वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-23, verse-5

अथ रामः सरिन्मध्ये पप्रच्छ मुनिपुङ्गवम् ।
वारिणो भिद्यमानस्य किमयं तुमुलो ध्वनिः ॥५॥

5. atha rāmaḥ sarinmadhye papraccha munipuṅgavam ,
vāriṇo bhidyamānasya kimayaṃ tumulo dhvaniḥ.

5. atha rāmaḥ sarinmadhye papraccha munipuṅgavam
vāriṇaḥ bhidyamānasya kim ayam tumulaḥ dhvaniḥ

5. atha rāmaḥ sarinmadhye munipuṅgavam papraccha.
(ayam) bhidyamānasya vāriṇaḥ tumulaḥ dhvaniḥ kim (asti)?

5. Then Rāma, while in the middle of the river, asked the foremost of sages, "What is this tumultuous sound of the water being split apart?"

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, next, thereupon)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma (Rāma (name of a prince/deity))

• सरिन्मध्ये (sarinmadhye) - in the middle of the river

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked (he asked, he inquired)

• मुनिपुङ्गवम् (munipuṅgavam) - the foremost of sages (foremost of sages, chief among ascetics)

• वारिणः (vāriṇaḥ) - of the water (of water)

• भिद्यामनस्य (bhidyāmanasya) - of the water being split (apart) (of being split, of being broken)

• किम् (kim) - what is? (what? why? (interrogative particle))

• अयम् (ayam) - this (sound) (this, he)

• तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous (tumultuous, noisy, boisterous)

• ध्वनिः (dhvaniḥ) - sound (sound, noise, tone)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, next, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma (Rāma (name of a prince/deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu, son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming

सरिन्मध्ये (sarinmadhye) - in the middle of the river

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarinmadhya

sarinmadhya - middle of a river

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sarin+madhya)

• sarin – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  From √sṛ 'to flow'
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked (he asked, he inquired)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

मुनिपुङ्गवम् (munipuṅgavam) - the foremost of sages (foremost of sages, chief among ascetics)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of munipuṅgava

munipuṅgava - foremost of sages, excellent sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+puṅgava)

• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, eminent, chief, foremost
  noun (masculine)

वारिणः (vāriṇaḥ) - of the water (of water)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vārin

vārin - water

भिद्यामनस्य (bhidyāmanasya) - of the water being split (apart) (of being split, of being broken)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhidyāmāna

bhidyāmāna - being split, being broken, being divided

Present Passive Participle

From √bhid 'to split, to break' in passive voice with suffix -māna

Root: bhid (class 7)

किम् (kim) - what is? (what? why? (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (sound) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous (tumultuous, noisy, boisterous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, noisy, agitated, boisterous

ध्वनिः (dhvaniḥ) - sound (sound, noise, tone)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhvani

dhvani - sound, noise, tone, echo

From √dhvan 'to sound'

Root: dhvan (class 1)