वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-11

देवकार्यमिदं देव समाधत्स्व हुताशन ।
शैलपुत्र्यां महातेजो गङ्गायां तेज उत्सृज ॥११॥

11. devakāryamidaṃ deva samādhatsva hutāśana ,
śailaputryāṃ mahātejo gaṅgāyāṃ teja utsṛja.

11. devakāryam idam deva samādhatsva hutāśana
śailaputryām mahātejaḥ gaṅgāyām tejaḥ utsṛja

11. deva hutāśana mahātejaḥ idam devakāryam
samādhatsva śailaputryām gaṅgāyām tejaḥ utsṛja

11. O god, O Agni (hutāśana), O greatly effulgent one! Undertake this divine task. Release your fiery energy (tejas) into Gaṅgā, [rather than] in Śailaputrī.

Words meanings summery:

• देवकार्यम् (devakāryam) - this specific divine task (the procreation of a leader for the gods) (divine task, work for the gods)

• इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the divine task mentioned) (this)

• देव (deva) - O Agni (O god, O deity)

• समाधत्स्व (samādhatsva) - undertake, engage in (undertake, accomplish, place, fix)

• हुताशन (hutāśana) - O Agni, the one who consumes offerings (O fire-god, O Agni)

• शैलपुत्र्याम् (śailaputryām) - in Parvati (who is the daughter of the Himālaya mountain) (in the daughter of the mountain)

• महातेजः (mahātejaḥ) - O Agni, who is of great brilliance/energy (O greatly effulgent one, O greatly glorious one)

• गङ्गायाम् (gaṅgāyām) - into the river Gaṅgā (in Gaṅgā)

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - fiery energy or seed (of Agni) (splendor, brilliance, energy, virility, seed)

• उत्सृज (utsṛja) - release or deposit (the fiery energy) (release, discharge, emit)

Words meanings and morphology

देवकार्यम् (devakāryam) - this specific divine task (the procreation of a leader for the gods) (divine task, work for the gods)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devakārya

devakārya - divine work, task of the gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+kārya)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• kārya – work, action, task, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya (to be done/made)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the divine task mentioned) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

देव (deva) - O Agni (O god, O deity)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

Root: div (class 4)

समाधत्स्व (samādhatsva) - undertake, engage in (undertake, accomplish, place, fix)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of samādhā

Imperative, Middle Voice

From root dhā with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

हुताशन (hutāśana) - O Agni, the one who consumes offerings (O fire-god, O Agni)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire-god, Agni, fire

From huta (offered) and aśana (eating), 'one who eats the offerings'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hu (to sacrifice, offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

शैलपुत्र्याम् (śailaputryām) - in Parvati (who is the daughter of the Himālaya mountain) (in the daughter of the mountain)

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śailaputrī

śailaputrī - daughter of the mountain, Parvati

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+putrī)

• śaila – mountain, rock, rocky
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from śilā (rock) or śila (mountain).
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of putra (son)

महातेजः (mahātejaḥ) - O Agni, who is of great brilliance/energy (O greatly effulgent one, O greatly glorious one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great splendor, great energy, highly effulgent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
  Stem form of mahant
• tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, virility, fiery energy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root tij (to be sharp)
  Root: tij (class 1)

Note: Here functioning as a vocative noun.

गङ्गायाम् (gaṅgāyām) - into the river Gaṅgā (in Gaṅgā)

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - river Gaṅgā, the Ganges

तेजः (tejaḥ) - fiery energy or seed (of Agni) (splendor, brilliance, energy, virility, seed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, brilliance, energy, vital power, virility, seed, fiery essence

Derived from root tij (to be sharp)

Root: tij (class 1)

उत्सृज (utsṛja) - release or deposit (the fiery energy) (release, discharge, emit)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of utsṛj

Imperative, Active Voice

From root sṛj with prefix ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

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