वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-34, verse-15

अथ ज्येष्ठां सुराः सर्वे देवतार्थचिकीर्षया ।
शैलेन्द्रं वरयामासुर्गङ्गां त्रिपथगां नदीम् ॥१५॥

15. atha jyeṣṭhāṃ surāḥ sarve devatārthacikīrṣayā ,
śailendraṃ varayāmāsurgaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm.

15. atha jyeṣṭhām surāḥ sarve devatārthacikīrṣayā
śaila-indram varayāmāsuḥ gaṅgām tripathagām nadīm

15. atha sarve surāḥ devatārthacikīrṣayā śailendram
jyeṣṭhām tripathagām gaṅgām nadīm varayāmāsuḥ

15. Then all the gods, desiring to accomplish the divine purpose, sought (in marriage) from the lord of mountains (Himavat) Gaṅgā, the three-pathed river.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• ज्येष्ठाम् (jyeṣṭhām) - the eldest

• सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• देवतार्थचिकीर्षया (devatārthacikīrṣayā) - with the desire to accomplish the purpose of the gods, for the sake of the gods' objective

• शैल-इन्द्रम् (śaila-indram) - Himavat (the personified Himalayas) (the lord of mountains)

• वरयामासुः (varayāmāsuḥ) - they sought, they chose, they asked for (in marriage)

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Gaṅgā

• त्रिपथगाम् (tripathagām) - Gaṅgā, who flows in three paths (heaven, earth, underworld) (three-pathed)

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

ज्येष्ठाम् (jyeṣṭhām) - the eldest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, best, chief, most excellent

सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

देवतार्थचिकीर्षया (devatārthacikīrṣayā) - with the desire to accomplish the purpose of the gods, for the sake of the gods' objective

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of devatārthacikīrṣā

devatārthacikīrṣā - desire to accomplish the purpose of the gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (devatā+artha+cikīrṣā)

• devatā – deity, divinity
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, sake
  noun (masculine)
• cikīrṣā – desire to do, intention, will
  noun (feminine)
  desiderative noun
  Derived from the desiderative stem of the root √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

शैल-इन्द्रम् (śaila-indram) - Himavat (the personified Himalayas) (the lord of mountains)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śailendra

śailendra - chief of mountains, lord of mountains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+indra)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra
  noun (masculine)

वरयामासुः (varayāmāsuḥ) - they sought, they chose, they asked for (in marriage)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of varayāṃcakre

periphrastic perfect

Derived from the root √vṛ (to choose) with the suffix -ām and the perfect form of the auxiliary verb √kṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Gaṅgā, the goddess Gaṅgā

त्रिपथगाम् (tripathagām) - Gaṅgā, who flows in three paths (heaven, earth, underworld) (three-pathed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tripathaga

tripathaga - going by three paths, three-pathed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri+patha+ga)

• tri – three
  numeral
• patha – path, road
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root √gam (to go) + suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

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