वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-27, verse-15

किं न्वेतन्मेघसंकाशं पर्वतस्याविदूरतः ।
वृक्षषण्डमितो भाति परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥१५॥

15. kiṃ nvetanmeghasaṃkāśaṃ parvatasyāvidūrataḥ ,
vṛkṣaṣaṇḍamito bhāti paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me.

15. kim nu etat meghasaṃkāśam parvatasya avidūrataḥ
| vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam itaḥ bhāti param kautūhalam hi me

15. me parvatasya avidūrataḥ itaḥ meghasaṃkāśam etat vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam kim nu bhāti? hi me param kautūhalam (asti).

15. What is this cloud-like cluster of trees that appears from here, not far from the mountain? Indeed, I have great curiosity.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (is this)? (what?, why?)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, an interrogative particle

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मेघसंकाशम् (meghasaṁkāśam) - cloud-like, resembling a cloud

• पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of the mountain

• अविदूरतः (avidūrataḥ) - not far from, nearby

• वृक्षषण्डम् (vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam) - a cluster of trees, a grove

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, seems

• परम् (param) - great, supreme, excellent

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness, interest

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• मे (me) - my (curiosity) (to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (is this)? (what?, why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why, how

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, an interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it

मेघसंकाशम् (meghasaṁkāśam) - cloud-like, resembling a cloud

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of meghasaṃkāśa

meghasaṁkāśa - cloud-like, resembling a cloud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+saṃkāśa)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearance, likeness
  noun (masculine)

पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of the mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

अविदूरतः (avidūrataḥ) - not far from, nearby

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'avidūra' (not far) with the ablative suffix -tas

वृक्षषण्डम् (vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam) - a cluster of trees, a grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛkṣaṣaṇḍa

vṛkṣaṣaṇḍa - a cluster of trees, a grove, a thicket

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+ṣaṇḍa)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• ṣaṇḍa – cluster, group, grove, thicket
  noun (masculine)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, seems

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

परम् (param) - great, supreme, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, excellent

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness, interest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, interest, wonder

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (curiosity) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

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