वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-34, verse-4

अयं शोणः शुभजलो गाधः पुलिनमण्डितः ।
कतरेण पथा ब्रह्मन् संतरिष्यामहे वयम् ॥४॥

4. ayaṃ śoṇaḥ śubhajalo gādhaḥ pulinamaṇḍitaḥ ,
katareṇa pathā brahman saṃtariṣyāmahe vayam.

4. ayam śoṇaḥ śubhajalaḥ gādhaḥ pulinamaṇḍitaḥ
katareṇa pathā brahman saṃtariṣyāmahe vayam

4. ayam śoṇaḥ śubhajalaḥ gādhaḥ pulinamaṇḍitaḥ
brahman vayam katareṇa pathā saṃtariṣyāmahe

4. This river Śoṇa has clear and pure waters, is shallow, and is adorned with sandbanks. O venerable one (brahman), by which path shall we cross?

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• शोणः (śoṇaḥ) - the river Śoṇa

• शुभजलः (śubhajalaḥ) - having auspicious/clear water

• गाधः (gādhaḥ) - shallow, fordable

• पुलिनमण्डितः (pulinamaṇḍitaḥ) - adorned with sandbanks

• कतरेण (katareṇa) - by which (of two or many)

• पथा (pathā) - by the path/way

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to the sage Viśvāmitra (O Brāhmaṇa, O venerable one)

• संतरिष्यामहे (saṁtariṣyāmahe) - we shall cross

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he

शोणः (śoṇaḥ) - the river Śoṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śoṇa

śoṇa - red; name of a river (Śoṇa)

शुभजलः (śubhajalaḥ) - having auspicious/clear water

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śubhajala

śubhajala - having auspicious water, clear water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śubha+jala)

• śubha – auspicious, pure, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

गाधः (gādhaḥ) - shallow, fordable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gādha

gādha - shallow, fordable, accessible

पुलिनमण्डितः (pulinamaṇḍitaḥ) - adorned with sandbanks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulinamaṇḍita

pulinamaṇḍita - adorned with sandbanks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pulina+maṇḍita)

• pulina – sandbank, islet, sandy beach
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √maṇḍ
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

कतरेण (katareṇa) - by which (of two or many)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of katara

katara - which (of two); which (of many)

पथा (pathā) - by the path/way

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, way, road

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to the sage Viśvāmitra (O Brāhmaṇa, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brāhmaṇa, priest; sacred knowledge; the Absolute (brahman)

संतरिष्यामहे (saṁtariṣyāmahe) - we shall cross

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of saṃtṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛ (class 1)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we