजज्ञिरे (abhijajñire) - they (the beings) were born (they were born, they appeared)
Words meanings and morphology
ते (te) - the created beings (from previous verse) (they, those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those, he, she, it
Note: Subject of 'abhijajñire'.
गजचलसंकाशाः (gajacalasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling elephants and mountains
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of gajacalasaṃkāśa
gajacalasaṁkāśa - resembling elephants and mountains
Compound of gaja (elephant), acala (mountain), and saṃkāśa (resembling).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gaja+acala+saṃkāśa)
- gaja – elephant
noun (masculine) - acala – mountain, immovable
noun (masculine) - saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar
adjective (masculine)
From root kāś (to shine) with prefix sam
Prefix: sam
Root: kāś (class 1)
Note: Adjective modifying 'te'.
वपुष्मन्तः (vapuṣmantaḥ) - endowed with robust bodies (endowed with a body, corporeal, robust, handsome)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vapuṣmat
vapuṣmat - possessed of a body, corporeal, robust, handsome
From 'vapus' (body, form) with suffix -mat
Note: Adjective modifying 'te'.
महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - of great strength, very powerful
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala
mahābala - of great strength, very powerful
Compound 'mahat' (great) + 'bala' (strength)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+bala)
- mahat – great, large, vast
adjective (neuter) - bala – strength, power, force
noun (neuter)
Note: Adjective modifying 'te'.
ऋक्षवानरगोपुच्छाः (ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ) - appearing in the forms of bears, monkeys, and those with cow-like tails (referring to specific tribes/types of Vanaras) (having the forms of bears, monkeys, and cow-tails)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛkṣavānaragopuccha
ṛkṣavānaragopuccha - having the forms of bears, monkeys, and cow-tails
Compound of ṛkṣa (bear), vānara (monkey), and gopuccha (cow-tail)
Compound type : dvandva / bahuvrīhi (implicit) (ṛkṣa+vānara+go+puccha)
- ṛkṣa – bear
noun (masculine) - vānara – monkey, ape
noun (masculine) - go – cow, bull
noun (masculine/feminine) - puccha – tail
noun (neuter)
Note: Adjective modifying 'te'.
क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - very quickly (quickly, swiftly)
(indeclinable)
Adverbial form of adjective kṣipra
Note: Adverb modifying 'abhijajñire'.
एव (eva) - very quickly (indeed, just, very)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
अभिजज्ञिरे (abhijajñire) - they (the beings) were born (they were born, they appeared)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (Lit) of abhijan
Perfect, 3rd Person Plural, Middle Voice (Ātmanepada)
Prefix: abhi
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Subject is 'te'.